Today is Tuesday, June 22, the 174th day of 2004. There are 192 days left in the year. On this date

Today is Tuesday, June 22, the 174th day of 2004. There are 192 days left in the year. On this date in 1944, President Roosevelt signs the Readjustment Act of 1944, more popularly known as the GI Bill of Rights.
In 1870, Congress creates the Department of Justice. In 1911, Britain's King George V is crowned at Westminster Abbey. In 1938, heavyweight boxing champion Joe Louis knocks out Max Schmeling in the first round of their rematch at Yankee Stadium. In 1940, during World War II, Adolf Hitler gains a stunning victory as France is forced to sign an armistice eight days after German forces overran Paris. In 1945, the World War II battle for Okinawa officially ends; 12,520 Americans and 110,000 Japanese are killed in the 81-day campaign. In 1969, singer-actress Judy Garland dies in London at age 47. In 1970, President Nixon signs a measure lowering the voting age to 18. In 1987, actor-dancer Fred Astaire dies in Los Angeles at age 88. In 1993, former first lady Pat Nixon dies in Park Ridge, N.J., at age 81.
June 22, 1979: Volkswagen and Chrysler Corp. both deny a trade publication report that the German auto giant is considering making an offer of nearly $1 billion for Chrysler, the stumbling laggard of the Big Three U.S. manufacturers.
Violence accompanying the independent truckers shutdown reaches into Mercer County as a New Castle trucker is injured when two rocks are thrown through the windshield of his tractor-trailer rig in I-80 in Shenango Township.
Is the 3-point goal a gimmick whose only purpose is to capture fan fancy, or is it a sound refinement in the way basketball is played? The National Basketball Association hopes to find out in the coming season with a one-year trial of the controversial innovation.
June 22, 1964: Philadelphia right-hander Jim Bunning, 32, father of seven children, makes baseball history on Father's Day, pitching a perfect game against the New York Mets.
"Charm of the Centuries," an original production depicting costumes from the Egyptian era to the sensational '60s is presented by the Ursuline High School Thespian Society to a national audience of drama teachers and young performers in Bloomington, Ind.
Girls from Warren and Howland are elected county chairmen of opposition parties as the 1,257 delegates to Buckeye Girls State at Capital University in Columbus begin campaigns for their mock state elections. Catheryn Zeisser of Warren is the Federalist Party chairman for Stebbins County and Christine Cole of Howland is elected Nationalist Party chairman for the county.
June 22, 1954: Construction of the new North High School may be delayed by litigation over heating contracts awarded by the Youngstown Board of Education to Harry Dougherty & amp; Sons. The contract is expected to be challenged by the Scholl-Choffin Co., the other bidder.
Managers of the nation's big-city airports oppose any attempt to "convert our civil airport system into a joint civil and military airport system."
James Berline is installed as president of the Niles Boosters Club at a dinner in the El Rio Restaurant.
June 22, 1929: Only those for whom seats can be found will be permitted to hear the trial of Ruth Livermore on a charge of burglary of an inhabited dwelling when the trial opens in the Mahoning County courtroom of David G. Jenkins.
Youngstown Mayor Joseph L. Heffernan, following a conference with local aviation leaders, announces that a definite program for operation of Lansdowne Field will be decided upon and recommended to city council within two weeks
Struthers City Council offers a reward of $500 for information leading to the arrest of persons who spread an obnoxious chemical at the Electric Shop of D.A. Taylor and at five new houses under construction by Kessler Brothers. Police say the vandalism is connected with labor trouble connected to the electrical contracts on the houses.