Today is Thursday, Feb. 16, the 47th day of 2006. There are 318 days left in the year. On this date

Today is Thursday, Feb. 16, the 47th day of 2006. There are 318 days left in the year. On this date in 1945, American troops land on the island of Corregidor in the Philippines during World War II.
In 1804, Lt. Stephen Decatur leads a successful raid into Tripoli Harbor to burn the U.S. Navy frigate Philadelphia, which had fallen into the hands of pirates. In 1862, during the Civil War, some 14,000 Confederate soldiers surrender at Fort Donelson, Tenn. (Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's victory earns him the nickname "Unconditional Surrender Grant.") In 1868, the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks is organized in New York City. In 1918, Lithuania proclaims its independence. In 1923, the burial chamber of King Tutankhamen's recently unearthed tomb is unsealed in Egypt. In 1959, Fidel Castro becomes premier of Cuba after the overthrow of Fulgencio Batista. In 1968, the nation's first 911 emergency telephone system is inaugurated, in Haleyville, Ala. In 1977, Janani Luwum, the Anglican archbishop of Uganda, and two other men are killed in what Ugandan authorities said was an automobile accident. In 1994, at least 217 people are killed when a powerful earthquake shakes Indonesia's Sumatra island. In 1998, a China Airlines Airbus A-300-600R trying to land in fog near Taipei, Taiwan, crashes, killing all 196 people on board and six people on the ground. In 1996, 11 people are killed in a fiery collision between an Amtrak passenger train and a Maryland commuter train in Silver Spring, Md.
February 16, 1981: Seventeen striking Ravenna teachers and their chief negotiator are in Stark County Jail after refusing to sign personal recognizance bonds that would guarantee they would stop picketing.
Leonard J. Mancini, 25, a former local Golden Glove boxer, son of former Boxer Lenny Mancini, and brother of boxer Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini, is pronounced dead of a bullet wound of the head. A woman who flagged down a police car outside Mancini's Market Street apartment where the body was found is being questioned.
Crowds from two downtown Cleveland disco clubs go on an early-morning rampage, smashing windows and looting stores.
February 16, 1966: Ed Moeller, chairman of the Canfield clean-up committee, is given a trophy by Lady Bird Johnson, first lady, at the Cleanest Town Conference in Washington, D.C.
A South Ave. man surrenders to police in Newton Falls after an automobile accident as he was fleeing from Youngstown after a wild shooting spree in Nicky's Bar, 314 E. Federal St. Killed was Donald Leonard, 56, a bystander to a dispute that lead to gunfire.
An 18-year-old Kent State University freshman from Niles is arrested by the Secret Service after boasting to his landlord that he wanted to kill President Lyndon Johnson.
Eight boys ranging in age from 12 to 16 years old will appear before Juvenile Court authorities on charges that they ransacked and vandalized Covington School.
February 16, 1956: Ninety Kimmel Brook Homes apartments will be ready for occupancy by May 1, says Paul L. Strait, director of the Youngstown Metropolitan Housing Authority.
Mercer County Judge Herman Rodgers bars 14 IUE members from the picket line at Westinghouse Electric Corp. after a day of rowdyism. The union responds with a picket line comprising all women.
An 18-year-old Salineville, Ohio, airman surrenders to California police and agrees to be extradited to Texas to face charges in the shooting death of a man near Wichita Falls. The airman told police he shot the Texas man three times after he made immoral advances.
February 16, 1931: Harold L. "Luke" Wilson, 38, prominent businessman and Youngstown son of Atty. and Mrs. J.P. Wilson, dies after being stabbed six times during a quarrel with another motorist following a minor collision in Spring Common.
President Herbert Hoover approves a bill to authorize $20 million in public buildings, including $585,000 for a new post office in Youngstown. The appropriation nearly doubles the amount originally allotted for Youngstown.
Dwight "Dyke" Beede of Youngstown, who recently resigned his position as head football coach at Westminster to enter the insurance business, gave the Titans one of their best grid seasons on record. Overall, during five years at Westminster, Beede's teams had a record of 13 wins, 20 losses.