YEARS AGO FOR OCT. 10

Today is Wednesday, Oct. 10, the 283rd day of 2018. There are 82 days left in the year.

ASSOCIATED PRESS

On this date in:

1845: The U.S. Naval Academy is established in Annapolis, Md.

1913: The Panama Canal is completed.

1938: Nazi Germany completes its annexation of Czechoslovakia’s Sudetenland.

1957: President Dwight D. Eisenhower apologizes to the finance minister of Ghana after the official was refused seating in a Howard Johnson’s restaurant near Dover, Del.

1973: Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, accused of accepting bribes, pleads no contest to one count of federal income-tax evasion and resigns his office.

2001: U.S. jets pound the Afghan capital of Kabul. President George W. Bush unveils a list of 22 most-wanted terrorists, including Osama bin Laden.

2008: The U.S. government had moves forward with a plan to buy part ownership in a broad array of American banks in response to the financial meltdown.

2008: Kwame Kilpatrick, a former Democratic mayor of Detroit, is sent to federal prison to serve a 28-year sentence for widespread corruption.

VINDICATOR FILES

1993: Nick Noviello, owner of Nick’s Department Store on South Bridge Street in Struthers, says he enjoys coming to work seven days a week in a store that he says hasn’t changed much since he worked during junior high at what was then the A&A Department Store.

A modern medical miracle, the cochlear implant, has allowed Buddy Strickland, 6, who lost his hearing to disease, to attend first grade at Lloyd Elementary School in Austintown. In kindergarten, Buddy had a sign-language interpreter in the classroom.

Debate is raging over whether heating and cooling for the new Mahoning County Jail should be provided by Youngstown Thermal Inc. or Ohio Edison Co.

1978: Capt. Glen Bowers of the Boardman Police Department says thousands of dollars worth of jewelry, silver, money and household items have been taken in nine burglaries in the Newport area over a week.

Beth Sheridan of Poland, a student at Ohio State University, finishes 12th in a field of 4,524 running the second annual Bonne Bell 10-kilometer road race in Boston.

Trumbull County Superintendent of Schools George Morar says he was impressed during a visit to Romania with that country’s education system, which is “centered on the world of work.”

1968: Some 350 employees of Oldberg Manufacturing Co.’s plant on North Meridian Road walk out in what was described as a wildcat strike. The plant makes automobile mufflers.

Youngstown’s proposed fair housing ordinance is aired for the first time with 20 people appearing in favor of the bill.

Christopher Meere of Niles is fighting for his life on his 14th birthday after undergoing two hours of brain surgery, which followed his collapse on the football field.

1943: The Mahoning National Bank celebrates its 75th anniversary and president John R. Rowland says the company has prevailed through war, political strife and economic dislocations and ultimately prospered.

Youngstown’s Victory WAVES platoon has been named for Vindicator Columnist Esther Hamilton in recognition of her service to Youngstown. The platoon, which has a goal of 50 women, is the second such platoon formed in the country.

James H. Jones Sr., assistant chief engineer of Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co., recognizes what is probably the last picture taken of his son, James Jones Jr., who was killed in action in the Pacific among a group being shown in the Navy’s “Steel for Victory” exhibit touring this area.