Today is Sunday, June 20, the 172nd day of 2004. There are 194 days left in the year. This is

Today is Sunday, June 20, the 172nd day of 2004. There are 194 days left in the year. This is Father's Day. Summer begins at 8:57 p.m. EDT. On this date in 1893, a jury in New Bedford, Mass., finds Lizzie Borden innocent of the ax murders of her father and stepmother.
In 1756, in India, a group of British soldiers is imprisoned in a suffocating cell that gains notoriety as the "Black Hole of Calcutta"; most die. In 1782, Congress approves the Great Seal of the United States. In 1837, Queen Victoria accedes to the British throne following the death of her uncle, King William IV. In 1863, West Virginia becomes the 35th state. In 1898, during the Spanish-American War, the U.S. cruiser Charleston captures the Spanish-ruled island of Guam. In 1943, race-related rioting erupts in Detroit; federal troops are sent in two days later to quell the violence that results in more than 30 deaths. In 1947, Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel is shot dead at the Beverly Hills, Calif., mansion of his girlfriend, Virginia Hill, apparently at the order of mob associates. In 1963, the United States and Soviet Union sign an agreement to set up a hot line between the two superpowers. In 1967, boxer Muhammad Ali is convicted in Houston of violating Selective Service laws by refusing to be drafted. (Ali's conviction was ultimately overturned by the Supreme Court). In 1979, ABC News correspondent Bill Stewart is shot to death in Managua, Nicaragua, by a member of President Anastasio Somoza's national guard.
June 20, 1979: The East Ohio Gas. Co. will file for a 6.9 percent rate increase with the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio.
Two Youngstown area students come away with the governorship of both Buckeye Boys State and Buckeye Girls State. Jeffery Rade, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Rade of Boardman, is elected Boys State governor at Bowling Green State University and Elizabeth Bernard, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Vincent J. Bernard of Liberty, is elected Girls State governor.
About 300 representatives of United Auto Worker Locals from throughout the United States are meeting at the Holiday Inn in Liberty to discuss strategy for the upcoming negotiations in the auto industry.
June 20, 1964: An anonymous gift of $25,000 is received by the YMCA for improvements at Camp Fitch, which is marking its 50th anniversary.
William Meanor, 52, of New Castle is killed at the Ellwood City Forge Co. when an 850-pound piece of steel slipped from an overhead crane and crushed him.
After 83 days of debate, the longest in its history, the Senate passes the civil rights bill by an overwhelming, 73-27 vote.
Sister M. Vincentia, administrator of St. Joseph Hospital, Warren, is elected president of the Eastern Ohio Hospital Council.
June 20, 1954: A $30 million plant to produce titanium, known as the "wondermetal" is to be built by Electro-Metallurgical Co. in Ashtabula. It will be the largest plant of its kind in the world with a capacity of 10,000 tons of sponge titanium a year.
The word being passed around the Eisenhower administration is that there is to be no more appeasing of Sen. Joseph McCarthy. To the contrary, he is to be viewed as the president's most dangerous enemy.
Billy Leonard, a freckle-faced all-around athlete, will try to bring the national marble championship home to Niles. He is headed for tournament play in Asbury Park, N.J.
June 20, 1929: The Youngstown Board of Control decides that the city should lease Lansdowne Field to a competent private firm for a period not to exceed three years, and that a decision can then be made as to whether the airport shall be continued or a new site sought.
Eighty-four ladies participate in an invitation golf tournament at the Mahoning Valley Country Club. Mrs. E.A. Fladd wins the first flight tourney and Mrs. D.T. Peters wins the second flight.
East Palestine Police Chief Warren issues an order that there will not be any firecrackers used or sold within the city limits July 4. A fine not to exceed $100 may be given to any person violating the city's anti-fireworks ordinance.