Today is Saturday, July 12, the 194th day of 2008. There are 172 days left in the year.On this date

Today is Saturday, July 12, the 194th day of 2008. There are 172 days left in the year.On this date in 1908, comedian Milton Berle was born Mendel Berlinger in New York City (He died in 2002).

In 1812, United States forces led by Gen. William Hull enter Canada during the War of 1812 against Britain. (However, Hull retreated shortly thereafter to Detroit.) In 1817, naturalist-author Henry David Thoreau is born in Concord, Mass. In 1862, Congress authorizes the Medal of Honor. In 1984, Democratic presidential candidate Walter F. Mondale announces he’d chosen U.S. Rep. Geraldine A. Ferraro of New York to be his running mate; Ferraro was the first woman to run for vice president on a major-party ticket. In 1993, some 200 people are killed when an earthquake measuring magnitude 7.8 strikes northern Japan and triggered a tsunami.

July 12, 1983: The Ohio Civilian Conservation corps tentatively selects the dolly Madison Motel in Jackson Township as a residential work camp for unemployed youths.

A Mahoning County jury returns one of the largest personal injury verdicts in county history against the Republic Steel Corp. and the Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad. Thomas Osman is awarded $450,000 in damages for a back injury suffered in 1978.

July 12, 1968: Petitions are being circulated calling for the annexation of about 65 percent of unincorporated Hubbard Township to the city of Hubbard, including one of the locality’s largest industries, the Valley Mould Iron Co.

The Youngstown Board of Education is negotiating with the Diocese of Youngstown to reactivate St. Patrick School on Glenwood Avenue as part of the city school system.

A Youngstown man files a $150,000 damage suite in federal court in Cleveland against four Trumbull County officials, including Sheriff Robert W. Barnett, claiming they violated the civil rights of his 17-year-old son, who was jailed for three days on a traffic violation.

July 12, 1958: A 40-year-old roustabout with the Ringling Bros. and Barnum Bailey Circus signs a statement admitting the started the $25,000 fire at the Canfield Fairgrounds that destroyed a barn and 11 valuable horses.

A 40-year-old roustabout with the Ringling Bros. And Barnum & Bailey Circus signs a statement admitting the started the $25,000 fire at the Canfield Fairgrounds that destroyed a barn and 11 valuable horses.

July 12, 1933: Thousands of Youngstown steelworkers are anticipating promotions to better jobs in the plants when a 42-hour work week goes into effect, replacing 48- and 60-hour weeks. About 8,000 men will have to be added to the work forces in Youngstown district mills.

A large percentage of the 200 men employed at Bessemer Limestone and Cement Co. will receive raises as the minimum wage a the plant is increased from 27 cents an hour to 32.

Lynn Gault, a member of the Mahoning Society of Painters, will present a puppet show for the public at the parish house of St. John’s Church.