Today is Wednesday, April 5, the 95th day of 2006. There are 270 days left in the year. On this date

Today is Wednesday, April 5, the 95th day of 2006. There are 270 days left in the year. On this date in 1856, black American educator Booker T. Washington is born in Franklin County, Va.
In 1614, American Indian princess Pocahontas marries English colonist John Rolfe in Virginia. In 1621, the Mayflower sails from Plymouth, Mass., on a return trip to England. In 1792, George Washington casts the first presidential veto, rejecting a congressional measure for apportioning representatives among the states. In 1887, British historian Lord Acton writes, "Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely." In 1895, playwright Oscar Wilde loses his criminal libel case against the Marquess of Queens-berry, who'd accused the writer of homosexual practices. In 1964, Army Gen. Douglas MacArthur dies in Washington at age 84. In 1976, reclusive billionaire Howard Hughes dies in Houston at age 72. In 1986, an American soldier and a Turkish woman are killed in the bombing of a West Berlin discotheque, an incident which prompts the U.S. air raid on Libya more than a week later.
April 5, 1981: The Pittsburgh Testing Laboratory is unable to account for more than 5,000 tons of asphalt which Bucci Brothers Inc. claims it used in Youngstown's 1980 resurfacing program.
Dr. Frank A. D'Isa, professor and chairman of Youngstown State University's mechanical engineering department, is named to head the University Heritage Award committee, which will honor former members of YSU's faculty and administration.
The speakers are named for the 23rd annual Junior League speakers series: Douglas Edwards, Nancy Dickerson, Eva Gabor, F. Lee Bailey and Patricia Neal.
April 5, 1966: A mother and her three children narrowly escaped death when a large steel-laden truck runs wild on the steep North Bridge Street hill and crashes into the home of Mrs. Geno Veva Lucena. Her 15-year-old son, Carlos, is credited with pushing her out of the way as the rig smashed into the living room.
Dr. Richard Whalen resigns as president-elect of the proposed Columbiana County Community College, citing a lack of cooperation by school administrators in Salem and East Liverpool in setting up a countywide educational system.
Chevrolet will spend $3 million to recall 1.5 million 1964-65 cars for the repair of sticking accelerators.
April 5, 1956: Plans for immediate construction of Galbreath Hall at Westminster College in New Wilmington are announced by Dr. Will W. Orr, president of the college, after the federal government approves an $800,000 loan for the woman's dormitory.
About 20 residents of the Kirkmere area whose basements were flooded during heavy rains are assured by Youngstown City Council that steps will be taken to avoid such flooding in the future.
Tommy Williams Jr., 14, is convicted in Wheeling, W.Va., or first-degree murder in the slaying of 9-year-old Cub Scout David Powell. The verdict carries a recommendation of mercy, which means a mandatory life sentence. The jury rejected an insanity defense.
April 5, 1931: The Ohio Federation of Women's Clubs is holding its 37th annual convention in Youngstown, bringing 1,000 club women to the city. The last time the city was site of the convention was 1914.
Ohio Gov. George White's commission on stabilization of employment and business reports a slow improvement in industrial and business improvement in Ohio.
A man and woman, suspects in a $2,500 robbery of the First National Bank of Volant, are returned to face charges in New Castle after being arrested in Detroit.