YEARS AGO FOR JUNE 11

Today is Tuesday, June 11, the 162nd day of 2019. There are 203 days left in the year.

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On this date in:

1776: The Continental Congress forms a committee to draft a Declaration of Independence calling for freedom from Britain.

1942: The United States and the Soviet Union sign a lend-lease agreement to aid the Soviet war effort in World War II.

1947: The government announces the end of sugar rationing for households and businesses.

1955: In motor racing’s worst disaster, more than 80 people are killed during the 24 Hours of Le Mans in France when two of the cars collide and crash into spectators.

1985: Karen Ann Quinlan, the comatose patient whose case prompted a historic right-to-die court decision, dies in Morris Plains, N.J., at 31.

1986: The John Hughes comedy “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off,” starring Matthew Broderick, is released by Paramount Pictures.

1993: The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously rules that people who commit “hate crimes” motivated by bigotry may be sentenced to extra punishment.

2001: Timothy McVeigh, 33, is executed by injection at the federal prison in Terre Haute, Ind., for the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing that killed 168 people.

2009: With swine flu reported in more than 70 nations, the World Health Organization declares the first global flu pandemic in 41 years.

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1994: Michael Morley’s Mahoning Democrats for Change spent more than $103,000 in their effort to oust Don L. Hanni Jr. as chairman of the Mahoning County Democratic Party. The Hanni camp spent $51,415.

Sharon Steel Corp. asks the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for permission to sell 25 acres in Farrell to Dunbar Asphalt Products Inc.

Navy Seabee veterans gather for a weekend convention of the Ohio Department of the U.S. Navy Seabee Veterans of America at Smaldino’s Restaurant and the Comfort Inn in Boardman. Most, like Chuck Hull, 70, of Boardman, were World War II veterans, but some served in Korea and Vietnam.

1979: Two men, Terry Wiezen, 29, of Newton Falls, and John J. Mullen, 29, of Niles are killed when their car collided head-on with a pickup truck traveling the wrong way in I-680 just north of Route 224.

The city of Youngstown is offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction in the murder of Elaine Poullas, 20, of Campbell, whose body was found in a deserted parking lot at the Slippery Rock Pavilion in Mill Creek Park.

A proposed city ordinance that would establish a historic preservation area in Canfield is under hot debate between people who favor preserving Canfield’s historic structures and those who fear freedom-stifling restrictions on homeowners.

1969: The Youngstown Municipal Airport is losing a substantial share of its airline traffic to Cleveland and Pittsburgh airports because of inadequate terminal facilities.

The 17-month strike by four X-ray technicians at St. Francis and Jameson Memorial hospitals in New Castle, Pa., ends with an agreement on union recognition.

More than 40 youths surround a police cruiser containing two officers outside the Kimmel Brook Homes project before police reinforcements arrive. A 19-year-old man was charged with inciting a riot, assault and battery.

1944: Pfc. George Kovach, of Hubbard is reported killed at Anzio, Italy, in action with an infantry unit. His brother-in-law, Edward Kroner of Brookfield, is missing in action.

Six pilots who formerly flew United Airline flights out of Youngstown Municipal Airport are playing a big part flying paratroopers and hauling gliders to the French invasion front. They are: Dick Petty, Clayton Stiles, Cy Richards, Luke Powell, Rufus Ward and Edward Cullerton.

Pvt. Carl Barbone and his uncle Sgt. Frank Anness met in England. Both men worked at Cold Metal Products in civilian life.