Today is Saturday, July 29, the 210th day of 2006. There are 155 days left in the year. On this date

Today is Saturday, July 29, the 210th day of 2006. There are 155 days left in the year. On this date in 1981, Britain's Prince Charles marries Lady Diana Spencer in a resplendent ceremony at St. Paul's Cathedral in London. (The couple divorces in 1996.)
In 1588, the English soundly defeat the Spanish Armada in the Battle of Gravelines. In 1856, German composer Robert Schumann dies in Bonn at age 46. In 1890, artist Vincent van Gogh dies of a self-inflicted gunshot wound in Auvers, France. In 1900, Italian King Humbert I is assassinated by an anarchist; he is succeeded by his son, Victor Emmanuel III. In 1914, transcontinental telephone service begins with the first phone conversation between New York and San Francisco. In 1948, Britain's King George VI opens the Olympic Games in London. In 1958, President Eisenhower signs the National Aeronautics and Space Act, which creates NASA. In 1967, fire sweeps the USS Forrestal in the Gulf of Tonkin, killing 134 servicemen. In 1980, a state funeral is held in Cairo, Egypt, for the deposed Shah of Iran, who had died two days earlier at age 60. In 1986, a federal jury in New York finds that the National Football League has committed an antitrust violation against the rival United States Football League. But in a hollow victory for the USFL, the jury orders the NFL to pay token damages of only $3.
July 29, 1981: Officials of Jackson, Ellsworth and Berlin townships are told that if they were to establish their own police department to patrol western Mahoning County, residents would have to approve an additional 2 mills in property taxes.
The Mahoning River in Youngstown is so polluted by industrial wastes that environmental controls being planned are not enough to clean intup, a report by the Environmental Protection Agency says.
Fred Thompson, a 38-year-old Nashville attorney who was counsel to the Senate Watergate Committee in 1973, is named by the Senate Intelligence Committee to run its inquiry into CIA Director William Casey's fitness to remain in office.
July 29, 1966: A 55-year-old Champion Township man is hospitalized in Warren after two armed thugs forced their way into his home, beat him and escaped with $2,000 in cash.
Youngstown City Council approves a 10 percent raise for city employees promised by Mayor Anthony B. Flask to end a two-day strike by workers in the sanitation, water and street departments. Only Fifth Ward Councilman Jack C. Hunter voted against the raises. .
Officers and members of Centenary Methodist Church in East Palestine are planning the church's 100th anniversary.
July 29, 1956: "The 84th Congress was a very good one," Congressman Michael J. Kirwan, who has served 20 years, says on his return to Youngstown from the concluding session. Kirwan notes that the Congress gave President Eisenhower the housing act he sought and increased the minimum wage from 75 cents to $1.
The most popular spot on Lake Milton is Craig Beach, where hundreds of swimmers arrive each warm summer day to enjoy the waters of one of the area's largest fresh-water lakes.
July 29, 1931: Youngstown, like most of the country, is sweltering, with the mercury reaching 90 degrees by 11 a.m.
Every member of the Youngstown YMCA takes a voluntary decrease in pay, which is expected to save $25,000 a year for the organization, which is facing a $67,000 budget shortfall.