YEARS AGO FOR DEC. 4

Today is Tuesday, Dec. 4, the 338th day of 2018. There are 27 days left in the year.

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On this date in:

1619: A group of settlers from Bristol, England, arrive in present-day Charles City County, Va., where they have a service thanking God for their safe arrival.

1783: Gen. George Washington bids farewell to his Continental Army officers at Fraunces Tavern in New York.

1875: William Marcy Tweed, the “Boss” of New York City’s Tammany Hall political organization, escapes from jail and flees the country.

1942: During World War II, U.S. bombers strike the Italian mainland for the first time with a raid on Naples.

1978: San Francisco gets its first female mayor as City Supervisor Dianne Feinstein is appointed to replace the assassinated George Moscone.

1991: Associated Press correspondent Terry Anderson, the longest held of the Western hostages in Lebanon, is freed after nearly seven years in captivity.

2008: U.S. automakers draw fresh skepticism from lawmakers at a Senate Banking Committee hearing over their pleas for an expanded $34 billion rescue package they say is needed for them to survive.

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1993: Boxing legend Muhammad Ali, 51, and struggling with Parkinson’s disease, still delights the crowd waiting for him to arrive at the Shenango Valley Urban League office in Farrell, Pa.

After a disappointing three quarters, General Motors shows sales increases, with particular gains in the sales of Blazers and S-10 and full-size pickup trucks. Ford reports it sold more light trucks than cars in the quarter.

The Mahoning County grand jury indicts a Woodside Hospital pharmacy technician on felony charges in the theft of Valium from the mental-health hospital on the South Side .

1978: Burglars cut a hole in the roof and escape with thousands of dollars’ worth of stereos, watches, jewelry and appliances from Kresge Co.’s Kmart store in Neshannock Township, Pa.

William Hill, president of the Fraternal Association of Steel Haulers, says he will appear in federal court in Pittsburgh to defend FASH against a $3 million suit filed by six major steelmakers.

The Beckett aviation group of Youngstown is acquiring for cash a Florida aviation operation, Tilford Aviation Center of Palm Springs, chairman Forest S. Beckett discloses.

1968: Robert H. Sweeney of Poland, executive vice president and general manager of The Buick Youngstown Co., is elected president, succeeding Eugene D. Hopper.

A strike at a Canton manufacturing company shuts off the State Highway Department’s supply of sign supports, placing in doubt the mid-December opening of the mammoth Interstate 80-Route 11 interchange in Austintown.

The Gates of Eden Coffee House on North Phelps Street will be open two nights a week for high-school students only because public schools are closed.

1943: Pvt. Pearl Lehto of Warren is selected queen of the 36th Signal Construction Battalion at Camp Crowder, Mo., chosen from a group of WACs and civilian girls during a military ball at the post’s fieldhouse.

Pvt. Joseph Clipare, 20, of Youngstown, who had been reported killed in action with the Fifth Army in Italy, was only slightly wounded. He received the Purple Heart award.

The 13th annual Alias Santa Claus show, which will be staged at Stambaugh Auditorium by Esther Hamilton, Vindicator columnist, is a sell-out. Men and women in uniform will be admitted free.