Today is Saturday, March 25, the 84th day of 2006. There are 281 days left in the year. On this date

Today is Saturday, March 25, the 84th day of 2006. There are 281 days left in the year. On this date in 1634, British colonists under Lord Baltimore reach Maryland in North America. In 1815, Austria, Britain, Prussia and Russia form a new alliance against Napoleon Bonaparte after he escapes from confinement on Elba. In 1821, Greek patriots begin revolt against domination of Ottoman Empire, an uprising that lasts 12 years and wins Greek independence. In 1911, a fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist Co. factory in New York City kills 146 immigrant workers; the tragedy galvanizes America's labor movement. In 1913, the home of vaudeville, the Palace Theater, opens in New York City. In 1965, Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. leads 25,000 marchers to the state capitol in Montgomery, Alabama, to protest the denial of voting rights to blacks. In 1971, Pakistan troops are deployed in East Pakistan -- now Bangladesh -- to quell rebels demanding an independent state. In 1975, Saudi Arabia's King Faisal is assassinated in Riyadh by nephew with history of mental illness. In 1982, the Canada Act is signed; ratifying the Canadian constitution and making it wholly independent of Great Britain. In 1990, an arson fire in an illegal nightclub kills 87 in Bronx, New York; most of them Honduran and Dominican immigrants. In 1991, the United States says Saddam Hussein has almost succeeded putting down a rebellion in southern Iraq with the help of aircraft flown in violation of the Gulf War cease-fire accord. In 1994, American troops withdraw from Somalia after a 16-month humanitarian mission marred by fighting with the Somalis. In 1997, the Australian Senate votes to overturn the world's only law allowing terminally ill patients to commit suicide with a doctor's help. In 1998, U.S. President Bill Clinton, on a visit to Rwanda, acknowledges that the United States and the world failed to protect Rwandans from the 1994 campaign of genocide that killed half a million. In 2002, an earthquake and several aftershocks in northern Afghanistan kill as many as 2,000 people.
March 25, 1981: The Youngstown Board of Education gives striking teachers an ultimatum: return to work within one day or be fired.
Gov. James A. Rhodes says he is certain the Ohio Development Financing Commission will approve a $4 million loan guarantee for the Commuter Aircraft Corp.'s assembly plant at Youngstown Municipal Airport.
After 14 months in office, Mayor George Vukovich says it is time again to "brag a little about Youngstown" and suggests city residents adopt a new slogan, "Youngstown will boom again."
March 25, 1966: The January term of the Mahoning County grand jury threatens an investigation of county jail security in its next session. The jury indicted three men who attempted an escape from the jail in December.
A three-day conference of top ranking officials of the United Steelworkers opens in Youngstown, hosted by USW District 26.
March 25, 1956: The new Trumbull County Tuberculosis Hospital is opened in Howland Township off state Route 46 north of Howland Corners.
The Mahoning Chapter Red Cross opens its annual fund drive with a goal of $201,688.
Automation - that magic way of doing things the fast, easy and inexpensive way with machinery - is bringing a business boom to the McKay Machine Co. of Youngstown.
The house at 100 McCartney Road owned by Frank Budak, which was once a notorious brothel known as the White Kitchen, is sold at an IRS auction for $11,000. It was bought by Budak's brother-in-law, Frank Boback Jr.
March 25, 1931: One of five bandits who invaded Charley Sedore's "High Hat" speakeasy on Applegate Road in Trumbull County dies of a gunshot wound in South Side hospital. Luke Holland, 31, was shot by a bartender on the roof of the building as he and his companions fled, after robbing about 40 patrons.
Carl Arkwright of Youngstown files suit seeking a share of the multi-million dollar estate of L.W. Hutton in Washington, D.C., who died in 1915. Arkwright is suing on behalf of himself and other Youngstown area nieces and nephews of Hutton.
More than 600 people attend The Vindicator Minstrel Show, a benefit for the Chaney High School PTA. About $100 is raised for the organization.