Today is Thursday, July 20, the 201st day of 2006. There are 164 days left in the year. On this date

Today is Thursday, July 20, the 201st day of 2006. There are 164 days left in the year. On this date in 1969, Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin become the first men to walk on the moon as they step out of their lunar module.
In 1810, Colombia declares independence from Spain. In 1861, the Congress of the Confederate States begins holding sessions in Richmond, Va. In 1871, British Columbia enters Confederation as a Canadian province. In 1881, Sioux Indian leader Sitting Bull, a fugitive since the Battle of the Little Big Horn, surrenders to federal troops. In 1942, the first detachment of the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps -- later known as WACs -- begins basic training at Fort Des Moines, Iowa. In 1944, an attempt by a group of German officials to assassinate Adolf Hitler with a bomb fails as the explosion at Hitler's Rastenburg headquarters only wounds the Nazi leader. In 1944, President Roosevelt is nominated for an unprecedented fourth term of office at the Democratic convention in Chicago. In 1976, America's Viking 1 robot spacecraft makes a successful, first-ever landing on Mars. In 1977, a flash flood hits Johnstown, Pa., killing 80 people and causing $350 million worth of damage. In 1999, after 38 years at the bottom of the Atlantic, astronaut Gus Grissom's Liberty Bell 7 Mercury capsule is lifted to the surface.
July 20, 1981: Youngstown's Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini successfully defends his North American Boxing Federation Lightweight Championship with a 12-round unanimous decision over Jose Luis Ramirez at Warren's Packard Music Hall in a nationally televised fight.
City school officials acknowledge that they were apparently mistaken when they said the school district could operate its own busing system at a per-student cost below that of the Western Reserve Transit Authority.
The Eagle Pitcher Co. of Toledo has decided it isn't interested in buying and operating the Johnson Bronze Co. in New Castle, Pa., so plans are being made to auction the plant and its equipment.
July 20, 1966: Two Youngstown-based Ohio National Guard units are sent to Cleveland on the orders of Gov. James A. Rhodes to help put down racial rioting in the Hough area.
Three area women and a man are indicted by a federal grand jury in Cleveland on prostitution charges. The federal charges were based on travel between Cortland, Ohio, and Sharon, Pa., for illicit purposes.
A large segment of the Youngstown Police and Fire departments are planning to picket City Hall to back their demands for increased wages and longevity benefits.
July 20, 1956: Mesta Machine Co. of Pittsburgh, new owner of the 45-acre foundry plant at New Castle, expects to begin production within a month to six weeks, says Frank A. Mesta, executive vice president.
Common Pleas Judge David G. Jenkins issues a temporary injunction against Youngstown's new sign ordinance, which provides for annual inspection fees of $2 to $13 per sign.
Teen-age friends of Bobby Renner, North Side boy killed in a traffic accident at the Youngstown Country Club, organize a club of safe drivers in his memory. A cousin, John Renner, is elected president.
July 20, 1931: Cyrus S. Eaton, principal opponent of the Bethlehem Steel-Youngstown Sheet & amp; Tube merger, resigns as a director and member of the executive committee of Sheet & amp; Tube. George T. Bishop is named to the board of directors and Frank Purnell is elected to the executive committee to replace Eaton.
Youngstown Sheet & amp; Tube Co. and Republic Steel Corp. continue their vigorous protest against the dumping of millions of tons of sulphate of ammonia by German producers on the American market.
Dr. Hugo Morgan and W.C. Stitt, Mill Creek Park commissioners, brand as false a report that park commissioners are considering building swimming pools at Mill Creek Park.