Today is Tuesday, July 4, the 185th day of 2006. There are 180 days left in the year. This is Independence Day. On this date in 1776, the Continental Congress adopts the Declaration of Independence.

Today is Tuesday, July 4, the 185th day of 2006. There are 180 days left in the year. This is Independence Day. On this date in 1776, the Continental Congress adopts the Declaration of Independence.
In 1802, the United States Military Academy officially opens at West Point, N.Y. In 1826, 50 years to the day after the Declaration of Independence was adopted, former presidents John Adams and Thomas Jefferson both die. In 1831, the fifth president of the United States, James Monroe, dies in New York City. In 1872, the 30th president of the United States, Calvin Coolidge, is born in Plymouth, Vt. In 1939, baseball's "Iron Horse," Lou Gehrig, says farewell to his fans at New York's Yankee Stadium. In 1946, the Philippines becomes independent of U.S. sovereignty. In 1966, President Johnson signs the Freedom of Information Act, which goes into effect the following year. In 1976, America celebrates its bicentennial with daylong festivities; President Ford makes stops in Valley Forge, Pa., Independence Hall in Philadelphia and New York, where more than 200 ships parade up the Hudson River in Operation Sail. In 1976, Israeli commandos raid Entebbe airport in Uganda, rescuing almost all of the passengers and crew of an Air France jetliner seized by pro-Palestinian hijackers. In 1986, Liberty Weekend is capped with a spectacular fireworks display that lights up New York Harbor.
July 4, 1981: Commuter Aircraft Corp. 's presence at the Paris Air Show in June gives the company exposure that is paying dividends in interest from Wall Street investors, says Kornell Feher, company president.
The grandmother of U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant is buried in a small cemetery in Deerfield, where the family lived at the turn of the 19th century. Rachel Kelly Grant died in 1805, 17 years before her famous grandson was born.
Nancy Cupido is crowned Miss Niles 1981 during the pageant that is part of the city's Fourth of July festivities.
The immediate economic outlook for the Youngstown district's 700,000 residents appears just so-so on July 4th, the traditional date for midyear assessments.
July 4, 1966: Baseball Town U.S.A. "Old Timers" will get together at the General Fireproofing grounds for their third annual picnic. Stephen "Bushel" Olenick is picnic chairman.
Ohio records 22 traffic deaths in the early days of the long July Fourth holiday weekend, but the Youngstown area has reported no deaths.
The mercury in Youngstown reaches 98 degrees, sending residents swarming to area swimming pools. In New York City, the record heat wave sent the mercury to 106.
July 4, 1956: The Ohio Highway Patrol asks residents to provide information that may lead to the identification of any person who helped killer Alfred Wilson during his 11-day flight from the law. Cpl. Richard Jakmas said authorities are convinced Wilson had outside help during his days on the run.
Copperweld Steel Co., which has continued to make steel under an extended local contract with its workers, increases the price of steel by $9 per ton in anticipation of high demand during the nationwide USW strike.
The Mahoning County Planning Commission approves rezoning of three Austintown Township parcels for part of an industrial park on N. Four Mile Run Road.
July 4, 1931: Two Youngstown men are among 1,200 mayors, economists, labor leaders, educators, clergymen, social workers and others who have signed a petition calling on President Hoover to call a special session of Congress immediately to provide relief for the unemployed. Dr. I.E. Philo of Rodef Sholem congregation and A.B. Howe, secretary of the United Labor Congress of Mahoning County, are the local signers.
Bobbie Connor, the pretty 20-year-old Four Mile Run Road girl who has offered to marry a man who can give her parents $2,000 in their time of need, has received a number of offers in the first day. The men range from 18 to 70 years old and include one earnest fellow who acknowledged that he has only $1,900. She says she'll meet them all.
Six persons were killed by autos and 135 people were injured in June in Youngstown, Traffic Commissioner Carl Olson reports.