Today is Monday, April 30, the 120th day of 2007. There are 245 days left in the year. On this date in 1945, as Russian troops approach his Berlin bunker, Adolf Hitler commits suicide along with his

Today is Monday, April 30, the 120th day of 2007. There are 245 days left in the year. On this date in 1945, as Russian troops approach his Berlin bunker, Adolf Hitler commits suicide along with his wife of one day, Eva Braun.
In 1789, George Washington takes office in New York as the first president of the United States. In 1803, the United States purchases the Louisiana Territory from France for 60 million francs, the equivalent of about 15 million. In 1812, Louisiana becomes the 18th state of the Union. In 1900, engineer John Luther "Casey" Jones of the Illinois Central Railroad dies in a train wreck near Vaughan, Miss., after staying at the controls in a successful effort to save the passengers. In 1904, the Louisiana Purchase Exposition opens in St. Louis. In 1939, the New York World's Fair officially opens. In 1947, President Truman signs a measure officially changing the name of Boulder Dam to Hoover Dam. In 1970, President Nixon announces the U.S. is sending troops into Cambodia, an action that sparks widespread protest. In 1973, President Nixon announces the resignations of top aides H.R. Haldeman and John Ehrlichman, along with Attorney General Richard G. Kleindienst and White House counsel John Dean. In 1975, the South Vietnamese capital of Saigon falls to Communist forces.
April 30, 1982: Nearly 80 laid-off employees of the Packard Electric Division of General Motors in Warren are being recalled to work.
Tim Ziegler, a senior at the Mahoning County Joint Vocational School, wins first place in data processing at the National Office Education Association competition at Nashville, Tenn.
April 30, 1967: The Youngstown Area Council of Churches adds its voice to groups that are urging Youngstown residents to vote for the five-mill school levy.
A 14-year-old girl's German Shepherd, "Silver," is stolen from the parking lot of South Side Hospital while the girl's guardian was donating blood.
April 30, 1957: Clingan Jackson, political editor of The Vindicator, is appointed to the three-member Pardon and Parole Commission of Ohio by Gov. C. William O'Neill.
A daughter is born in North Side Hospital to Mr. and Mrs. Ted R Cubbison, making Dr. Howard W. Jones, president of Youngstown University, a grandfather for the third time.
April 30, 1932: Dr. C.H. Beight, Youngstown health commissioner, expresses alarm at the reappearance of smallpox in the city after two cases are reported. He warns all parents to have their children vaccinated.
The Youngstown Sheet & amp; Tube Co. has tax experts and accountants working on a set of figures that will be presented to Campbell City Council and a group of citizens on a proposal to annex Campbell to Youngstown.