YEARS AGO FOR JAN. 28

Today is Monday, Jan. 28, the 28th day of 2019. There are 337 days left in the year.

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On this date in:

1547: England’s King Henry VIII dies; he is succeeded by his 9-year-old son, Edward VI.

1878: The first daily college newspaper, Yale News (now Yale Daily News), begins publication in New Haven, Conn.

1915: The United States Coast Guard is created as President Woodrow Wilson signs a bill merging the Life-Saving Service and Revenue Cutter Service.

1956: Elvis Presley makes his first national TV appearance on “Stage Show,” a CBS program hosted by Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey.

1960: The National Football League awarded franchises to Dallas and Minneapolis-St. Paul.

1973: A cease-fire officially takes effect in the Vietnam War, a day after the signing of the Paris Peace Accords by the United States, North Vietnam and South Vietnam.

1986: The space shuttle Challenger explodes 73 seconds after liftoff from Cape Canaveral, killing all seven crew members, including schoolteacher Christa McAuliffe.

VINDICATOR FILES

1994: The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee clears the way for work to begin on a second federal courthouse in downtown Youngstown.

Armco Steel, which was founded in Middletown, Ohio, by George Verity at the turn of the century will be renamed AK Steel Holding Corp. as one of its parent companies prepares to reduce its holdings.

Mahoning County Commissioner Frank Lordi says he is dismayed that area court judges filed suit against the commissioners for trying to take control of court clerks. Lordi complained that the judges never called to discuss the issue.

1979: Arby’s, the nationwide roast beef sandwich chain that was founded in Youngstown by the Raffel brothers, will move its executive offices from Youngstown to Atlanta, Ga., at a loss of 150 local jobs.

Linda Might of Canfield, a senior at Wittenberg College, who was born in Taipei in 1957 when her father, Dr. James E. Might, was stationed there with the Navy, got a surprise during a visit to mainland China. She met U.S. Sen. John Glenn of Ohio during a visit to Peking’s Great Hall.

Fred Gronvall, CEO of Strouss Co., says there are no plans to close the company’s downtown Warren store, which employs 30 people and had a successful Christmas shopping season.

1969: Two-year-old Robert Desimone, Kenmore Avenue, is treated at South Side Hospital after being beaten on the head and body with a belt by a 13-year-old babysitter.

The brother of Mrs. Orvil Sandy of Petersburg is among those still missing after nine days of rainstorms in California. Chief Petty Officer Robert Sears is presumed drowned after his bulldozer was swamped in Sespe Creek.

Mrs. Gertrude Riley, 72, who had lived alone since her husband died three weeks earlier, dies in a fire that destroyed her one-floor apartment at 2339 Crescent Drive, Struthers.

1944: Angelo DeCapua, Democratic precinct committeeman in Youngstown’s 3rd Ward, Precinct X, and Carl DeNiro, 19, Democratic witness in the same precinct, are found guilty of loitering during the counting of ballots Nov. 2. Their trials were the last of seven involving election misconduct. There was one acquittal and six findings of guilty.

Youngstown College’s participation in vocational rehabilitation of disabled veterans of World War II is outlined at a conference between Walter Chetister, VA rehabilitation officer, and Dr. Howard Jones, president of the college.

The Association of Friends of the Youngstown College Library completes plans for the annual campaign with a goal of raising $5,000 for the library.