Today is Tuesday, Jan. 10, the 10th day of 2006. There are 355 days left in the year. On this date

Today is Tuesday, Jan. 10, the 10th day of 2006. There are 355 days left in the year. On this date in 1776, Thomas Paine publishes his influential pamphlet, "Common Sense."
In 1861, Florida secedes from the Union. In 1863, London's Metropolitan, the world's first underground passenger railway, opens to the public. In 1870, John D. Rockefeller incorporates Standard Oil. In 1920, the League of Nations is established as the Treaty of Versailles goes into effect. In 1946, the first manmade contact with the moon is made as radar signals are bounced off the lunar surface. In 1946, the first General Assembly of the United Nations convenes in London. In 1947, the musical fantasy "Finian's Rainbow," with music by Burton Lane and lyrics by E.Y. Harburg, opens on Broadway. In 1957, Harold Macmillan becomes prime minister of Britain, following the resignation of Anthony Eden. In 1971, "Masterpiece Theatre" premieres on PBS with host Alistair Cooke introducing a drama series, "The First Churchills." In 1984, the United States and the Vatican establish full diplomatic relations for the first time in more than a century.
January 10, 1981: Youngstown City Council continues sifting through the 1981 general fund budget, making cuts in the budgets of the Park and Health departments.
Mrs. Marguerite Hubbard Tod, 93, of 1438 Church Hill-Hubbard Road, Liberty Township, prominent area resident for more than a half century, dies in North Side Hospital. She was the widow of Fred Tod Sr., member of the distinguished Tod family that has been in Youngstown since 1801.
Struthers City Council unanimously rejects "stress pay" for police and fire forces that have been negotiated by the safety forces and administration. The cost would have been $7,000 for the 20-man police department and $3,150 for the nine-man fire department.
January 10, 1966: Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. Raymond P. Shafer announces that he will run for the Republican gubernatorial nomination.
Cpl. Nathan Cole Jr. of Youngstown is killed in Vietnam while on patrol He is the first area Marine to die in the conflict.
Reports that E.I. du Pont de Nemours & amp; Co. plans to locate a new plant in the Youngstown area to produce automobile paints is denied by a company spokesman in Wilmington, Del.
January 10, 1956: A 74-year-old retired railroader suffocates in a third-floor apartment after fire breaks out in the basement of a 32-unit apartment building at 604 Alpine St., Youngstown. Mike Bartakavich is pronounced dead at South Side Hospital.
Westinghouse Electric Corp. offers a $1,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of the persons involved in a series of stone-throwing incidents at the Sharon plant.
Virginia Gov. Thomas B. Stanley prepares to translate the results of a smashing election victory into a request for further action by the Virginia Legislature to continue support for private, segregated schools.
January 10, 1931: Further improvement in mill operations will result in the return of hundreds of additional workers to the plants of the Youngstown district.
Youngstown's proposed smoke abatement ordinance as revised provides that private residences will not be penalized by the smoke bill until 1935.
Lack of funds will prevent the immediate purchase of any textbooks for school use, Dr. J.J. Richeson, superintendent of schools, tells 200 members of the Brownlee Woods Community Club at Third Reformed Church.