Looking Back – September 19

Priya Shimpi, right, and other student members of Amnesty International held a rally for human rights in Haiti on the steps of Columbus City Hall in 1994. From The Republic archives

2009

All 27 branches of the failed Irwin Union Bank were taken over by state regulators and it was announced the institution had been purchased by Ohio-based First Financial Corp.

1994

Members of the student chapter of Amnesty International held a candlelight rally for human rights in Haiti as the U.S. government contemplated military intervention.

1969

For the first time in a nine-year rivalry, the Central Junior High eighth-grade football team beat Northside Junior High by a convincing 24-6.