Today is Friday, July 14, the 195th day of 2006. There are 170 days left in the year. On this date

Today is Friday, July 14, the 195th day of 2006. There are 170 days left in the year. On this date in 1789, during the French Revolution, citizens of Paris storm the Bastille prison and release the seven prisoners inside.
In 1853, Commodore Matthew Perry relays to Japanese officials a letter from former President Fillmore, requesting trade relations. In 1881, outlaw William H. Bonney Jr., alias "Billy the Kid," is shot and killed by Sheriff Pat Garrett in Fort Sumner, N.M. In 1933, all German political parties, except the Nazi Party, are outlawed. In 1958, the army of Iraq overthrows the monarchy. In 1965, the American space probe Mariner 4 flies by Mars, sending back photographs of the planet. In 1965, U.S. Ambassador Adlai E. Stevenson Jr. dies in London at age 65. In 1966, eight student nurses are murdered by Richard Speck in a Chicago dormitory. In 1976, Jimmy Carter wins the Democratic presidential nomination at the party's convention in New York. In 1978, Soviet dissident Natan Sharansky is convicted of treasonous espionage and anti-Soviet agitation, and sentenced to 13 years at hard labor. (Sharansky is released in 1986.) In 2001, in a boost for President Bush's hopes to build a defense against ballistic missile attack, the Pentagon scores a hit with an interceptor that soars into space from a tiny Pacific isle and destroys its target, a mock nuclear warhead. In 2005, U.S. Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist, ending a two-day stay in the hospital, pledges to continue working as long as his health permits. (Rehnquist dies in September 2005.)
July 14, 1981: Workers at Jones and Laughlin Steel Corp. have narrowly approved company-proposed concessions that could clear the way for rebuilding the Campbell Works coke plant.
The Johnson Bronze Co., operating in limited bankruptcy since October, will either be sold or close its doors by the end of August.
Seventy percent of Youngstown area residents interviewed by The Vindicator favor a peace time military draft. Defense Secretary Caspar W. Weinberger has suggested a draft may be needed to expand the 2.1 million member military by about 300,000 to meet strategic objectives by 1985.
July 14, 1966: The Newton Falls Board of Education approves a budget of $792,952 for 1966-67 and votes to place a 13-mill levy on the November ballot.
Mahoning County agricultural and soil conservation officials say the drought is affecting crops, particularly corn, strawberries and alfalfa. Rainfall is about 8 inches short of what would be normal for the year.
Youngstown Rotary Club members are shown weapons ranging from switchblades to guns by Atty. Paul H. Smith as part of his discussion on juvenile delinquency. All the weapons have been taken from juveniles arrested in Mahoning County.
July 14, 1956: Six juveniles, ages 14 to 17, who tried to gang-up on an off-duty vice squad policeman will spend the weekend in the Mahoning County Jail and Detention Center. John Olejar, acting chief of the juvenile bureau, said the bunch of "smart guys" could cool their heels in custody for the weekend and will be in court Monday.
Fiery crosses are planted near the Washington, D.C., residences of Chief Justice Earl Warren, Associate Justice Felix Frankfurter and Solicitor General Simon E. Sobeloff.
Late Show at the Warner Theater: "Godzilla," King of the Monsters, and "The Beast with 1,000,000 Eyes."
July 14, 1931: G.E. Roudebush of Columbus, who is expected to be elected superintendent of Youngstown schools, will probably receive less than the $10,000 a year being paid his predecessor.
Attys. Dahl B. Cooper and W.W. Zimmerman are appointed special officers of the court to help Atty. James E. Bennett prosecute disbarment charges against Judges David Jenkins and J.H.C. Lyon and Atty. A.M. Henderson. Affidavits against the judges and Henderson were filed by Prosecutor Ray L. Thomas, who is on trial charged with bribery.
More than 10,000 Nobles of the Mystic Shrine arrive in Cleveland from throughout North America for a convention. A parade of the uniformed conventioneers and 50 bands and drum corps delights Cleveland residents.