Today is Monday, July 3, the 184th day of 2006. There are 181 days left in the year. On this date in

Today is Monday, July 3, the 184th day of 2006. There are 181 days left in the year. On this date in 1863, the three-day Civil War Battle of Gettysburg, Pa., ends in a major victory for the North as Confederate troops retreat.
In 1608, the city of Quebec is founded by Samuel de Champlain. In 1775, Gen. George Washington takes command of the Continental Army at Cambridge, Mass. In 1890, Idaho becomes the 43rd state of the Union. In 1898, the U.S. Navy defeats a Spanish fleet in the harbor at Santiago, Cuba, during the Spanish-American War. In 1930, Congress creates the U.S. Veterans Administration. In 1962, Algeria becomes independent after 132 years of French rule. In 1971, singer Jim Morrison of The Doors dies in Paris at age 27. In 1976, Israel launches its daring mission to rescue about 100 passengers and Air France crew members being held at Entebbe Airport in Uganda by pro-Palestinian hijackers. In 1986, President Reagan presides over a gala ceremony in New York Harbor that sees the relighting of the renovated Statue of Liberty. In 1988, the USS Vincennes shoots down an Iran Air jetliner over the Persian Gulf, killing all 290 people aboard.
July 3, 1981: July 4th will not go unheralded in Youngstown after all ., Within hours of a story reporting that the city had no money for a Federal Plaza fireworks display, an anonymous donor agreed to pick up the tab for fireworks.
Air Force personnel at the Youngstown Air Reserve Base officially switch the base's military mission from fighter jets to airlift operations. The 910th Tactical Fighter Group becomes the 910th Tactical Airlift Group.
Arguing that family planning counseling has led to abortions in the past, the Pennsylvania House votes against giving $300,000 to family planning centers in the state. The state funds would have brought $3 million in federal funds to the centers
The Ohio Bell Telephone Co. seeks a $125 million rate increase that will add about 75 cents a month to the average customer's bill.
July 3, 1966: U.S. automakers report a record stockpile of 1.7 million 1966 vehicles at a time when dealers will be trying to clear their lots for the arrival of new models.
Articles of incorporation are granted to the recently formed Mahoning County Community Improvement Corp., designed to develop commercial, industrial and cultural growth in the county.
Robert H. Chuey, a graduate of Youngstown University who played on several of Coach Dom Rosselli's successful squads, is named basketball coach of Decatur Catholic High School in Decatur, Ill.
Cardinal Lawrence Sheehan, archbishop of Baltimore, appeals to American Roman Catholics to "exert whatever moral and civic influences" they can to keep the Vietnam war "within moral bounds."
July 3, 1956: Alfred Wilson, Trumbull County's triple murderer, is fatally wounded by Ohio Highway Patrolman Russell H. Duffy, as Wilson hid in a tree, armed with a Lugar pistol. Wilson had evaded numerous manhunts for 12 days after murdering two sisters of his common-law wife and a 16 year-old Leavittsburg girl. He told a brother-in-law shortly before he was shot that he didn't know why he killed the girl.
A strike by 55,000 basic steel workers in the district is expected to bring further unemployment in retail trade, transportation and other businesses. But downtown merchants report doing normal business the first full day of the strike.
The King and his Court, the world-renowned four-man softball team will take on a team of Youngstown all-stars at Idora Park Field. Eddie "King" Feigner struck out 18 batters in the 1950 contest in Youngstown on the way to a 1-0 victory.
July 3, 1931: The Mahoning Valley's heat wave finally breaks, with five persons remaining hospitalized for treatment as a result of the heat and five recorded deaths. Nationwide, there were 1,231 deaths.
The general council of the Congressional and Christian Churches, meeting in Seattle, goes on record as approving "voluntary parentage" through birth control.