Today is Saturday, Feb. 24, the 55th day of 2007. There are 310 days left in the year. On this date in 1868, the U.S. House of Representatives impeaches President Andrew Johnson following his

Today is Saturday, Feb. 24, the 55th day of 2007. There are 310 days left in the year. On this date in 1868, the U.S. House of Representatives impeaches President Andrew Johnson following his attempted dismissal of Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton; Johnson is later acquitted by the Senate.
In 1582, Pope Gregory XIII issues a papal bull, or edict, outlining his calendar reforms. (The Gregorian Calendar is the calendar in general use today.) In 1803, in its Marbury v. Madison decision, the Supreme Court establishes judicial review of the constitutionality of statutes. In 1821, Mexican rebels proclaim the "Plan de Iguala," their declaration of independence from Spain. In 1903, the United States signs a treaty to lease a naval station at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba. In 1920, a fledgling German political party holds its first meeting of importance in Munich; it becomes known as the Nazi Party, and its chief spokesman is Adolf Hitler. In 1942, the Voice of America goes on the air for the first time. In 1983, a congressional commission releases a report condemning the internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II as a "grave injustice." In 1987, Fawn Hall, former personal secretary to fired National Security Council aide Oliver L. North, poses for news photographers outside her attorney's office, calling the attention "a little overwhelming."
February 24, 1982: A.P. O'Horo Construction Co. of Youngstown and Johnson Paving and Construction Co. of Cuyahoga Falls will jointly build the Albert Street Connector, a four-lane highway linking Albert Street to the Himrod-Albert Expressway on a bid of 1.2 million.
A massive effort to distribute 16,800 pounds of surplus cheese to needy families in Trumbull County is launched at neighborhood sites throughout the county.
February 24, 1967: Charles Carabbia, Struthers gambler and rackets figure, is released from Mahoning County Jail on 10,000 bond, pending an appeal of a felony conviction to the U.S. Supreme Court. Meanwhile, the U.S. Court of Appeals in Cincinnati orders a federal district judge in Youngstown to investigate what effect a wiretap had on Carabbia's conviction.
Nineteen graduates of the Hannah E. Mullins School of Practical Nursing receive diplomas at the 16th semiannual commencement exercises at Salem Junior High School.
Trumbull County Common Pleas Judge George Birrell issues a temporary injunction prohibiting picketing at the Anchor Motor Freight, haulers of cars for the General Motors plant at Lordstown.
February 24, 1957: The Youngstown Downtown Board of Trade asks for tax relief on E. Federal Street property as a possible move toward rehabilitating the real estate there and re-establishing the section east of Central Square as an improved shopping center.
General Motors' latest postponement of its plans to build "the world's largest auto assembly plant" at Lordstown leaves the Lordstown area cloaked in a mantle of gloom and disappointment.
J. Edgar Hoover, FBI director, receives a special George Washington medal from the board of the Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge, Pa., in recognition as the most outstanding individual contribution to freedom during the past year.
February 24, 1932: At least 500 Democrats pack Central Auditorium while another hundred stand outside in a show of party enthusiasm that County Chairman John J. Farrell predicts will sweep Democratic Party candidates to victory.
Directors of Dollar Savings & amp; Trust approve a plan to reopen the bank in Youngstown, contingent on agreement of depositors and shareholders.
Fewer than 20 percent of the depositors of City Trust & amp; Savings Bank are refusing to sign the reopening agreement, preventing that institution from receiving needed aid from the Reconstruction Finance Corp.