YEARS AGO FOR SEPT. 19

Today is Wednesday, Sept. 19, the 262nd day of 2018. There are 103 days left in the year.

ASSOCIATED PRESS

On this date in:

1777: The first Battle of Saratoga is fought during the Revolutionary War.

1796: President George Washington’s farewell address is published. In it, America’s first chief executive advises, “Observe good faith and justice toward all nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all.”

1881: The 20th president of the United States, James A. Garfield, dies 2 Ω months after being shot by Charles Guiteau; Chester Alan Arthur becomes president.

1934: Bruno Hauptmann is arrested in New York and charged with the kidnap-murder of 20-month-old Charles A. Lindbergh Jr.

1970: The “Mary Tyler Moore” show debuts on CBS-TV.

1982: The smiley emoticon is invented by Carnegie Mellon University professor Scott E. Fahlman.

2008: Struggling to stave off financial catastrophe, the Bush administration lays out a radical bailout plan calling for a takeover of a half-trillion dollars or more in worthless mortgages and other bad debt held by tottering institutions.

2017: In a speech to the U.N. General Assembly, President Donald Trump vows to “totally destroy North Korea” if the U.S. were forced to defend itself or its allies against the North’s nuclear weapons program.

VINDICATOR FILES

1993: Youngstown State University wins its home-opener 56-27 over Morgan State.

The Edward J. DeBartolo Corp. files a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission, offering 31.6 million shares of common stock valued at $600 million in a real-estate investment trust called DeBartolo Realty Corp.

As cable companies struggle to reach retransmission deals with local broadcast TV stations, area antenna installers say business is booming.

1978: Symbolizing the spirit of recovery in the Mahoning Valley on the first anniversary of Black Monday, clergymen light torches that are carried by steel workers during a ceremony outside the Campbell Works of Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co.

A discarded cigarette ignites a trash container in the utility room in the Wick Park Recreation Pavilion causing $4,000 damage to the building and contents.

The opening-day enrollment of 7,300 is about 300 fewer students than a year earlier in Austintown Local Schools.

1968: A proposed fair-housing ordinance suggested by 2nd Ward Councilman Herman “Pete” Starks is submitted to City Council. It parallels state law, but would give city residents a more streamlined process for challenging alleged discrimination.

Thirty-five Youngstown-area high school seniors are semi-finalists in the 1968-69 National Merit Scholarship program. They are among the 15,000 highest scores nationally.

The Warner Theater downtown will become the new home of the Youngstown Symphony Society as the result of a $250,000 gift from Mr. and Mrs. Edward Powers, Logan Avenue.

1943: Rabbi Samuel Hopfer is the new spiritual leader of Temple Ohev Tzedek.

Three recent amendments to Ohio’s driver responsibility law go into effect. If a driver is unable to meet financial responsibility, he will lose driving privileges for five years.

James Gaut of Hubbard, an electrician at Republic Steel Corp., joins the Seabees, and his wife, Dorothea, joins the WAVES. He leaves for Williamsport, Va., and she will leave for training at Hunter College.

Three sons of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Oravec, Maryland Avenue, are in the armed forces. Cpl. Stephen Oravec is in Sicily, Lt. Joseph Oravec is in Australia and Cpl. Edward Oravec is at Camp Bowie, Texas.