Sunday, June 19, 2016
Today is Sunday, June 19, the 171st day of 2016. There are 195 days left in the year. This is Father’s Day.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
On this date in:
1865: Union troops arrive in Galveston, Texas, with news that the Civil War is over, and that all remaining slaves in Texas are free – an event celebrated to this day as “Juneteenth.”
1910: The first-ever Father’s Day is celebrated in Spokane, Wash.
1934: The Federal Communications Commission is created.
1944: During World War II, the two-day Battle of the Philippine Sea begins, resulting in a decisive victory for the Americans over the Japanese.
1964: The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is approved by the U.S. Senate, 73-27.
1966: Actor-comedian Ed Wynn, 79, dies in Beverly Hills, Calif.
1986: University of Maryland basketball star Len Bias, the first draft pick of the Boston Celtics, suffers a fatal cocaine-induced seizure.
1999: Author Stephen King is seriously injured when he is struck by a van driven by Bryan Smith in North Lovell, Maine.
2006: Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice warns North Korea it would face consequences if it test-fires a missile thought to be powerful enough to reach the West Coast of the United States.
2011: Libya’s government says NATO warplanes have struck a residential neighborhood in the capital and killed nine civilians, including two children; NATO confirms hours later that one of its airstrikes had gone astray.
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1991: Bridgestone/Fire-stone executives slam the door shut on Akron with an announcement that the company will relocate to Nashville, Tenn.
The Youngstown Board of Education revises its student Code of Contact to equalize penalties imposed on students in the system’s 30 schools.
Minutes of a special Niles City Council meeting in June 1990 contradict Mayor Joseph J. Parise’s contention that he was out of town on the day he has been accused of threatening Councilman John Maiorca.
1976: Contrary to the opinions of some, more education doesn’t have to mean less common sense, Dr. Emily Lippincott Wick tells 978 graduates of Youngstown State University at the 54th annual spring commencement in Beeghly Center. Dr. Wick, a professor of chemistry at Mount Holyoke College, is a descendant of the prominent Wick family.
A state truck plows broadside into two cars on the Canton Bridge near Lisbon, killing three people in a fiery crash. Dead are Ralph Boso, 56, and his wife, Margaret, 57, of Lisbon and Martha Melhorn of Salineville.
St. John Greek OrthodoxChurch in Boardman receives a set of “Campanile Bells” that will chime from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily. The tiny bells are amplified, providing a sound equivalent to that which would be produced by 10 tons of cast bells.
1966: The Rev. John P. Ashton, a Youngstown native who is on the faculty of Catholic University in Washington, receives his Ph.D from the Pontifical University in Rome.
An old Italian bowling game, bocce, is becoming a popular Sunday afternoon pastime in New Castle, Pa., reports W. Robert Jackson.
1941: A battle for representation of nearly 8,000 workers is expected to break out between the AFL and CIO when Atlas Powder Co. begins operations at the Ravenna Arsenal.
The Dayton Ducks win a loosely pitched game from the Youngstown Browns, 9-6, before 350 fans at the Idora Park field.
Warren city employees get raises of 10 cents an hour, which is expected to cost the city $40,000 over the next year.