Today is Wednesday, July 19, the 200th day of 2006. There are 165 days left in the year. On this

Today is Wednesday, July 19, the 200th day of 2006. There are 165 days left in the year. On this date in 1848, a pioneer women's rights convention convenes in Seneca Falls, N.Y.
In 1553, 15-year-old Lady Jane Grey is deposed as Queen of England after claiming the crown for nine days. King Henry VIII's daughter Mary is proclaimed Queen. In 1870, the Franco-Prussian war begins. In 1941, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill launches his "V for Victory" campaign in Europe. In 1943, Allied air forces raid Rome during World War II. In 1969, Apollo 11 and its astronauts, Neil Armstrong, Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin and Michael Collins, go into orbit around the moon. In 1975, the Apollo and Soyuz space capsules that were linked in orbit for two days separate. In 1980, the Moscow Summer Olympics begins, minus dozens of nations that are boycotting the games because of the Soviet military intervention in Afghanistan. In 1984, U.S. Rep. Geraldine A. Ferraro, D-N.Y., wins the Democratic nomination for vice president by acclamation at the party's convention in San Francisco. In 1986, Caroline Kennedy, daughter of President John F. Kennedy, marries Edwin A. Schlossberg in Centerville, Mass.
July 19, 1981: Luther Griffiths, 43, the oldest rookie in the history of the Youngstown Police Department, is sworn in. Griffiths filed suit in federal court to overturn a state law that required a patrolman to be between 21 and 31 years old at the time of appointment. Griffiths, of New Waterford, has a year to move into the city to meet the residency requirement.
The Tiffin Advertiser-Tribune, an Ohio daily with a circulation of 12,000, in an experiment with Tandy Corp., the computer division of Radio Shack, will become the first small newspaper in America to offer an electronic edition of its newspaper. Subscribers with home computers will pay $5 per month and will be able to access the electronic edition by telephone.
Salem ends its week-long celebration of its 175th birthday with a gala parade of 150 units, including eight professionally decorated floats.
July 19, 1966: After eight days of auctions, 373 pieces of land in Mahoning County are sold for a total of $16,810.
Water pressure in Boardman Township drops to its lowest level in a long time and one Boardman official asks Mahoning County commissioners to launch the township water improvement program immediately.
A bolt of lighting that shook many downtown buildings in the early morning is believed to have caused a three-alarm fire at the Scholl-Choffin Co. building, 12 Hogue St. Damage is estimated at $50,000.
July 19, 1956: A three-day strike that idled 6,500 workers at the Westinghouse Electric Corp. in Sharon ends with an agreement by the International Union of Electrical Workers to return to work while the suspension and firing of two men that sparked the strike is submitted in arbitration.
More than 300 valuable show horses are arriving at the Canfield Fairgrounds for competition in Youngstown's 13th annual benefit horse show.
The fish pond in Courthouse Park in downtown Warren has been restored and stocked with large gold fish and illuminated with colored lights. Police will make routine patrols to keep vagrants out of the park.
July 19, 1931: The Allied Council and the Garden Forum, which distributed seeds for 2,000 gardens to feed Youngstown's needy, estimate those gardens will yield tons of food, including more than 2 million ears of corn and 10,000 bushels of potatoes.
When Gov. George White appoints Ohio's new conservation board, one of the first projects it will study will be a Mahoning-Shenango-Beaver rivers canal.
Youngstown's zoning ordinance, regarded by many as an unnecessary and costly venture before it was enacted in 1929, has proved one of the city's most successful real estate developments, says Dan Mullane Jr., local real estate broker.