Today is Tuesday, July 1, the 182nd day of 2003. There are 183 days left in the year. This is Canada

Today is Tuesday, July 1, the 182nd day of 2003. There are 183 days left in the year. This is Canada Day. On this date in 1867, Canada becomes a self-governing dominion of Great Britain as the British North America Act takes effect.
In 1863, the Civil War Battle of Gettysburg begins. In 1898, during the Spanish-American War, Theodore Roosevelt and his "Rough Riders" wage a victorious assault on San Juan Hill in Cuba. In 1943, "pay-as-you-go" income tax withholding begins. In 1946, the United States explodes a 20-kiloton atomic bomb near Bikini Atoll in the Pacific. In 1961, Diana, the princess of Wales, is born near Sandringham, England. She dies in a 1997 car crash in Paris at age 36. In 1963, 40 years ago, the U.S. Post Office inaugurates its five-digit ZIP codes. In 1968, the United States, Britain, the Soviet Union and 58 other nations sign the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty. In 1969, Britain's Prince Charles is invested as the Prince of Wales.
July 1, 1978: A 27-year-old West Farmington man is being sought in connection with a triple homicide in Bristol Township. Trumbull County Sheriff Richard Jakmas identifies the victims as William Brainard, 48, his wife, Janice, 45, and their five-year-old granddaughter, Dawn Renee Waszo.
Three Americans, including Joseph D. Kaldor, 31, of Youngstown are killed in a fall while climbing Huascaran Mountain, the second highest peak in the Peruvian Andes.
Pennsylvania Gov. Milton Shapp, vetoes the state's capital punishment bill, repeating his contention that the death penalty does not deter crime. The bill passed the House 174-19 and the Senate 42-6.
July 1, 1963: The police wage committee and Finance Director George Cailor recommend longevity pay for Youngstown policemen. A patrolman's salary, now $5,394, would increase by 5 percent at five years, 10 percent at 10 years, 15 percent at 15 years and 20 percent at 20 years and above.
A metal marker is dedicated describing the Church Hill Road Bridge over Middle Run in Elkrun Township, Columbiana County, as the shortest timber covered bridge in the United States. The bridge has a span of 19 feet, 3 inches.
U.S. Atty. Gen. Robert F. Kennedy declares that segregation of privately owned business is an embittering form of racial discrimination that should be outlawed. White prostitutes, narcotics pushers, Communists or bank robbers are welcome at establishments that would not serve black judges, ambassadors or members of the armed force, Kennedy says.
July 1, 1953: An agreement has been reached that should end a six-week strike by plasterers in the Mahoning Valley. The agreement calls for a 121/2-cent an hour increase. Sheet Metal Worker Union members remain on strike.
In an effort to protect herds of cows in Trumbull County, the state's eighth highest county in terms of milk production, the state's mobile brucellosis laboratory is being set up at the county experimental farm in Bazetta Township. Milk samples will be tested for free.
A wage offer of just over 8 cents an hour in increases forestalls, at least temporarily, a strike by members of the Utility Workers of America against the Ohio Edison Co.
July 1, 1928: In a quiet shakeup of the city vice squad, Youngstown Mayor Joseph Heffernan removes two men from the vice squad, David Jones and Officer T.J. Scanlon. Their places will be taken by Gene Murphy and Eugene Klasic.
The Youngstown Public Library is having probably the greatest year in its history from the standpoint of building and book service extension. The construction of three branch libraries has been contracted and circulation records are being broken.
Harold Weber of Toledo wins the Ohio amateur golf champions during a tournament at the Youngstown Country Club, besting William Dueschle of Columbus.