YEARS AGO FOR MAY 10

Today is Friday, May 10, the 130th day of 2019. There are 235 days left in the year.

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On this date in:

1611: Sir Thomas Dale arrives in the Virginia Colony, where, as deputy governor, he institutes harsh measures to restore order.

1865: Confederate President Jefferson Davis is captured by Union forces in Irwinville, Ga.

1869: A golden spike is driven in Promontory, Utah, marking the completion of the first transcontinental railroad in the United States.

1924: J. Edgar Hoover is named acting director of the Bureau of Investigation (later known as the Federal Bureau of Investigation).

1933: Nazis stage massive public book burnings in Germany.

1963: The Rolling Stones record their first single for Decca Records in London, covering Chuck Berry’s “Come On” and “I Want to Be Loved” by Willie Dixon.

1968: The “Night of the Barricades” begins in Paris’ Latin Quarter as tens of thousands of student protesters erect obstacles against riot police; hundreds are injured.

1994: Illinois executes serial killer John Wayne Gacy, 52, for the murders of 33 young men and boys.

Nelson Mandela takes the oath of office in Pretoria to become South Africa’s first black president.

2013: The Internal Revenue Service apologizes for what it acknowledges was “inappropriate” targeting of conservative political groups during the 2012 election to see if they were violating their tax-exempt status.

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1994: The state fire marshal is called to investigate a fire that damaged the 82-year-old Troutman Building in downtown New Castle, Pa.

The body of a Niles woman, Sharon Callihan Brain, who died 16 years ago, is exhumed from a grave in Kerr Cemetery in Weathersfield after family members complained that the investigation of her death had been mishandled by a former coroner and the sheriff’s department.

Youngstown is the last city fire department in Ohio that dispatches a pumper to every ambulance call, even though ambulance calls are answered by four private companies in the city.

1979: A running battle between 2nd Ward Councilman Herman Starks and Youngstown’s Community Relations Commission escalates into a full-blown war when Starks accuses the commission of overlooking racial blockbusting and condoning a conflict of interest by a staff member.

A 21-car Chessie System freight train derailment causes nearly $500,000 in damages and blocks two B&O rail tracks off Selkirk-Bush Road in Lordstown.

1969: Paul Casey, 20, a volunteer coach with the St. Stephen School track team in Niles, is killed when a school bus taking the track team to a parochial school meet in Boardman blows a tire and rams into a truck at Starrs Corners. Three members of the team, Bill Sygar, 12; James Crawley, 13, and Carl Hetzel, 14, were injured.

Mayor Anthony B. Flask says the proposal for a downtown convention center-arena complex is extremely attractive, but finding an estimated $6 million for the project presents a challenge.

Charles Schaff, chairman of the executive committee of People’s Bank, announces the board of directors has accepted the resignation of Paul Lange, president of the bank, and elected Arnold Stambaugh as chairman of the board and CEO.

1944: U.S. Rep. Michael J. Kirwan receives a 10-1 majority over challenger John P. Finch in the Democratic primary.

Sheriff Elser wins the Democratic nomination for re-election in a hotly contested primary race, defeating John W. Lyden who has the party’s endorsement. The Democratic turnout was 27,569 while 18,000 Republicans went to the polls.

South High golfers launch their campaign with a 15-1 decision over Chaney High at the Henry Stambaugh course. Earl Davis was medalist for the winners with 84. Joe Thompson Jr. had an 86.