Today is Monday, June 19, the 170th day of 2006. There are 195 days left in the year. On this date

Today is Monday, June 19, the 170th day of 2006. There are 195 days left in the year. On this date in 1865, Union troops commanded by Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger arrive in Galveston, Texas, with news that the Civil War is over, and that all slaves are free. (The anniversary of this celebration is called "Juneteenth.")
In 1586, English colonists sail from Roanoke Island, N.C., after failing to establish England's first permanent settlement in America. In 1910, Father's Day is celebrated for the first time, in Spokane, Wash. In 1917, during World War I, King George V orders the British royal family to dispense with German titles and surnames. The family takes the name "Windsor." In 1934, the Federal Communications Commission is created; it replaces the Federal Radio Commission. In 1953, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, convicted of conspiring to pass U.S. atomic secrets to the Soviet Union, are executed at Sing Sing Prison in Ossining, N.Y. In 1964, the Civil Rights Act of 1964 is approved by the Senate, 73-27, after surviving a lengthy filibuster. In 1982, in a case that galvanizes the Asian-American community, Vincent Chin, a Chinese-American, is beaten to death outside a nightclub in Highland Park, Mich., by two autoworkers who later receive probation for manslaughter. In 1986, artificial heart recipient Murray P. Haydon dies in Louisville, Ky., after 16 months on the manmade pump.
June 19, 1981: The Youngstown Park and Recreation Department will not open the Chase and Bailey swimming pools and five other city pools will operate on reduced hours. Those cuts and others are expected to save $55,000 from the department's budget.
A group of Austintown Township residents ask U.S. Rep. Lyle Williams, R-19th, to help them stop an Akron developer from building low-rent housing in an around the Still Meadows development. The Dillon Co. would build 50 prefabricated scattered-site houses under a $1.7 million HUD contract.
June 19, 1966: Warren City Council is considering legislation that would provide overtime pay for 450 city employees when they work more than 40 hours in a week. The Police Department has been pushing for overtime pay especially hard because the practice of giving police officers compensatory time off is resulting in short shifts.
A $75,000 fire sweeps through the Thompson Building on Fifth Street in East Liverpool heavily damaging several businesses and apartments.
Dr. Henry T. D'Amato reaches a surprise out-of-court settlement with Stephen Baytos and Associates and agrees to vacate his office in the partially razed Palace Theater building.
The most acute manpower shortage in the Youngstown district in two decades has industrial firms scrambling for workers to avoid order backlogs. Some small companies are paying thousands of dollars a week in overtime.
June 19, 1956: Among nine staff changes announced by the Youngstown Board of Education are the naming of three new high school principals: Andrew M. Lindsay at Rayen; Paul G. Wachter at Wilson and Burton H. Honey at East. All had been assistant principals at their schools.
Mahoning County Engineer Samuel Gould Jr. blasts Mahoning County commissioners for their failure to hasten storm sewer projects even as water from heavy rains is rising in cellars in Boardman.
William E. Rea is named an assistant to McDonald schools superintendent Howard McGowan.
June 19, 1931: Former Youngstown traffic commissioner Harry Engle admits under cross-examination during the bribery trial of Prosecutor Ray L. Thomas that he (Engle) promoted a franchise agreement for the P.O. Co. after accepting $10,000 from the company, even though he did not believe the contract gave city residents the best electricity rates available.
More than 15,000 youngsters are lined up outside Idora Park at 9 a.m. waiting for the gates to open for the annual Vindicator Kiddies Day frolic. More than 45,000 people are expected at the park throughout the day.