Today is Monday, Nov. 20, the 324th day of 2006. There are 41 days left in the year. On this date

Today is Monday, Nov. 20, the 324th day of 2006. There are 41 days left in the year. On this date 1947, Britain's future queen, Princess Elizabeth, marries Philip Mountbatten, Duke of Edinburgh, in a ceremony broadcast worldwide from Westminster Abbey.
In 1789, New Jersey becomes the first state to ratify the Bill of Rights. In 1925, Robert F. Kennedy is born in Brookline, Mass. In 1929, the radio program "The Rise of the Goldbergs" debuts on the NBC Blue Network. In 1943, during World War II, U.S. Marines begin landing on Tarawa and Makin atolls in the Gilbert Islands, encountering fierce resistance from Japanese forces but emerging victorious three days later. In 1945, 24 Nazi leaders go on trial before an international war crimes tribunal in Nuremberg, Germany. In 1967, the Census Clock at the Commerce Department ticks past 200 million. In 1975, after nearly four decades of absolute rule, Spain's General Francisco Franco dies, two weeks before his 83rd birthday.
November 20, 1981: J.C. Pelusi, Pitt's junior middle guard from Chaney High School, is having a great year and is one of the reasons Pitt is currently ranked No. 1 among college teams in the Associated Press poll.
General Motors will cut one of its two shifts at the Lordstown Van Plant, idling about 1,100 workers. GM has also announced the layoff of about 300 of the 2,500 workers at the Fisher Body Stamping Plant.
An all-white jury finds a 17-year-old Worthington Street man not guilty of complicity to commit aggravated murder in the shooting death of 14-year-old Veronica Vaughn. Mahoning County Prosecutor Vincent Gilmartin says he's concerned about how the black community will react; defense attorney R. Scott Krichbaum says the verdict shows that the system works.
November 20, 1966: Trumbull County is making another bid for state funds to create a community college, but it appears it will lose out to Youngstown University, which is likely to become a state university.
No.1 ranked Notre Dame and No. 2 ranked Michigan State battle to a 10-10 tie, leaving unanswered the question of who has the best college football team.
Thirty boys, between 12 and 17 years old, have stolen 30 cars in Mahoning County in a period of 16 days. Those that have appeared in juvenile court are finding justice quick and severe. One of the older boys was treated as an adult and sent to the Mansfield Reformatory.
November 20, 1956: Two women escape serious injury when a powerful dynamite bomb explodes at the Smithfield Street home of Jack Sulligan, chairman of the Mahoning County Democratic Party. It is the second time Sulligan's home has been bombed.
J.L. Mauthe of Poland, president of Youngstown Sheet & amp; Tube Co., is elected chairman of the board. A.S. Glossbrenner will succeed Mauthe as president.
General relief spending of the Mahoning County Welfare Department was 629,927 for the first 10 months of the year, 17 percent below expenditures for the same period a year earlier, despite a five-week steel strike.
November 21, 1931: Youngstown Sheet & amp; Tube Co. will pay dividends of 5.25 a share following dismissal of 19 actions filed by shareholders who opposed the merger of Sheet & amp; Tube and Bethlehem Steel Corp.
Indian Summer returns to Youngstown with the mercury climbing to 72 degrees at 1 p.m., setting a record for the date in the city.