Today is Saturday, July 15, the 196th day of 2006. There are 169 days left in the year. On this date

Today is Saturday, July 15, the 196th day of 2006. There are 169 days left in the year. On this date in 1606, Dutch painter Rembrandt is born in Leiden, Netherlands.
In 1870, Georgia becomes the last Confederate state readmitted to the Union. In 1916, Boeing Co., originally known as Pacific Aero Products, is founded in Seattle. In 1964, Sen. Barry M. Goldwater of Arizona is nominated for president by the Republican National Convention in San Francisco. In 1965, U.S. scientists display close-up photographs of the planet Mars taken by Mariner 4. In 1971, in a surprise announcement, President Nixon says he would visit the People's Republic of China. In 1975, three American astronauts blast off aboard an Apollo spaceship hours after two Soviet cosmonauts are launched aboard a Soyuz spacecraft for a mission that includes a linkup of the two ships in orbit. In 1976, a 36-hour kidnap ordeal begins for 26 schoolchildren and their bus driver as they are abducted near Chowchilla, Calif., by three gunmen and imprisoned in an underground cell. (The captives escape unharmed.) In 1979, President Carter delivers his "malaise" speech in which he laments what he calls a "crisis of confidence" in America. In 1985, a gaunt-looking Rock Hudson appears at a news conference with actress Doris Day (it is later revealed Hudson was suffering from AIDS). In 1996, MSNBC, a 24-hour all-news network, makes its debut on cable and the Internet. In 2005, a federal appeals court rules that a Guantanamo detainee who once was Osama bin Laden's driver could be tried by military tribunal. (However, the Supreme Court in June 2006 strikes down the tribunals, saying they violate U.S. and international law.)
July 15, 1981: Mahoning County Sheriff's Deputy Harold Faison shows Mahoning County commissioners an 8-inch butcher knife that was smuggled into a cell range as he makes an appeal for more funds to maintain security.
Kingscliff Super Refractories International of Sheffield, England, signs a lease for a former warehouse at the Albert Street Industrial Park for K.S.R. Amtec Inc., which could eventually employ 200 at the site.
Youngstown city officials are studying options that could pay the city's share of a $4.3 million clean-up project at the Meander Reservoir: a real estate assessment for city resident, rate increases for resident and nonresident customers or a combination of those three.
July 15, 1966: Youngstown's 23rd annual horse show opens at the Canfield Fairgrounds. Proceeds of the show will help pay for the swimming pool built by Youngstown Rotarians at the Stambaugh Scout Reservation.
Mark H. Ohl, president, treasurer and general manager of Trinity Chevrolet Inc., suffers a fatal heart attack while playing golf at the Tippecanoe Country Club.
The Midwest and South remain parched and gripped in a heat wave. In the St. Louis area, 124 heat-related deaths have been recorded in less than a week.
July 15, 1956: Youngstown's Bob McCall scores a hole-in-one on the 26th hole and goes on to defeat Bob Shave Jr. of Cleveland for the Ohio Amateur Golf Championship. Youngstown's last Ohio amateur champ was Tom Jones Jr. in 1951.
A 24-year-old University of Virginia student admits planting fiery crosses on the homes of Chief Justice Earl Warren and Solicitor General Simon E. Sobeloff to protest desegregation of schools. Ronald Rowley is charged with two misdemeanors and forfeits $10 bond on each count rather than appear in court.
July 15, 1931: Mahoning County Prosecutor Ray L. Thomas, testifying in his own defense in his bribery trial, says that he told Atty. Gen. Gilbert Bettman and an adviser to Gov. White that he wanted Bettman to come to Youngstown to investigate improper ties between P.O. Power Co. and Youngstown Traction Commissioner Harry Engle.
With one candidate ruled ineligible because his residence is in Wickliffe outside the city, and another dropping out, only six candidates remain in the race for Youngstown mayor.
One hundred luscious berry pies will be especially baked for the 100 boys who will compete in the pie eating contest at the Youngstown Grocers and Meat Dealers annual picnic at Idora Park. The boys will be competing for cash prizes of $15.