Today is Sunday, Feb. 26, the 57th day of 2006. There are 308 days left in the year. On this date in 1993, a bomb built by Islamic extremists explodes in the parking garage of New York's World Trade

Today is Sunday, Feb. 26, the 57th day of 2006. There are 308 days left in the year. On this date in 1993, a bomb built by Islamic extremists explodes in the parking garage of New York's World Trade Center, killing six people and injuring more than 1,000 others.
In 1815, Napoleon Bonaparte escapes from the Island of Elba to begin his second conquest of France. In 1848, the Second French Republic is proclaimed. In 1919, Congress establishes Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona. In 1929, President Coolidge signs a measure establishing Grand Teton National Park. In 1940, the United States Air Defense Command is created. In 1945, a midnight curfew on nightclubs, bars and other places of entertainment is set to go into effect across the nation. In 1951, the 22nd Amendment to the Constitution, limiting a president to two terms of office, is ratified. In 1979, a total solar eclipse casts a moving shadow 175 miles wide from Oregon to North Dakota before moving into Canada. In 1986, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and author Robert Penn Warren is named the first poet laureate of the United States by Librarian of Congress Daniel J. Boorstin. In 1987, the Tower Commission, which probed the Iran-Contra affair, issues its report, which rebukes President Reagan for failing to control his national security staff.
February 26, 1981: Phil Dwyer, Salem city service director, recommends the removal of 381 streetlights in the city, which will save between $30,000 and $35,000 a year.
"An act of vandalism" is blamed for a fire and explosion that demolished an Ohio State Patrol cruiser parked in the driveway of Trooper John Scott in Champion Township. An unidentified explosive device was placed beneath the rear of the vehicle.
President Ronald Reagan welcomes British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher to the White House in an elaborate ceremony. She says the United States can count on Great Britain as "an ally, staunch and true," in the battle to protect world peace.
February 26, 1966: Construction of a new office building to house the staffs of the Mahoning and Ohio Welfare departments is favored following a meeting of county commissioners and state officials.
The Mahoning County Community College Board of Trustees authorizes an option on a 220-acre parcel at Route 224 and Tippecanoe Road as the proposed site of a $20 million community college campus.
The Paramount Theater, which had been sold out for weeks for the occasion, hosts the Ohio Premier of "A Patch of Blue." The showing came at the end of a week that saw Youngstowner Elizabeth Hartman nominated for an Academy Award for her role opposite Sidney Poitier. She and her mother were escorted to their seats by manager Jack Hynes.
February 26, 1956: As damage reports mount, the estimate of damage from 80 mph winds through the Shenango and Mahoning valleys rises to $500,000.
Youngstown District residents observe Heart Sunday with thousands of volunteers going door to door.
Mahoning County Judge David G. Jenkins, 76, is considered one of the nation's authorities on Welsh history. His hobby has been translating Welsh poetry into English.
The Rev. M. Cooke Davies, rector of St. George's Church, Walkerville, Ont., and a member of the Ontario Legislature, will speak at the 65th annual St. David's Day Banquet at Youngstown.
February 26, 1931: Lawrence County commissioners say the cost of the trial and conviction of Irene Shrader and W. Glenn Dague, who were electrocuted for the murder of Cpl. Brady Paul of the state police, was $23,658, including a $1,000 reward commissioners put up.
Mahoning County Prosecutor Ray L. Thomas refuses to sign a letter drafted by the county's five common pleas judges asking for a state probe of blackmail accusations against Youngstown Traction Commissioner Harry Engel. The letter is sent to the Ohio attorney general's office without Thomas' signature.
The Schick tests administered by Youngstown schools cost the schools less than $1,000 a year, but have saved dozens of lives and an estimated $1 million in doctor bills and human-life-value over seven years, a study shows. In the five years before the Schick test was instituted, there were 2,389 cases of diphtheria in the city and 169 deaths. The next five years brought only 558 cases and 76 deaths. New York statisticians figure the cost of treating diphtheria is $100 per case; a funeral costs $500 and a child's life is worth $5,000 to a community.
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