Today is Saturday, June 28, the 180th day of 2008. There are 186 days left in the year. On this date

Today is Saturday, June 28, the 180th day of 2008. There are 186 days left in the year. On this date in 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife, Sophie, are assassinated in Sarajevo by a Serb nationalist, triggering World War I.

In 1778, the Revolutionary War Battle of Monmouth takes place in New Jersey; it is from this battle that the legend of “Molly Pitcher” arises, although her actual existence is a matter of historical debate. The outcome of the battle was inconclusive. In 1836, the fourth president of the United States, James Madison, dies in Montpelier, Va. In 1838, Britain’s Queen Victoria is crowned in Westminster Abbey. In 1919, the Treaty of Versailles is signed in France, ending World War I.

June 28, 1983: Youngstown Fire Chief Charles O’Nesti says his department will enforce the law to the fullest to reduce the use of illegal fireworks in the city. He notes that city law against fireworks use is more stringent than state law.

Girard Municipal Court Judge Anthony Bernard throws out a drunken driving case against a Pittsburgh man whose blood alcohol level tested at 0.119, saying a conviction should not be based solely on evidence from a mechanical device.

Gov. Richard F. Celeste names Susan Suso, 32, a native of Summit County, to manage the state’s first regional development office for Mahoning, Trumbull, Columbiana and Ashtabula counties.

June 28, 1968: North Lima and Green Local School Districts will be merged into a new district known as South Range Local School District unless residents in those areas oppose the consolidation in the November election.

Passengers of the Warren Suburban bus line petition the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio to restore curtailed service between Warren and Newton Falls.

About 100 employees of East Liverpool represented by the State, County and Municipal Employees union go on strike seeking wage increases similar to the $23-per-month raises approved by city council for police and firefighters.

June 28, 1958: The Ohio Legislature approves a ban on billboards on new sections of the interstate highway system in the state.

Bernard J. “Ben” Bucheit, president of Joseph Bucheit & Sons and one of the Mahoning Valley’s leading contractors, dies at his home at the age of 58.

Elementary and high school science teachers should concentrate on the outstanding scholar and not concern themselves too much with average students, says Dr. Thomas E. Tice, director of Ohio State University’s antenna laboratory.

June 28, 1933: A report by the state examiner on the city’s poor relief administration reveals that the city’s soup stations paid salaries to 28 people, although city council had created only one $1-a-year position for handling emergency food relief.

John J. Farrell, chairman of the Mahoning County Democratic Party, easily defeats a challenge to his leadership by party insurgents, but they say the fight has just begun.

Mill operations in the Mahoning and Shenango valleys rise two percent to reach 58 percent of capacity.