On this day, Oct. 9

1910 Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hall was dedicated in Oakland.

1933 After President Franklin D. Roosevelt ordered “captive mine” owners to make peace, 75,000 miners of Western Pennsylvania returned to work. Philip Murray, international vice president of the United Mine Workers, and Thomas Moses, president of the H.C. Frick Coke Co., began negotiating differences.

1940 Rock-and-roll legend John Lennon was born in Liverpool, England. (On this date in 1975, his son Sean was born in New York.)

1969 Danny Murtaugh was named to manage the Pirates for the 1970 season — his third stint as manager.

2012 Former Penn State assistant football

coach Jerry Sandusky was sentenced to 30 to 60 years in prison following his conviction on 45 counts of sexual abuse of boys. Some items are from Stefan Lorant’s “Pittsburgh: The Story of an American City” (digital.library.pitt.edu/chronology). — Compiled by Rick Nowlin

Today’s birthdays: Retired MLB All-Star Joe Pepitone, 81. Former Sen. Trent Lott, RMiss., 80. C-SPAN founder Brian Lamb, 80. R&B singer Nona Hendryx, 77. Singer Jackson Browne, 73. Nobel Peace laureate Jody Williams, 71. Actor-TV personality Sharon Osbourne, 69. Actor Tony Shalhoub, 68. Actor Scott Bakula, 67. Musician James Fearnley (The Pogues), 67. Actor John O’Hurley, 67. Writer-producer-director-actor Linwood Boomer, 66. Pro and College Football Hall of

Famer Mike Singletary, 63. Actor Michael Pare, 63. Jazz musician Kenny Garrett, 61. Movie director Guillermo del Toro, 57. Former British Prime Minister David Cameron, 55. Movie director Steve McQueen, 52. World Golf Hall of Famer Annika Sorenstam, 51. Actor Cocoa Brown, 49. Actor Steve Burns, 48. Christian hip-hop artist Lecrae, 42. Actor Brandon Routh, 42. Actor Spencer Grammer, 38. Comedian Melissa Villasenor, 34. Actor Tyler James Williams, 29. Country singer Scotty McCreery, 28.

Thought for today: “I don’t have a warm personal enemy left. They’ve all died off. I miss them terribly because they helped define me.”

— Clare Boothe Luce, American author,

politician and diplomat (1903-1987)