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- ... that Christopher W. Shaw has called for the return of banking at the United States Postal Service?
- ... that Vito Trause, who dropped out of high school during his junior year to join the United States Army in 1943, received his high school diploma at the age of 92?
- ... that the main nesting site of the Japanese murrelet was used as a bombing range by the USAF?
- ... that John M. Franklin oversaw the construction of SS United States, a liner that broke the transatlantic speed record on its maiden voyage?
- ... that the Louis M. Martini Winery began selling wine on December 5, 1933 – the day on which Prohibition in the United States was repealed?
- ... that the Los Angeles Times, the Chicago Tribune, and Sports Illustrated have all profiled the smallest TV station in the United States?
- ... that All Saints' Episcopal Church contains the crypt of its founder, Episcopal Bishop of Texas George Herbert Kinsolving?
- ... that some lawyers and privacy experts have questioned the constitutionality of reverse search warrants in the United States?
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The city was named for John Young, an early settler from Whitestown, New York, who established the community's first sawmill and gristmill. Youngstown is located in a region of the United States that is often referred to as the Rust Belt. Traditionally known as a center of steel production, Youngstown was forced to redefine itself when the U.S. steel industry fell into decline in the 1970s, leaving communities throughout the region without major industry.
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Anniversaries for May 23
- 1863 – The Seventh-day Adventist Church is organized in Battle Creek, Michigan.
- 1900 – American Civil War soldier Sergeant William Harvey Carney becomes the first African American to be awarded the Medal of Honor, for his heroism in the Assault on the Battery Wagner in 1863.
- 1911 – The New York Public Library is dedicated.
- 1929 – The first talking cartoon of Mickey Mouse, The Karnival Kid, was released.
- 1934 – American bank robbers Bonnie and Clyde (pictured) were ambushed by police and killed in Black Lake, Louisiana.
- 1934 – The Auto-Lite strike culminated in the "Battle of Toledo," a five-day melee between 1,300 troops of the Ohio National Guard and 6,000 picketers.
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- ...that Piscataway Park was created to prevent development and protect the view across the Potomac River from Mount Vernon (pictured)?
- ...that Charles N. Haskell was the first governor of Oklahoma, and he played a crucial role in drafting the Oklahoma Constitution?
- ...that the 1040-foot-long Starrucca Viaduct in Lanesboro, Pennsylvania was the largest and most expensive stone railway viaduct when built in 1848, and is still in use by the Norfolk Southern Railway?
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