Wednesday, June 22, 2016
Today is Wednesday, June 22, the 174th day of 2016. There are 192 days left in the year.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
On this date in :
1611: English explorer Henry Hudson, his son and several other people are set adrift in present-day Hudson Bay by mutineers aboard the Discovery.
1870: The U.S. Department of Justice is created.
1911: Britain’s King George V is crowned at Westminster Abbey.
1937: Joe Louis begins his reign as world heavyweight boxing champion by knocking out Jim Braddock in the eighth round of their fight in Chicago.
1941: During World War II, Nazi Germany launches Operation Barbarossa, a massive invasion of the Soviet Union.
1944: President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944, more popularly known as the “GI Bill of Rights.”
1969: Singer-actress Judy Garland dies in London at age 47.
1987: Actor-dancer Fred Astaire dies in Los Angeles at age 88.
1993: Former first lady Pat Nixon dies in Park Ridge, N.J., at age 81.
2011: President Barack Obama announces that he will pull home 33,000 troops from Afghanistan by the following summer.
VINDICATOR FILES
1991: Youngstown State University President Neil D. Humphrey undergoes triple-bypass surgery in St. Elizabeth Hospital Medical Center. Provost Bernard Gillis will preside over commencement exercises.
The Ohio Department of Natural Resources relocates about 600 Canada geese from Mosquito Creek Lake to refuges at Grand River and Mosquito’s north shore.
Bishop James W. Malone and Auxiliary Bishop Benedict C. Franzetta of the Catholic Diocese of Youngstown concelebrate a Mass at St. Columba Cathedral to mark the wedding anniversaries of 136 couples who have been married from 25 years to 64 years.
1976: Greater use of benefits and rising costs cause Blue Shield Medical Insurance to increase charges for its subscribers by 4.6 percent. Current monthly charges are $2.48 for single contract subscribers and $10.34 for family contracts.
Ten Niles McKinley High School girls will compete in the Miss Niles beauty pageant. They are Suzanne Glodde, Peggy King, Shannon Walters, Sherry Maniatis, Zoa Ann Lykins, Cindy Prosser, Cindy Haydu, Beth Spackman, Janet Spalvieri and Kathy Young.
Several thousand people line Belmont Avenue for the Liberty Township Bicentennial Homecoming Parade. The parade included 54 marching units, floats and vehicles.
1966: Summer officially arrives in Youngstown with 9,868 swimmers using the city’s six municipal swimming pools on the first day of the season. The temperature in downtown Youngstown reached 90.
Columbiana County commissioners allocate $5,000 to prepare plans for a proposed county airport in Madison Township at the Swaney Airport site.
Syro Steel Co. of Girard announces it has purchased land for construction of a new mill in Salt Lake City, the company’s first branch plant.
1941: The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus attracts 24,000 to two performances under a big top set up on Youngstown’s North Side.
The Dunning-Crum Ice & Coal Co. on Indianola Avenue has expanded its facilities to include a $75,000 plant for bottling Royal Crown and Nehi soft drinks.
Father Edward J. Flanagan, founder of Boys Town in Omaha, Neb., will speak at the annual Mercer County Holy Name Society rally.