Today is Thursday, June 17, the 169th day of 2004. There are 197 days left in the year. On this date

Today is Thursday, June 17, the 169th day of 2004. There are 197 days left in the year. On this date in 1775, the Revolutionary War Battle of Bunker Hill takes place near Boston. The battle, which actually occurred on Breed's Hill, was a costly victory for the British, who suffered heavy losses while dislodging the rebels.
In 1856, in Philadelphia, the Republican Party opens its first convention. In 1885, the Statue of Liberty arrives in New York City aboard the French ship Isere. In 1928, Amelia Earhart embarks on a trans-Atlantic flight from Newfoundland to Wales -- the first by a woman. In 1940, France asks Germany for terms of surrender in World War II. In 1944, the Republic of Iceland is established. In 1948, a United Air Lines DC-6 crashes near Mount Carmel, Pa., killing all 43 people on board. In 1963, the Supreme Court strikes down rules requiring the recitation of the Lord's Prayer or reading of Biblical verses in public schools.
June 17, 1979: About 200 state troopers and area police officers line the walkway to St. Anthony Church in Bessemer for the funeral of Trooper Anthony Izzo, who was shot during a drug raid in Mahoningtown.
Edgar Giddens, 51, supervisor of hourly personnel administration at the General Motors Assembly Division in Lordstown, is elected chairman of the Youngstown State University board of trustees.
Mrs. Vincent Stefani captures nine awards in the Mahoning Valley Rose Society's 17th annual two-day rose show at Fellows Riverside Garden in Mill Creek Park.
June 17, 1964: Norma Jean Carter, 18, and Juanita Powell, 9, both of Youngstown, are killed when a semi-trailer slams into their stalled car on the Ohio Turnpike in Wood County. The car had run out of gas and the driver had gone to get some, leaving the car parked in a Westbound lane.
A record low for the date is set at the U.S. Weather Bureau at Youngstown Municipal Airport when the mercury dips to 42 degrees.
Playing at the Paramount in downtown Youngstown, "Viva Las Vegas," starring Ann-Margret and Elvis Presley; at the Hickory Drive-In Theater, "From Russia with Love," starring Sean Connery as James Bond.
June 17, 1954: U.S. Steel Corp., leader in wage and contract talks with the United Steelworkers, rejects demands for wage increases, but hints it may accept a modified version of the union's proposals for improvements in pension and social insurance programs.
A secret tape recording links Campbell's Flamingo Club with a half-million dollar bribery scandal under investigation by state liquor department officials.
The most sweeping downtown parking ban in Youngstown's history will go into effect in an effort to ease traffic congestion caused by the closing of the Market Street bridge.
June 17, 1929: General Fireproofing Co., one of Youngstown's highly successful fabricating industries, announces a $300,000 expansion of its plant that will provide employment to 300 men.
Dr. H.J. Beard, who was recently made a Kentucky Colonel, is elected president of the Youngstown Club at its annual business meeting.
The Florida House of Representatives adopts by a vote of 71-13 a resolution condemning "certain social policies of the (Hoover) administration in entertaining Negroes in the White House on a parity with white ladies." The resolution, similar to one passed by the Texas Senate, came after Mrs. Hoover invited the wife of a Negro congressman to a luncheon with other congressional wives.