Today is Wednesday, March 22, the 81st day of 2006. There are 284 days left in the year. On this date in 1765, Britain enacts the Stamp Act to raise money from the American colonies. (The Act is

Today is Wednesday, March 22, the 81st day of 2006. There are 284 days left in the year. On this date in 1765, Britain enacts the Stamp Act to raise money from the American colonies. (The Act is repealed the following year.)
In 1638, religious dissident Anne Hutchinson is expelled from the Massachusetts Bay Colony. In 1820, U.S. naval hero Stephen Decatur is killed in a duel with Commodore James Barron near Washington. In 1882, Congress outlaws polygamy. In 1933, during Prohibition, President Roosevelt signs a measure to make wine and beer containing up to 3.2 percent alcohol legal. In 1941, the Grand Coulee Dam in Washington state goes into operation. In 1945, the Arab League is formed with the adoption of a charter in Cairo, Egypt. In 1946, the British mandate in Transjordan comes to an end. In 1972, Congress sends the proposed Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution to the states for ratification. (It falls three states short of the 38 needed for approval.) In 1978, Karl Wallenda, the 73-year-old patriarch of "The Flying Wallendas" high-wire act, falls to his death while attempting to walk a cable strung between two hotels in San Juan, Puerto Rico. In 1986, world financier Michele Sindona dies two days after ingesting cyanide in his Italian prison cell in what authorities later rule a suicide.
March 22, 1981: After four hours of negotiations, the talks between the Youngstown Board of Education and striking teachers break off.
Amerijet Aircraft Co. is considering locating a $50 million plant at Youngstown Municipal Airport to manufacture small jet planes. The company is eyeing a 120-acre parcel at the airport for a plant.
A year ago, it seemed like a good idea, but enthusiastic support for establishing a Tourist and Convention Bureau for Trumbull County, bolstered by a 2.5 per cent motel tax, appears to be crumbling.
March 22, 1966: The Youngstown Board of Trade is urging that the proposed new building for the Mahoning County Welfare Department be located downtown instead of on Belmont Ave.
The Youngstown Board of Education approves the expenditure of $266,112 for a 14-room addition to Chaney High School, which was built in 1953. The addition will bring the school's capacity to 1,350 students.
The Mahoning Veterans Council is making blue star stickers available to the families of members of the armed forces. The first sticker is issued to Mrs. and Mrs. John Pichitino of 338 Center St., Struthers, whose son, John is an airman second class.
March 22, 1956: Niles City Council authorizes employment of professional engineers to design a water line between Niles and the new General Motors plants at Lordstown.
The Westinghouse Electric Corp. notifies the International Union of Electrical Workers at the Sharon plant that it will conduct no further negotiations until they return to work, and those who do not return will be fired.
Clay Folsom, principal of Garfield School, sends a letter to parents telling them that children staying up late for television programs or social events are coming to school sleepy. He also urges parents to make sure their children have breakfast, and says the school will do its part to keep students alert by lowering temperatures in classrooms.
March 22, 1931: A limited program of improvements in city parks and playgrounds will be carried out over summer through a $50,000 bond issue approved city council's finance committee.
Austintown Fitch High School's basketball quintet provides a stirring climax to the Northeastern Ohio Class B tournament at Columbus, wining over a powerful Lancaster St. Mary's team, 26-24, for the title.
New York analysts say a turn upward in the major business cycle is taking place, with indications that the steel trade is stabilizing.