Today is Sunday, April 29, the 119th day of 2007. There are 246 days left in the year. On this date

Today is Sunday, April 29, the 119th day of 2007. There are 246 days left in the year. On this date in 1945, during World War II, American soldiers liberate the Dachau concentration camp; the same day, Adolf Hitler marries Eva Braun and designates Admiral Karl Doenitz president.
In 1429, Joan of Arc enters the besieged city of Orleans to lead a French victory over the English. In 1798, Joseph Haydn's oratorio "The Creation" is rehearsed in Vienna, Austria, before an invited audience. In 1861, Maryland's House of Delegates votes against seceding from the Union. In 1901, Japanese Emperor Hirohito is born in Tokyo. In 1907, movie director Fred Zinnemann ("From Here to Eternity," "High Noon," "A Man For All Seasons") is born in Vienna, Austria. In 1916, the Easter Rising in Dublin collapses as Irish nationalists surrender to British authorities. In 1946, 28 former Japanese leaders go on trial in Tokyo as war criminals; seven end up being sentenced to death. In 1974, President Richard Nixon announces he is releasing edited transcripts of some secretly made White House tape recordings related to Watergate. In 1983, Harold Washington is sworn in as the first black mayor of Chicago. In 1992, deadly rioting erupts in Los Angeles after a jury in Simi Valley, Calif., acquits four Los Angeles police officers of almost all state charges in the videotaped beating of Rodney King.
April 29, 1982: The Youngstown Board of Realtors says home mortgage interest rates are dropping and may even out in the 12 to 13 percent range. They are currently in the 14 to 17 percent area.
Nine Youngstown area students are winners of National Merit Scholarships: Susan C. Poytner, Paul R. Pagley, Cynthia Nardis, Jim F. Gutierrez, William M. Groucutt, Gregory C. Franklin, Richard M. Banozic and Gregory A. Price.
April 29, 1967: The Ohio Highway Department will open bids on the first section of Interstate 80 in Girard. The 1.6-mile section is estimated to cost 5.6 million.
A 16-year-old Youngstown youth is indicted as an adult by the Mahoning County grand jury in the stabbing death of another youth at Lincoln Lanes in February.
April 29, 1957: Rudd H. Beede, 23, sailor son of Youngstown University football coach Dike Beede, is reported missing by the U.S. Navy after he disappeared in the surf while swimming at Virginia Beach.
At his inauguration as president of The Ohio State University, Dr. Novice G. Fawcett says the state should establish two additional universities to serve the state's population of nearly 10 million. OSU's enrollment is expected to be 24,000 in the fall.
Harlow Curtice, president of General Motors, drops a bombshell in Michigan politics with the statement that increasing state taxes might keep GM expansion out of the state. Spokesmen for Ford and Chrysler deny that their recent expansions in neighboring states were prompted by tax considerations.
April 29, 1932: James B. Kennedy, senior member of the law firm of Kennedy, Manchester, Ford, Bennett & amp; Powers, announces his resignation as a member of the firm. He will form a new partnership with his son, David, to be known as Kennedy and Kennedy.
Girard votes reject a proposed city charter by a vote of 2,136 to 856. The issue failed to carry a single precinct.
Youngstown Automobile Dealer Lester Donnell and Vindicator Reporter Solly Adams drive a new Ford V-8 the 72 miles from a Ford assembly plant to Youngstown in 62 minutes. In stock condition, the car will go 85 mph, and 60 in the new car feels like 25 in a Model T.
Mrs. Mabel Miles of Beloit opens the spring meeting of the Mahoning County Federation of the Women's Christian Temperance League with more than 100 women in attendance.