Today is Wednesday, July 9, the 191st day of 2008. There are 175 days left in the year. On this date

Today is Wednesday, July 9, the 191st day of 2008. There are 175 days left in the year. On this date in 1776, the Declaration of Independence is read aloud to Gen. George Washington’s troops in New York.

In 1540, England’s King Henry VIII has his 6-month-old marriage to his fourth wife, Anne of Cleves, annulled. In 1816, Argentina declares independence from Spain. In 1850, the 12th president of the United States, Zachary Taylor, dies after serving only 16 months of his term. In 1896, William Jennings Bryan delivers his famous “cross of gold” speech at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. In 1918, 101 people are killed in a train collision in Nashville, Tenn. In 1918, the Distinguished Service Cross is established by an Act of Congress. In 1938, Supreme Court Justice Benjamin Cardozo dies in Port Chester, N.Y., at age 68. In 1944, during World War II, American forces secure Saipan as the last Japanese defenses fall. In 1947, the engagement of Britain’s Princess Elizabeth to Lt. Philip Mountbatten is announced. In 1982, a Pan Am Boeing 727 crashed in Kenner, La., killing all 145 people aboard and eight people on the ground.

July 9, 1983: General Electric Co. officials tell Youngstown Mayor George Vukovich that its decision to close its Youngstown Lamp Plant is irrevocable, but to ease the blow of a $250,000 loss in city income tax revenue, the company will help find a new tenant for the building.

U.S. Steel Corp. dashes any hope for building a huge new mill on the Ohio-Pennsylvania border near Conneaut. The company announced its plans to build the plant on a 6,000-acre site in 1977 and construction was once scheduled to begin in 1983 with completion in 1989.

Mt. Calvary Pentecostal Church is making plans to celebrate 50 years of worship and service to the community. It will also celebrate the 12th anniversary of its pastor, the Rev. Norman Wagner.

July 9, 1968: Jackson-Milton Parents for Better Schools meet at the American Legion Post in Lake Milton and air 28 grievances against the school administration. About 100 people attend the meeting, some in support of the schools.

Warren City Council votes 8-2 to negotiate a new lease with the Warren Transportation Co., operator of the city’s transit service.

Daniel J. Ronek, a Lorain school teacher who was engaged to marry Cheryl Jones, a Youngstown coed at Ohio State University, is killed when a six-inch-long package he received in the mail exploded in his hands.

July 9, 1958: Some 1,400 salaried employees of the Youngstown sheet tube Co. are given wage increases comparable to those given union workers in basic steel. They will receive a 4.5 percent increase in base pay and four-cent-per-hour cost of living increases.

Al Hager of Mansfield is knocked out as he played near the 11th green when a drive by Tom Jones Jr. of Youngstown off the practice tee struck him during the opening round of the Ohio Amateur Golf Champions qualifier at Tippecanoe Country Club. Jackie Nicklaus, 18-year-old sensation from Columbus, takes the early lead with a three-under par 32 on the first nine holes.

The United Cerebral Palsy Association is the newest addition of Red Feather agencies to the Youngstown Community Chest.

July 9, 1933: American Legion executives meeting in Youngstown approve 16 resolutions, including one calling on Congress to repeal sections of the national currency act that reduce veteran benefits.

In anticipation of the establishment of a maximum working- hour week by the steel industry, some Youngstown area plants have begun hiring and breaking in hundreds of new employees.

Oscar Stevens, a Youngstown attorney, is named a member of the executive committee for the seventh district of the Ohio Bar Association at the closing session of the annual convention at Sandusky.