Today is Monday, Nov. 18, the 322nd day of 2002. There are 43 days left in the year. On this date in

Today is Monday, Nov. 18, the 322nd day of 2002. There are 43 days left in the year. On this date in 1928, the first successful sound-synchronized animated cartoon, Walt Disney's "Steamboat Willie," starring Mickey Mouse, premieres in New York.
In 1820, U.S. Navy Capt. Nathaniel B. Palmer discovers the frozen continent of Antarctica. In 1883, the United States and Canada adopt a system of Standard Time zones. In 1886, the 21st president of the United States, Chester A. Arthur, dies in New York at age 56. In 1936, Germany and Italy recognize the Spanish government of Francisco Franco. In 1966, U.S. Roman Catholic bishops do away with the rule against eating meat on Fridays. In 1978, California Rep. Leo J. Ryan and four other people are killed in Jonestown, Guyana, by members of the Peoples Temple; the killings are followed by a night of mass murder and suicide by 912 cult members.
November 18 1977: City crews erect a 45-foot Colorado blue spruce in Federal Plaza and begin decorating it for the lighting ceremony Dec. 2. The tree was donated by Michael Sveda of 103 Bouquet Ave.
In the wake of voter upset of two incumbent Youngstown Board of Education members whom he supported for re-election, schools Superintendent Robert L. Pegues Jr. announces that he will leave his post July 31.
Columbiana County commissioners vote unanimously to remain in the Multi-County Juvenile Attention System despite the financial strain created by the county's $240,000 share of the cost.
November 18, 1962: The lack of a restaurant at Youngstown Municipal Airport is causing widespread concern among civic leaders and some city officials, but the most optimistic estimate for restoring a full-time eating facility is months away.
The State Department announces that the United States has given Pakistan specific assurances against India's use of American weapons in any attack against Pakistan.
The original Mahoning County Courthouse at Canfield, constructed 114 years ago and stripped of its lofty position 28 years later when the county seat was moved to Youngstown, will again be used to dispense justice. County Judge Bruce R. Black will set up the new fifth county court at the building at N. Broad and Court streets.
November 18, 1952: Over objections by Mahoning County commissioners, the Youngstown-Mahoning Civil Defense Executive Committee refuses to readvertise for bids for 32 air raid sirens and awards a contract of $47,449 to General Electric Supply Corp. of Youngstown. Commissioners said they thought the sirens could be gotten at a lower price, but the committee said time is of the essence.
The United Veterans Council urges Youngstown City Council to appropriate $4,000 to be used to repair and return the decapitated Man on the Monument to its pedestal in Central Square. The statue is in a garage at Stambaugh Golf Course, where it was taken after being damaged by a work crew in the fall of 1950.
November 18, 1927: The Youngstown Hospital Association announces that it will build a new $1.5 million hospital on Gypsy Lane, adjoining the Municipal Golf Course on the city's North Side. It will be known as the Buechner Memorial Hospital Building and will contain 100 private rooms.
At a stormy special meeting of Youngstown City Council an ordinance proposed by Owen E. James to withdraw the city from a partnership with Niles in the Mahoning Valley Sanitary District is tabled indefinitely.