Today is Friday, Aug. 15, the 228th day of 2008. There are 138 days left in the year. On this date

Today is Friday, Aug. 15, the 228th day of 2008. There are 138 days left in the year. On this date in 1945, Emperor Hirohito announces to his subjects in a prerecorded radio address that Japan has accepted terms of surrender for ending World War II.

In 1057, Macbeth, King of Scots, is killed in battle by Malcolm, the eldest son of King Duncan, whom Macbeth had slain. In 1769, Napoleon Bonaparte is born on the island of Corsica. In 1935, humorist Will Rogers and aviator Wiley Post are killed when their airplane crashes near Point Barrow, Alaska. In 1944, during World War II, Allied forces land in southern France in Operation Dragoon. In 1947, India becomes independent after some 200 years of British rule. In 1961, East German workers begin building the Berlin Wall. In 1969, the Woodstock Music and Art Fair opens in upstate New York. In 1971, President Nixon announces a 90-day freeze on wages, prices and rents. In 1998, 29 people are killed by a car bomb that tears apart the center of Omagh, Northern Ireland; a splinter group calling itself the Real IRA claims responsibility. In 2003, bouncing back from the largest blackout in U.S. history, cities from the Midwest to Manhattan restore power to millions of people — but encounter difficulties in fully reviving public services.

August 15, 1983: Management and labor at Rockwell Corp.’s truck axle plant in New Castle meet to discuss management requests to cut wages and other labor costs that it says are needed to keep the New Castle plant competitive.

Mahoning County Common Pleas Judge Elwyn V. Jenkins dismisses a suit by Robert Spencer challenging the results of the June 7 Democratic primary that was won by Patrick Ungaro.

A total of 65,400 people attended the 1983 Bavarian Fun Fest in downtown Youngstown. Jim Guerino, general manager, said plans are already being made for the 10th annual event in 1984.

August 15, 1968: About 1,700 Ohio Edison workers in Northeastern Ohio return to work, ending a 33-day strike. The new contract provides for hourly increases ranging from 29 cents to 57 cents an hour.

A month long investigation by the FBI and Girard police leads to the arrest of Michael Scarpaci, 34, of Austintown arising from the theft of $1.5 million in negotiable Treasury bills from a New York City investment house in 1967.

U.S. Rep. Donald E. “Buz” Lukens, a Middletown Republican, will address the Republican Associates of Mahoning County at Berndt’s Restaurant.

August 15, 1958: The last group of children leave for Youngstown’s Fresh Air Camp. Some 750 children have gone to camp during the summer of 1958.

Three Youngstown men are sentenced to 30 days in jail by Municipal Judge Robert B. Nevin on charges that they filed fraudulent claims for unemployment compensation.

The Governor’s Advisory Commission on Civil Rights completes its informal conference in Youngstown after hearing from 15 spokesmen from diversified fields on fair employment practices affecting minority groups.

August 15, 1933: Police Chief Leroy Goodwin charges two Youngstown cruiser patrolman with robbery and burglary after an investigation launched on information received from a 20-year-old North Side bandit.

Freight cars loaded and unloaded in the Youngstown switching district in July jumped to 29,316, an increase of 25 percent over June and four times higher than March.

Two brothers, James Murphy, 25, and Joseph Murphy, 18, are electrocuted in the Ohio Penitentiary for the Oct. 8, 1932, slaying of a bank cashier during a robbery in Silverton. A third brother, Jim, is serving a life sentence in the penitentiary.