Years Ago

Today is Monday, June 25, the 177th day of 2012. There are 189 days left in the year.

ASSOCIATED PRESS

On this date in:

1876: Lt. Col. George A. Custer and his 7th Cavalry are wiped out by Sioux and Cheyenne Indians in the Battle of the Little Bighorn in Montana.

1910: President William Howard Taft signs the White-Slave Traffic Act (the Mann Act), which makes it illegal to transport women across state lines for “immoral” purposes.

1938: The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 is enacted.

1950: War breaks out in Korea as forces from the communist North invade the South.

1962: The U.S. Supreme Court, in Engel v. Vitale, rules 6-1 that recitation of a state-sponsored prayer in New York State public schools is unconstitutional.

1981: The Supreme Court rules that male-only draft registration is constitutional.

VINDICATOR FILES

1987: Heartened by a recent court decision in New York, Youngstown officials are more confident that they will be able to block the federal government from closing the flight services station at Youngstown Municipal Airport.

Officials say five publicly funded prenatal care clinics in Mahoning County could serve twice the 200 pregnant women who are using the clinics each year.

1972: Roy Johnson of Warren places first in the week-long National Parachute Champions in Tulsa Oklahoma. He was named to the U.S. team that will compete in the world parachute championships in August.

1962: The Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. will build a multi-million dollar research center on a 30-acre site east of the company’s office building on Market Street near Boardman Center.

1937: Mills throughout the Mahoning Valley are being readied to resume production, with National Guardsmen stationed at the gates to provide protection for returning workers.

Youngstown Police Chief Carl L. Olson announces a ban on the sale of fireworks within the city and encourages a “safe and sane” celebration of the Fourth of July, similar to 1936 when the city reported no fireworks injuries.