Today is Wednesday, May 10, the 130th day of 2006. There are 235 days left in the year. On this date

Today is Wednesday, May 10, the 130th day of 2006. There are 235 days left in the year. On this date in 1869, a golden spike is driven at Promontory, Utah, marking the completion of the first transcontinental railroad in the United States.
In 1774, Louis XVI ascends the throne of France. In 1775, Ethan Allen and his Green Mountain Boys capture the British-held fortress at Ticonderoga, N.Y. In 1865, Union forces capture Confederate President Jefferson Davis in Irwinville, Ga. In 1924, J. Edgar Hoover is given the job of FBI director. In 1933, the Nazis stage massive public book burnings in Germany. In 1940, British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain resigns, and Winston Churchill forms a new government. In 1968, preliminary Vietnam peace talks begin in Paris. In 1978, Britain's Princess Margaret and the Earl of Snowdon announce they are divorcing after 18 years of marriage. In 1994, the state of Illinois executes serial killer John Wayne Gacy for the murders of 33 young men and boys. In 1994, Nelson Mandela takes the oath of office to become South Africa's first black president. In 1996, two Marine helicopters collide in the dark and crash in a swamp at Camp Lejeune, N.C., during a U.S.-British training exercise, killing 14 people.
May 10, 1981: An analysis of Youngstown's economy shows that the city's general fund is being depleted by operations at the airport, the Park and Recreation Department and the municipal parking garage.
Nearly half the students who took Youngstown State University's test for placement in required English-composition could neither read nor write at acceptable university levels.
Striking nurses at Ashtabula General Hospital reject a proposed contract by a vote of 79-13 and continue the nation's longest nurses strike.
May 10, 1966: The Youngstown Community Action Council gets a federal grant of $55,270 to launch a new Head Start program for 300 youngsters in Mahoning County.
Gov. James A. Rhodes promises state support for widening U.S. Route 224 from Market Street to the Poland Village limits to cope with expected increased traffic from the proposed $16 million shopping center.
A third consecutive night of below freezing temperature is predicted by weathermen, with more damage to fruit trees, berry plants and other spring foliage in the Youngstown area.
May 10, 1956: City Hall sources report that two men high on the civil service list for the Youngstown Municipal Airport manager post will withdraw, opening the way for appointment of the present manager, Donald Scheetz.
Two wildcat strikes that hit Republic Steel Corp.'s Truscon Steel Division and its Bessemer plant end.
The U.S. Steel Corp. begins experiments in vacuum-casting large forging steel ingots at its Duquesne Works at Pittsburgh, President Clifford F. Hood discloses.
May 10, 1931: Mrs. H.M. Kelly of 4702 Boardman Road, presents plans to the Youngstown Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution for a war memorial on the Road of Remembrance at Forest Glen. The monument will be build of stones and a boulder from Revolutionary War battlefield that were collected by Dr. Ward Manning on a drive through New England.
A special grand jury resumes its work in Mahoning County with mystery surrounding many important witnesses yet to be heard in the tangled case of public officials.