Today is Saturday, April 29, the 119th day of 2006. There are 246 days left in the year. On this

Today is Saturday, April 29, the 119th day of 2006. There are 246 days left in the year. On this date in 1945, during World War II, American soldiers liberate the Dachau concentration camp; the same day, Adolf Hitler marries Eva Braun and designates Admiral Karl Doenitz his successor.
In 1429, Joan of Arc enters the besieged city of Orleans to lead a victory over the English. In 1861, Maryland's House of Delegates votes against seceding from the Union. In 1862, New Orleans falls to Union forces during the Civil War. In 1916, the Easter Rising in Dublin collapses as Irish nationalists surrender to British authorities. In 1946, 28 former Japanese leaders are indicted as war criminals. In 1974, President Nixon announces he is releasing edited transcripts of some secretly made White House tape recordings related to Watergate. In 1981, truck driver Peter Sutcliffe admits in a London court to being the "Yorkshire Ripper," the killer of 13 women in northern England during a five-year period. In 1983, Harold Washington is sworn in as the first black mayor of Chicago. In 1992, deadly rioting erupts in Los Angeles after a jury in Simi Valley, Calif., acquits four Los Angeles police officers of almost all state charges in the videotaped beating of Rodney King. In 1997, a worldwide treaty to ban chemical weapons go into effect.
April 29, 1981: The last section of Youngstown innerbelt highway system has been poured and the Himrod Expressway should be open to traffic in about two months.
After 35 years, Hubbard's homecoming celebration appears to have come to an end because the Hubbard Homecoming Association has been unable to secure a site for the festivities.
April 29, 1966: Two days of heavy rain are still draining off, filling Meander Reservoir, the area's main water source to overflowing and bringing up water levels in other reservoirs.
Forty-three Mahoning County industrial firms and their employees are honored for outstanding safety records during a "victory" dinner at the Hotel Pick Ohio.
The May Co. will build a major department store in the DeBartolo Corp.'s Austintown Plaza.
A driver for Chuck's Towing Service is jailed by Youngstown police after a running feud between wrecking companies in the city comes to a head at the scene of a minor accident at Oak and Fruit streets. The motorist requested that his car be towed by Passerelli, but the driver for Chuck's had gotten there first and refused to leave.
April 29, 1956: Milk prices are expected to go up 2 cents a half-gallon in the Mahoning Valley to meet a price increase by the Dairymen's Cooperative Sales Association. The retail price of a half-gallon glass container will be 42 cents.
U.S. Sen. Albert Gore, D-Tenn., tells the Jefferson-Jackson dinner at the Hotel Pick-Ohio in Youngstown that, "under the Eisenhower administration, the United States is losing the atomic power race."
A motorist who frightened woman pedestrians on Fifth St. in Struthers by purposely driving too close to the curb is charged with reckless driving and fined $30.
April 29, 1931: Three visiting judges assigned to Mahoning County by the Ohio Supreme Court decide to call a special grand jury to investigate charges of bribery of public officials in Youngstown and the county by utility companies.
The Slovak Baseball League in Youngstown, which was founded in 1920 and has grown to eight teams, opens its 1931 season.
Given a choice of five days in jail or 30 days without the use of an auto, John Volpe, 19, of Wickliffe, who pleaded guilty to reckless driving, chooses to do without his auto and paid a $10 fine.