Today is Saturday, June 3, the 154th day of 2006. There are 211 days left in the year. On this date in 1965, astronaut Edward White becomes the first American to "walk" in space, during the flight of

Today is Saturday, June 3, the 154th day of 2006. There are 211 days left in the year. On this date in 1965, astronaut Edward White becomes the first American to "walk" in space, during the flight of Gemini 4.
In 1621, the Dutch West India Company receives a charter for New Netherlands -- now known as New York. In 1808, Jefferson Davis -- the first and only president of the Confederacy -- is born in Christian County, Ky. In 1906, dancer, singer and actress Josephine Baker is born in St. Louis. In 1935, the French liner Normandie sets a record on its maiden voyage, arriving in New York after crossing the Atlantic in just four days, 11 hours and 42 minutes. In 1937, the Duke of Windsor, who had abdicated the British throne, marries Wallis Warfield Simpson in Monts, France. In 1948, the 200-inch reflecting telescope at the Palomar Mountain Observatory in California is dedicated. In 1963, Pope John XXIII dies at age 81. He is succeeded by Pope Paul VI.
June 3, 1981: Voters in Brookfield, Niles, Warren, LaBrae and Bloomfield-Mespo school districts in Trumbull County approve school levies in the primary election. The only school issue defeated in the county was in Maplewood.
Youngstown public schools, where teachers were on strike for two months beginning Feb. 20, take it on the chin with the defeat of a 7.9-mill emergency levy by a vote of 15,625 to 12,551.
Political newcomer Michael O'Brien upsets incumbent Councilman Wilbur Cartwright in Warren's Fourth Ward to join his mother, Margaret, a councilwoman-at-large, on city council.
June 3, 1966: The Mahoning Valley Manpower Residence Training Center of Youngstown gains approval of a $333,059 grant to train 75 unemployed persons as machine operators.
Campbell Mayor Rocco F. Mico says Campbell hopes to apply throughout the Youngstown Metropolitan Housing Authority to erect 50 low-rent housing units for the elderly and rehabilitate rundown apartments with federal grants.
Youngstown University receives a grant of $6,156 from the Health, Education and Welfare Department laboratory and other special equipment for the university's science center.
June 3, 1956: Two gunmen hold up three clerks and the manager of the busy Fosterville Century Food Market on a Saturday afternoon, escaping with several thousand dollars.
Cmdr. Harold E. Hastings, a 22-year veteran, is the new commanding officer of the Naval and Marine Reserve Training Center in Youngstown.
Stanley H. Meader of Youngstown and Charles R. Russell of Warren graduate from the U.S. Military Academy, West Point, and are commissioned second lieutenants in the Army.
June 3, 1931: The Youngstown Board of Education is accepting bids for an 11-room addition to Scienceville High School.
William Z. Foster, leader of the 1919 steel strike and now general secretary of the Trade Union Unity League, a Communist organization, will be the main speaker at a rally being planned in Youngstown to protest "police brutality" and the arrest of 70 people in the break-up of a Communist rally Memorial Day weekend.