Today is Monday, Nov. 4, the 308th day of 2002. There are 57 days left in the year. On this date in

Today is Monday, Nov. 4, the 308th day of 2002. There are 57 days left in the year. On this date in 1952, Dwight D. Eisenhower is elected president, defeating Democrat Adlai Stevenson.
In 1842, Abraham Lincoln marries Mary Todd in Springfield, Ill. In 1880, the first cash register is patented by James and John Ritty of Dayton, Ohio. In 1884, Democrat Grover Cleveland is elected to his first term as president, defeating Republican James G. Blaine. In 1922, the entrance to King Tutankhamen's tomb is discovered in Egypt. In 1942, during World War II, Axis forces retreat from El Alamein in North Africa in a major victory for British forces commanded by Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery. In 1956, Soviet troops move in to crush the Hungarian Revolution. In 1979, the Iranian hostage crisis begins as militants storm the United States Embassy in Tehran. For some of the hostages, it is the start of 444 days of captivity. In 1980, Ronald Reagan wins the White House as he defeats President Carter by a strong margin. In 1987, 6-year-old Elizabeth (Lisa) Steinberg is pronounced dead at a New York City hospital in a child-abuse case that sparks national outrage; her illegal adoptive father, Joel Steinberg, is later sentenced to prison for manslaughter. In 1995, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin is assassinated by a right-wing Israeli minutes after attending a festive peace rally.
November 4, 1977: Youngstown Sheet & amp; Tube Co. continues to wind down many of its Campbell Works operations, bringing the number of jobs abolished in two weeks to 3,750. Eventually, 5,000 jobs will be lost.
It's been 43 years since the 12-year criminal career of Pretty Boy Floyd ended on a farm near East Liverpool when a Columbiana posse tracked the bank robber down and granted his wish: He was not taken alive.
Nine of 11 candidates for the Youngstown Board of Education sign a statement committing to abide by whatever decision is made by the federal courts in the school desegregation case. Only Rose DeGise and Annabelle Bodnar decline to sign.
November 4, 1962: Richard T. Williams, 37, superintendent of Farmington schools, is fatally injured and his 16-year-old West Farmington passenger seriously injured when the Fiat they were riding in collided head-on with a pickup truck that slid into their lane.
Niles Police Chief John Ross opens his files to "any interested individual or group" to show the efforts the his department has been making to stop gambling in Niles.
A major industrial development is revealed in Sebring with the announcement that a new type of stepladder will be made in Sebring Bond Manufacturing Inc. of Akron, which is expected to hire 40 to 60 employees in a matter of weeks. Anticipated personnel could run into the hundreds in the future.
Unseasonably warm weather sets records at the Youngstown Municipal Airport and downtown Youngstown as the mercury hits 80 at the airport and 82 downtown.
November 4, 1952: The count of 756 absentee and servicemen's ballots from Mahoning County give Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower 493 votes and Gov. Adlai Stevenson, 263. An estimated 50,000 persons are expected to vote in the presidential race in Mahoning County.
Buses roll over the streets of Youngstown for the first time in a month after drivers accept a three-year contract that includes a 20-cent-an hour wage increase.
The 166th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron at the Youngstown Air Base has been renamed the 86th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, the title it held as an Ohio National Guard unit before being federalized in 1951.
November 4, 1927: A Cleveland-Pittsburgh mail plane is forced to land at Freedom near Warren after a mail bag becomes entangled in the controls.
Two special trains carry upward of a thousand teachers of the Youngstown public schools to Cleveland to attend the annual meeting of the Northeaster Ohio Teachers Association.