Today is Sunday, June 29, the 181st day of 2008. There are 185 days left in the year. On this date

Today is Sunday, June 29, the 181st day of 2008. There are 185 days left in the year. On this date in 1767, the British Parliament approves the Townshend Acts, which imposes import duties on certain goods shipped to America. (Colonists bitterly protest, prompting Parliament in 1770 to repeal the duties on all goods — except tea.)

In 1908, American composer Leroy Anderson, known for light orchestral pieces such as “The Typewriter” and “The Syncopated Clock,” is born in Cambridge, Mass. In 1946, authorities in British-mandated Palestine arrest more than 2,700 Jews in an attempt to stamp out extremists. In 1966, the United States bombs fuel storage facilities near the North Vietnamese cities of Hanoi and Haiphong. In 1967, Jerusalem is reunified as Israel removes barricades separating the Old City from the Israeli sector. In 1972, the Supreme Court, in Furman v. Georgia, rules the death penalty, as it is being meted out, could constitute “cruel and unusual punishment.” (The ruling prompts states to revise their capital punishment laws.) In 1988, the Supreme Court, in Morrison v. Olson, upholds the independent counsel law.

June 29, 1983: Trumbull County commissioners turn over control of the Kinsman House to the Trumbull County Historical Society.

Mahoning County Sheriff James A. Traficant Jr. wants another $135,000 for his department to raise the salaries of his employees and to hire seven more people.

June 29, 1968: Cheryl Jordan, 9, dies in her mother’s arms after being shot in the back by a 59-year-old neighbor who said she was tired of children from the Kimmel Brooks projects trespassing in her yard.

McNicholas Storage Inc. begins to construct a $250,000 addition to its public warehouse at 555 W. Federal Street.

June 29, 1958: More than 250 attend a testimonial dinner by the United Labor Congress of Mahoning County at the Hotel Pick-Ohio honoring Congressman Michael J. Kirwan.

Average weekly earnings of production workers in Youngstown increase $1 from April to May, reaching $95.26 for a 35.2-hour average work week, the Bureau of Unemployment Compensation reports.

June 29, 1933: Organizers representing the A.F. of L. and various member unions press their campaign to enlist workers in Youngstown district mills, passing out literature at Youngstown Sheet Tube Co. and other plants.

Dr. L.J. Karnosh, nationally known neurologist and psychiatrist, tells nearly 100 Mahoning County physicians during a lecture at the YMCA College auditorium that the “subconscious mind” widely popularized in recent psychology does not exist and psycho-analysis seeking to trace a mental state to childhood occurrences is “poppycock” and “pathetic.”