Today in history

Today is Saturday, Aug. 26, the 238th day of 2006. There are 127 days left in the year. On this date in 1920, the 19th amendment to the U.S. Constitution, guaranteeing American women the right to vote, is declared in effect.
In 55 B.C., Roman forces under Julius Caesar invade Britain. In 1883, the island volcano Krakatoa begins erupting with increasingly large explosions. In 1936, the Anglo-Egyptian Treaty, calling for most British troops to leave Egypt is signed in Montreux, Switzerland (it is abrogated by Egypt in 1951). In 1961, the original Hockey Hall of Fame is opened in Toronto. In 1964, President Johnson is nominated for a term of office in his own right at the Democratic national convention in Atlantic City, N.J. In 1972, the summer Olympics games open in Munich, West Germany. In 1974, Charles Lindbergh -- the first man to fly solo, nonstop across the Atlantic -- dies at his home in Hawaii at age 72. In 1978, Cardinal Albino Luciani of Venice is elected the 264th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church following the death of Paul VI. The new pontiff takes the name Pope John Paul I. In 1986, in the so-called "preppie murder case," 18-year-old Jennifer Levin is found strangled in New York's Central Park; Robert Chambers later pleads guilty to manslaughter.
August 26, 1981: In a major blow to downtown Warren redevelopment, Gilmour's Inc. announces that its appliance and furniture store will be leaving the downtown area.
Warren City Council will consider legislation that would allow the administration to hire only city residents for municipal jobs.
Directors of the Dollar Savings and Trust Co. in Youngstown form the first locally owned and operated bank holding company, to be known as Ohio Bankcorp.
August 26, 1966: The National Broadcasting Co. drags Youngstown's old gray bag of gangland slayings and gambling through its long three-hour documentary, presenting nothing not already known and failing in general to come up with a solution to improve the nation's moral climate.
Mario Guerrieri, 35, former bondsman, is charged with possession of tools used in an alleged abortion performed on a 24-year-old Erie, Pa., woman in a Liberty Township motel.
Reflecting the sharply increasing demand for titanium, Reactive Metals Inc. announces a speed-up of its $70 million expansion of plants in Niles and Ashtabula.
August 26, 1956: U.S. Rep. Michael J. Kirwan accompanies Democratic presidential nominee Adlai Stevenson on whirlwind flying visits to every region of the nation.
Plans of Youngstown Sheet & amp; Tube Co. to build a new general office building are seen as spurring an even bigger building boom to Boardman, one of the Youngstown district's fastest growing suburban areas.
The district's 38th unsolved bombing at the stylish home of racketeer Pete Fetchet coincides with another wave of expansion in lottery gambling, as measured by The Vindicator's fifth survey of the bug since Jan. 1, 1952.
August 26, 1931: A.W. Hartford, city traction commissioner, hopes to be able to reduce the cost of a weekly bus or streetcar pass in Youngstown from $1.25 to $1. The cost of a pass was cut from $1.50 in March.
Radio station WKBN in Youngstown announces that it will carry a Columbia Broadcasting System broadcast of the official reception given in Tokyo for Col. And Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh, who completed a trans-Pacific flight to Japan.
Youngstown Councilman Harry M. Crawford prepares an ordinance that would prohibit the sale of firearms in the city without a permit.
Four vice squad raiders fire a volley of bullets in the rear of a large sedan in a breakneck chase from Haselton through Lansingville, before stopping the rum runner and seizing 70 gallons of liquor. The driver, John Rose of Myrtle Ave., is arrested for a liquor law violation.
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