Today is Wednesday, Dec. 10, the 344th day of 2003. There are 21 days left in the year. On this date

Today is Wednesday, Dec. 10, the 344th day of 2003. There are 21 days left in the year. On this date in 1906, President Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first American to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, for helping to mediate an end to the Russo-Japanese War.
In 1869, women are granted the right to vote in the Wyoming Territory. In 1898, a treaty is signed in Paris officially ending the Spanish-American War. In 1931, Jane Addams becomes a co-recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, the first American woman so honored. In 1948, the U.N. General Assembly adopts its Universal Declaration on Human Rights. In 1950, Ralph J. Bunche is presented the Nobel Peace Prize, the first black American to receive the award. In 1958, the first domestic passenger jet flight takes place in the U.S. as a National Airlines Boeing 707 flies 111 passengers from New York to Miami in about 21/2 hours. In 1964, Martin Luther King Jr. receives the Nobel Peace Prize during ceremonies in Oslo, Norway. In 1967, singer Otis Redding dies in the crash of his private plane in Wisconsin. In 1978, movie director Edward D. Wood Jr. ("Plan 9 From Outer Space") dies in North Hollywood, Calif. at age 54.
December 10, 1978: The president of Total Recycling Systems Inc. requests a letter of intent from communities in Trumbull and Mahoning counties indicating their positions on a proposed regional solid waste recycling plant in Niles.
The Trumbull County Welfare Department is slated to end 1978 with a deficit of $264,071. Director James Leisy says county commissioners must act if welfare checks due Dec. 26 are to be issued.
Youngstown State University head football coach Bill Narduzzi is named by the Columbus Dispatch as Ohio College Coach of the year in recognition of the Penguins' outstanding 1978 season. YSU lost to Eastern Illinois, 26-22, in the NCAA Division II semifinal game.
December 10, 1963: A cashier for the Cook Coffee Co., 2828 South Ave., en route to make a company bank deposit, is kidnapped and robbed of more than $1,000 in cash and checks.
The second fire in three days and the fifth in a year strikes the Western Fuel & amp; Supply Co. at 76 E. Indianola Ave., destroying a coal tipple building and causing an estimated $100,000 in damage.
An Indiana grand jury indicts a state fire marshal and the Indianapolis fire chief, saying that their "utter disregard of duty" contributed to a Halloween explosion at an ice show that killed 72 people.
December 10, 1953: An explosion that police believe may have been caused by dynamite damages the home of Bud J. Fares, 633 Almyra Ave., publisher of a free night club handout, and causes an estimated $500 damage.
The Roberts Deliberating Club and pastors of 18 Protestant Negro churches who say they represent 10,000 people appeal to city council to pass legislation authorizing a zone change for the Kimmel Brook Homes project.
Jacob B. Taylor, vice president and general manager of Ohio State University, speaks on "Ohio's Responsibility to the World," in an address to 60 members of the Ohio State Alumni Association at the Tippecanoe Country Club.
December 10, 1928: Liquor law violations and vice are rampant in rural sections of Mahoning County, especially in certain parts of the Sharon Line, according to reports given to temperance leaders.
Dayton, the city that proudly calls itself the "cradle of aviation," pays tribute to Orville Wright, who with his late brother, Wilbur, perfected and flew the first successful flying machine.
G.W. Rightmire, president of Ohio State University, submits to Gov. Donahey a proposed budget for the next biennium calling for a total of $11.5 million.