Today is Monday, Jan. 29, the 29th day of 2007. There are 336 days left in the year. On this date in 1820, Britain's King George III dies at Windsor Castle, ending a reign that had seen both the

Today is Monday, Jan. 29, the 29th day of 2007. There are 336 days left in the year. On this date in 1820, Britain's King George III dies at Windsor Castle, ending a reign that had seen both the American and French revolutions.
In 1843, the 25th president of the United States, William McKinley, is born in Niles, Ohio. In 1845, Edgar Allan Poe's poem "The Raven" is first published, in the New York Evening Mirror. In 1850, Henry Clay introduces in the Senate compromise proposals on slavery. In 1936, the first members of baseball's Hall of Fame, including Ty Cobb and Babe Ruth, are named in Cooperstown, N.Y. In 1958, actors Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward are married. In 1963, the first members of pro football's Hall of Fame are named in Canton, Ohio. In 1996, fire destroys Italy's opera house La Fenice. In 1998, a bomb rocks an abortion clinic in Birmingham, Ala., killing Robert Sanderson, an off-duty police officer working as a security guard, and critically injuring nurse Emily Lyons. (The bomber, Eric Rudolph, is captured in May 2003.)
January 29, 1982: The Old Mill Museum in Mill Creek Park gets a new lease on life with the announcement of a 600,000 commitment to its restoration by the Ward Beecher Foundation.
The Packard Electric Division of General Motors receives a boost for its local operations by landing a contract with Volkswagen to provide electrical engine harnesses for its Rabbit models that will be built in its U.S. plant at Westmoreland County, Pa.
January 29, 1967: Auto theft was Youngstown's fastest growing crime and contributed to an overall increase in crime of 14 percent in 1966, FBI statistics show. There were 866 automobiles stolen in the city in 1966, compared to 660 the year before. Homicide was down slightly, with the city registering nine.
Trumbull County Commissioner Robert E. Hagan, his wife, and 10 of their 14 children, ranging in age from three to 20, picket The Vindicator to protest an editorial accusing him of opposing a Lake Erie-Ohio River Canal because of political differences with U.S. Rep. Michael J. Kirwan. Hagan says he opposes the canal because it does not have national support and would be prohibitively expensive.
January 29, 1957: Executives of the Sharon Steel Corp. lift the first shovelfuls of earth marking the formal beginning of a new 6 million electric furnace at the Roemer Works in Farrell, Pa.
A motorist pursued by Hubbard Mayor Joseph J. Baldine is killed when the mayor's car struck the fleeing car broadside when it made a wild U-turn in Liberty Street. Baldine was pursuing the car after witnessing a hit-skip accident.
Vice President Richard Nixon says he has bought a 75,000 stone home in Northwest Washington for his family and does not want Congress to build an official vice presidential residence for him. He agrees with President Eisenhower that there should be an official residence for the vice president, but says it should be made available to his successor.
January 29, 1932: About 366,000 in advance taxes will be made available to carry on the business of Youngstown and Mahoning County governments and many public schools after Youngstown Sheet & amp; Tube Co., Republic Steel, Carnegie Steel Co. and Sharon Steel Hoop. Co. agree to pay their taxes early.
In an attempt to clean up water department delinquencies, Water Commissioner Dan Parish instructs collectors in the department to turn off water when repeated efforts have failed to bring in the cash.
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