Today is Thursday, Jan. 16, the 16th day of 2003. There are 349 days left in the year. On this date

Today is Thursday, Jan. 16, the 16th day of 2003. There are 349 days left in the year. On this date in 1920, Prohibition begins in the United States as the 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution takes effect. (It is repealed in 1933 by the 21st Amendment.)
In 1547, Ivan the Terrible is crowned czar of Russia. In 1883, the U.S. Civil Service Commission is established. In 1944, Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower takes command of the Allied Invasion Force in London. In 1964, the musical "Hello, Dolly!" opens on Broadway, beginning a run of 2,844 performances. In 1967, Alan S. Boyd is sworn in as the first secretary of transportation. In 1978, NASA names 35 candidates to fly on the space shuttle, including Sally K. Ride, who becomes America's first woman in space, and Guion S. Bluford Jr., who becomes America's first black astronaut in space. In 1989, three days of rioting erupts in Miami when a police officer fatally shoots a black motorcyclist, causing a crash that also claims the life of a passenger. In 1991, the White House announces the start of Operation Desert Storm to drive Iraqi forces out of Kuwait. (Because of the time difference, it is early Jan. 17 in the Persian Gulf when the attack begins.) In 1992, officials of the government of El Salvador and rebel leaders sign a pact in Mexico City ending 12 years of civil war that had left at least 75,000 people dead.
January 16, 1978: Youngstown's new mayor, J. Phillip Richley, outlines plans to build a city-county justice center and a new city administration building during a meeting in Washington with Ohio's two U.S. senators.
Firestone Tire & amp; Rubber Co., the nation's second largest tire maker that is headquartered in Akron, will make "substantial layoffs" because of high costs and slackened demand for bias-ply passenger car tires.
Brookfield teachers go on strike after rejecting the school board's only contract proposal by an overwhelming margin. It's the fourth strike at the district in six years.
January 16, 1963: Paul E. Lange, president of First National Bank of East Palestine, is named president and secretary of the Peoples Bank of Youngstown, succeeding Victor T. Bartholomy as president and secretary of the Peoples Bank of Youngstown.
The large, modern hangar constructed by the U.S. Air Force in 1955 for $230,000 will be moved to the civilian side of the municipal airport as soon as city officials calculate the cost and obtain funds for the move.
Liberty Township residents defeat a $1.2 million bond issue for a new school at a special election by a vote of 1,309 to 1,021.
January 16, 1953: Jaywalking tickets are issued to about 175 pedestrians in downtown Youngstown in a renewed drive against jaywalking. One man was taken to city jail and released after posting a $5 bond.
State selective service headquarters issues a February induction call for 1,978 Ohioans. Among the county quotas: Ashtabula, 10; Columbiana, 17; Mahoning, 78; Trumbull, 36.
Paul A. Vencel, 35, of Meadowbrook Ave., Warren, is awarded the Junior Chamber of Commerce distinguished service award for 1952 during a banquet at the Caf & eacute; 422.
January 16, 1928: W.W. Winsworth, chairman of The Ice & amp; fuel Co., announces that Youngstown will no longer use natural ice after an electrically powered ice plant costing $100,000 is built at the corner of Rush Blvd. and Boston Ave. Ice storage houses at Stoneboro, Lake Brady, Sliver Lake and Chautauqua Lake will be abandoned.
"The city of Youngstown cannot afford to continue to let its good teachers be taken away by other cities," J.J. Richeson, superintendent of schools, tells the congregation of the First Baptist Temple while speaking on "The School Outlook for 1928."
For the sixth consecutive Sunday, the three owners of the local theater at Dover, Ohio, are arrested on charges of operating Sunday motion picture shows.