Today is Saturday, June 26, the 178th day of 2004. There are 188 days left in the year. On this date in 1963, President Kennedy visits West Berlin, where he makes his famous declaration: "Ich bin ein

Today is Saturday, June 26, the 178th day of 2004. There are 188 days left in the year. On this date in 1963, President Kennedy visits West Berlin, where he makes his famous declaration: "Ich bin ein Berliner" (I am a Berliner).
In 1870, the first section of Atlantic City, New Jersey's Boardwalk is opened to the public. In 1900, a commission that includes Dr. Walter Reed begins the fight against the deadly disease yellow fever. In 1917, the first troops of the American Expeditionary Force arrive in France during World War I. In 1944, the Republican national convention opens in Chicago with a keynote speech by California Gov. Earl Warren. In 1945, the charter of the United Nations is signed by 50 countries in San Francisco. In 1959, President Eisenhower joins Britain's Queen Elizabeth II in ceremonies officially opening the St. Lawrence Seaway. In 1968, Chief U.S. Justice Earl Warren announces his intention to resign. In 1977, 42 people are killed when a fire sends toxic smoke pouring through the Maury County Jail in Columbia, Tenn. In 1987, Supreme Court Justice Lewis F. Powell Jr. announces his retirement, leaving a vacancy that is filled by Anthony M. Kennedy. In 1993, President Clinton announces the U.S. has launched missiles against Iraqi targets because of "compelling evidence" Iraq had plotted to assassinate former President Bush.
June 26, 1979: In the midst of renewed fuel crises and the need for better public transit, state Sen. Thomas E. Carney, D-Girard, is sponsoring legislation to permit any qualified company to carry passengers on buses between Ohio cities.
More than 300 sailors from the Great Lakes Naval Training Center go on a rock-throwing rampage in North Chicago, Ill., apparently in protest against civilian harassment. Naval officers have imposed an 8 p.m. curfew.
Two 17-year-old South Side youths are arrested in the slaying June 3 of a Campbell woman in Mill Creek Park. Each accuses the other of firing the fatal shot. The youths were looking for a car to steal when they found one in which Elaine Poullas was sleeping.
June 26, 1964: "Youngstown Sheet & amp; Tube Co.'s new $5 million research center in Boardman is that company's contribution to America's future through extension of knowledge," says Dr. A. Allan Bates, chief of the building research division, National Bureau of Standards, speaking in Youngstown.
Trumbull County Sheriff Robert Barnett files first-degree murder charges against Lois Ruth Corbett, 42, in the shooting death of her husband, James, a union business agent, at their Hubbard home.
The federal government approves $799,000 for purchase of land at West Branch Reservoir near Ravenna and at Geneva on the Lake for development of park sites.
June 26, 1954: Hot and humid weather prevails in the Youngstown area, with the temperature expected to hit 94 degrees. A brief thundershower failed to make a dent in the heat.
Retail milk prices in Youngstown will increase 2 cents a quart to reflect new wholesale prices. A quart of standard milk will cost 21 cents; homogenized, 22 cents.
Police swarm a farmhouse near Paris, Va., and discover what they termed an "abortion mill." A doctor, three men and three women are arrested. There were nine patients or patients-to-be in the eight-room frame house.
June 26, 1929: Justice John H. Clarke, addressing an "international" meeting on peace at the Hotel Ohio, tells Rotarians and their guests, who included consuls from several foreign governments, that Rotary favors the advancement of understanding, good will and international peace through world fellowship.
In a special election, Allegheny County voters reject a metropolitan charter proposal that would have made Pittsburgh the fourth-largest city by land area in the United States.
Wild rumors of potential riches spread through Trumbull County after a gas well with pressure estimated at 300,000 cubic feet per 24 hours comes in at West Mecca. At 300,000 cubic feet per day, the well would produce about $100 worth of gas every day.
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