YEARS AGO FOR NOV. 13

Today is Tuesday, Nov. 13, the 317th day of 2018. There are 48 days left in the year.

Associated Press

On this date in:

1775: During the American Revolution, the Continental Army captures Montreal.

1789: Benjamin Franklin writes in a letter to a friend, Jean-Baptiste Leroy: “In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.”

1956: The U.S. Supreme Court strikes down laws calling for racial segregation on public buses.

1982: The Vietnam Veterans Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C.

2000: Lawyers for George W. Bush fail to win a court order barring manual recounts of ballots in Florida.

2015: Islamic State militants carry out a set of coordinated attacks in Paris on the national stadium, restaurants and streets, and a crowded concert hall, killing 130 people in the worst attack on French soil since World War II.

2017: A second woman accuses Alabama Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore of sexually assaulting her as a teenager in the late 1970s; Moore describes the charge as “absolutely false” and a “political maneuver.”

VINDICATOR FILES

1993: Carrying signs reading “Ridge for Governor of Mexico” and “Down with Ridge,” about 60 people gather in Sharon, Pa., to protest U.S. Rep. Tom Ridge’s support for the North American Free Trade Agreement.

Atty. David Betras files a suit for Shawn Twohig, 18, seeking $25,0000 from the Youngstown Board of Education, claiming the school district had an obligation to protect him from being beaten by other students outside Woodrow Wilson High School in April 1992.

Dr. Nicholas Wolsonovich, Youngstown diocesan superintendent of schools, talks on the challenges and opportunities facing Catholic middle schools at the National Catholic Educational Association in Louisville, Ky.

1978: Youngstown detectives recover seven shotguns and 11 sets of ignition keys nine hours after they were discovered stolen from nine cruisers and two motorcycles parked in the Youngstown Police Department garage. A 21-year-old North Side man was arrested.

A two-alarm fire destroys the Weiner King restaurant at 5976 Youngstown-Warren Road, Niles.

Warren Harding wins the 11th annual football game with cross-town rival Warren Western Reserve, 13-7. The school’s bands – 300 strong – combined on the field to play the national anthem.

1968: Fire in a stable at Waterford Park Race Track in Newell, W. Va., kills 22 thoroughbred horses. The loss to the barn and the horses was set at $90,000.

Katherine Wyosky of Youngstown escapes with only a drenching when her car slides out of control on an icy Liberty Road, plummets through a railing, down an embankment and into McKelvey Lake.

Austintown Township trustees approve an amendment to the zoning ordinance creating a new R4 classification providing for mobile-home parks.

1943: Youngstown candidates for municipal offices spent $13,891 in their recent campaigns. Republican mayoral candidate Arthur Williams spent $4,703, and the Democratic candidate, Ralph W. O’Neill, spent $3,429.

A poll of 1,900 people by Youngstown College students shows that 47 percent of area residents believe there is a definite need for Monday night shopping hours.

East High and South High score victories in major scholastic football contests. Frank Davanzo tallied twice as East beat Struthers, 13-0, and Henry Beckenbach was a standout as South defeated Girard, 30-0.