Today is Thursday, June 8, the 159th day of 2006. There are 206 days left in the year. On this date

Today is Thursday, June 8, the 159th day of 2006. There are 206 days left in the year. On this date in 632, the prophet Mohammed dies.
In 1845, Andrew Jackson, seventh president of the United States, dies in Nashville, Tenn. In 1905, President Theodore Roosevelt offers to act as a mediator in the Russo-Japanese War. In 1915, Secretary of State William Jennings Bryan resigns in a disagreement over U.S. handling of the sinking of the Lusitania. In 1953, the Supreme Court rules that restaurants in the District of Columbia cannot refuse to serve blacks. In 1966, a merger is announced between the National and American Football Leagues, to take effect in 1970. In 1967, 34 U.S. servicemen are killed when Israeli forces raid the Liberty, a Navy ship stationed in the Mediterranean. (Israel calls the attack a tragic mistake.)
June 8, 1981: Patty Metzler, Jackson-Milton's star distance runner, shatters the Class A record in the 1,600-meter run at Ohio Stadium in Columbus, covering the distance in 4:56.74, almost three seconds off the record that had been set in 1978.
Three separate Columbiana County accidents over the weekend leave four persons dead, including three motorcyclists and a man who was run over by a backhoe.
Mahoning County Sheriff James A. Traficant Jr. discloses plans to close one or possibly two floors of the county jail and to institute a 10 percent wage cut for himself and the department's fiduciary employees.
June 8, 1966: The Youngstown Chamber of Commerce asks Robert McNamara, secretary of defense, to reconsider deactivation of the Air Force Reserve's 910th Troop Carrier Group based at the Youngstown Municipal Airport.
James Berick, 17, of 2774 Stansbury Drive, is kicked and beaten by a gang of juvenile hoodlums as he walked through Belmont Cemetery.
Gladys Valez, Youngstown's 13-year-old spelling champion, stumbles on applique and is eliminated in the fourth round of the National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C.
June 8, 1956: The most destructive rockfall in recorded history of the Niagara Falls gorge kills one man and causes $50 million in damage to the huge Schoelkopf Power Station about a half mile below the falls.
Hubbard Mayor Joseph Baldine appears before the Legislative Service Commission Committee in Columbus to ask the legislature to provide municipalities with additional revenue to offset losses from a recent Supreme Court decision taking away some intangible taxes.
Paul C. Bunn, retiring superintendent of Youngstown schools, will take 50 years of experience in education to Youngstown University, where he will join the faculty of the School of Education.
June 8, 1931: Judge Harry W. Jewell of Delaware says Mahoning County Prosecutor Ray Thomas should not be removed from office unless he is convicted of at least one of the charges against him.
Robert D. Bowden, head of the social science department at Youngstown College, wins $3,000 for his book-length essay "In Defense of Tomorrow," which won the "Soul of America" writing contest sponsored by the National Arts Club. Three publishing companies have expressed interest in the book.
An American Red Cross certificate of merit is awarded to Lynn Nearpass, son of Dr. and Mrs. Homer Nearpass, for saving the lives of four persons as a life guard living on the West Coast.