Today is Tuesday, July 8, the 189th day of 2003. There are 176 days left in the year. On this date

Today is Tuesday, July 8, the 189th day of 2003. There are 176 days left in the year. On this date in 1950, Gen. Douglas MacArthur is named commander-in-chief of United Nations forces in Korea.
In 1663, King Charles II of England grants a charter to Rhode Island. In 1776, Col. John Nixon gives the first public reading of the Declaration of Independence, in Philadelphia. In 1853, an expedition led by Commodore Matthew Perry arrives in Yedo Bay, Japan, on a mission to seek diplomatic and trade relations with the Japanese. In 1889, The Wall Street Journal is first published. In 1891, Warren G. Harding marries Florence K. DeWolfe in Marion, Ohio. In 1907, Florenz Ziegfeld stages his first "Follies," on the roof of the New York Theater. In 1919, President Wilson receives a tumultuous welcome in New York after his return from the Versailles Peace Conference in France. In 1947, demolition work begins in New York to make way for the new permanent headquarters of the United Nations. In 1975, President Ford announces he would seek the Republican nomination for the presidency in 1976. In 1994, Kim Il Sung, North Korea's communist leader since 1948, dies at age 82.
July 8, 1978: Martina Navratilova wins the women's singles championship at Wimbledon, defeating Chris Evert, 2-6; 6-4, 7-5.
Sharon Steel Corp. directors approve a program to spend $2.9 million on expanding and modernizing its Roemer Works electric furnace shop in Farrell and another $8 million on anti-pollution equipment.
General Motors makes its Youngstown district presentation of new gadgets aimed at capturing more of the elegant car market. One is a V-8 diesel engine for Cadillac Sevilles, another is a computer system aimed at taking some of the guess work out of trip planning.
July 8, 1963: Robert Armstrong, 19, of Brownlee Ave. pleads guilt to counterfeiting charges, before the trials open for three other alleged members of the counterfeit ring, including Lenine Strollo, 31, operator of Lennie's Lounge in Poland.
A pilotless Navy jet crashes into a baseball field in Willow Grove, Pa., killing seven persons at a family picnic.
Youngstown's central business district parking study gets under way with the arrival in Youngstown of engineers and consultants of Barton-Aschman Associates Inc. of Chicago.
The staff and steering committee at McGuffey Center and friends surprise Hugh A. Frost, McGuffey Center director, with a Sunday afternoon program of appreciation.
July 8, 1953: County Engineer Samuel Gould Jr. warns of an impending crisis in traffic routing as the pace of Ohio Turnpike construction increases in southeastern Mahoning County.
Youngstown Municipal Railway Co. drivers refuse to authorize a bus strike to support demands for the reinstatement of two operators discharged for insubordination.
Twenty-nine Trumbull County Boy Scouts leave Camp Chickagami to attend the national Scout Jamboree in California with scoutmasters Glenn Dial of Warren and Earl G. Jones of Niles
July 8, 1928: Youngstown Mayor Joseph L. Heffernan threatens drastic action unless A.J. Guthrie & amp; Co. agrees to increase the 30-cent an hour common labor rate on the Meander Dam project.
Youngstown experiences the hottest July 7 in seven years, when temperatures climb to 94 degrees.
Ten thousand persons enjoy the annual picnic and highland dancing competitions at Idora Park held under the auspices of Clan MacDonald, 39, Order of Scottish Clans. Guests attend from Hamilton, Ont., Chicago and West Virginia.