Today is Thursday, Nov. 21, the 325th day of 2002. There are 40 days left in the year. On this date

Today is Thursday, Nov. 21, the 325th day of 2002. There are 40 days left in the year. On this date in 1922, Rebecca L. Felton of Georgia is sworn in as the first woman to serve in the U.S. Senate. (Felton, a Democrat appointed by Gov. Thomas Hardwick to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Thomas E. Watson, serves only a day before Watson's elected successor, Walter F. George, takes office.)
In 1789, North Carolina becomes the 12th state to ratify the U.S. Constitution. In 1877, inventor Thomas A. Edison announces the invention of his phonograph. In 1899, Vice President Garret A. Hobart, serving under President McKinley, dies in Paterson, N.J., at age 55. In 1942, the Alaska highway across Canada is formally opened. In 1964, New York's Verrazano Narrows Bridge opens. In 1969, the Senate votes down the Supreme Court nomination of Clement F. Haynsworth, the first such rejection since 1930. In 1973, President Nixon's attorney, J. Fred Buzhardt, reveals the existence of an 18-and-a-half-minute gap in one of the White House tape recordings related to Watergate. In 1979, a mob attacks the U.S. Embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan, killing two Americans. In 1980, 87 people die in a fire at the MGM Grand Hotel-Casino in Las Vegas, Nev. In 1991, the U.N. Security Council chooses Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt to be the new Secretary-General.
November 21, 1977: Niles Law Director Mitchell F. Shaker recommends that all out-of-city water customers pay a premium of 50 percent above the in-city rate. Current contracts that set the surcharge at 25 percent are expiring.
The fifth annual Ohiocon, a convention of comic book collectors and dealers, is held at Youngstown State University.
Egyptian President Anwar Sadat ends his historic visit to Jerusalem after pledging to Israeli Prime Minister Menahem Begin that there will be "No more war."
November 21, 1962: Trumbull County might have jurisdiction in the case of five men arrested for promoting the "bug" near North Side Hospital, says Youngstown Municipal Judge Don L. Hanni Jr. during a preliminary hearing for three of the men.
Private philanthropy, especially those foundations set up by persons of wisdom and wealth, is playing a vital role in bringing a better way of life to millions of people throughout the world, says Dr. J. George Harrar, president of the Rockefeller Foundation, speaking at the 57th annual dinner of the Youngstown Chamber of Commerce.
Mrs. James L. Smeltzer, a member of the Youngstown Planning Commission, says she will not attend another meeting until the law department submits to City Council legislation to revise the city's setback line regulations as recommended by the commission in September.
November 21, 1952: Television has a definite place as a vital advertising medium for the district's retail and industrial businesses, says G.S. "Pete" Wasser, Pittsburgh advertising executive, speaking at a meeting of the Youngstown Industrial Marketing Club.
A meteor flashes across the southwestern U.S. skies, suddenly disintegrating in a blaze of white light turning night into day near Oklahoma City.
Advertisement: The Park Theater spares no expense in bringing the nation's finest burlesque shows to downtown Youngstown. Meet the Atomic Rage, "Jet" Smith. All seats, 85 cents.
November 21, 1927: Youngstown nurses who served at Base Hospital 31 in Contexeville, France, during the World War hold a reunion at a Wick Avenue tea room. Harriet Eckles is elected president; Sara Hunter, vice president; Olive Dunn Salcini, secretary, and Alma Jones Rhymer, treasurer. The nurses pledge to hold a reunion each Armistice Day.
Frank Riss, former Berlin Township justice of the peace, is sentenced to one to 20 years in prison for embezzlement. Choking back sobs, Riss vows not to do time alone, and says he will give testimony to a U.S. grand jury about prominent businessmen who violate the liquor laws.
More than 1,000 Youngstown children are learning to play the piano, practicing the "melody way," which involves reading charts and practicing finger movements on printed keyboards.