Today is Monday, July 10, the 191st day of 2006. There are 174 days left in the year. On this date

Today is Monday, July 10, the 191st day of 2006. There are 174 days left in the year. On this date in 1940, during World War II, the Battle of Britain begins as German forces begin attacking southern England by air.
In 1850, Vice President Millard Fillmore assumes the presidency, following the death of President Taylor. In 1890, Wyoming becomes the 44th state. In 1925, the official news agency of the Soviet Union, TASS, is established. In 1943, during World War II, U.S. and British forces invade Sicily. In 1951, armistice talks aimed at ending the Korean conflict begin at Kaesong. In 1962, the Telstar communications satellite is launched from Cape Canaveral, Fla. In 1985, bowing to pressure from irate customers, Coca-Cola Co. says it would resume selling old-formula Coke, while continuing to sell New Coke. In 1991, Boris N. Yeltsin takes the oath of office as the first elected president of the Russian republic. In 2001, the White House backs off a plan to let religious groups that receive federal money, such as the Salvation Army, ignore local laws that ban discrimination against gays and lesbians.
July 10, 1981: Under budget pressure, Mahoning County Sheriff James A. Traficant Jr. says he will lay off 20 more deputies and close another floor of the jail, reducing the sheriff's staff to 27.
Youngstown Mayor George Vukovich says wastewater treatment plant funds will be used to reduce projected city layoffs from 100 to 70.
Fourteen members of the Boardman High School class of 1931 gather for their 50th annual reunion. Of the 29 graduates, eight have died and two could not be located.
July 10, 1966: A woman in Poland and a Hubbard boy are killed in separate hit-skip accidents after being struck by speeding cars. Dead are Harry Meyer, 15, of Hubbard and Annie Louise Hammar, 44, of Poland.
Dr. Bernard Yozwiak, a professor of mathematics at Youngstown University, is named chairman of the math department by Dr. Howard Jones, president of the college.
Southern Express Co. opens a $200,000 Lordstown terminal with an open house during which 700 people tour the facility.
Mickey Bailia of Austintown will be one of three judges in the U.S. Open Accordion Championship Contest in Chicago. He is an accordion and organ teacher at Pezzenti Music and has transcribed three concertos for accordion.
July 10, 1956: Four bandits speaking with southern drawls terrorize a Hubbard couple and threaten to kill them as they prowl about the home in search of "big money." The couple had been staying in the home of H.L. Meyers, retired president of the Hubbard Banking Co., while Meyers was in Kansas attending a family funeral.
A portable 200-bed emergency hospital unit, one of five in Ohio, is delivered to the Civil Defense Corps for the Mahoning Valley. The unit will be stored at the Market Street School in Lisbon.
General Motors engineers are making "excellent progress" in engineering planning for a new Lordstown plant, which will be the world's largest auto assembly plant, says Edward H. Kelley, general manufacturing manager of Chevrolet, says.
July 10, 1931: Out-of-work Youngstown area men are being warned to beware of bunko artists who are making the rounds, offering to find people work for a fee. A number of victims report being taken for $10 to $25.
Ohio Gov. George White signs legislation placing a tax of 2 cents on a pack of 20 cigarettes. The tax is approved for two years.
Henry L. Doherty, head of Cities Service Co. files a $12 million suit against the Kansas City Star for allegedly libelous and defamatory statements made in a six-part series by the newspaper calling for a reduction in Kansas gas rates.