Today is Friday, July 11, the 192nd day of 2003. There are 173 days left in the year. On this date

Today is Friday, July 11, the 192nd day of 2003. There are 173 days left in the year. On this date in 1798, the U.S. Marine Corps is formally re-established by a congressional act that also creates the U.S. Marine Band.
In 1533, Pope Clement VII excommunicates England's King Henry XIII. In 1767, John Quincy Adams, the sixth president of the United States, is born in Braintree, Mass. In 1804, Vice President Aaron Burr mortally wounds former Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton in a pistol duel near Weehawken, N.J. In 1864, Confederate forces led by Gen. Jubal Early begin an abortive invasion of Washington, D.C., turning back the next day. In 1934, President Franklin Roosevelt becomes the first chief executive to travel through the Panama Canal. In 1952, the Republican national convention, meeting in Chicago, nominates Dwight D. Eisenhower for president.
July 11, 1978: A group of 16 ministers presents a resolution to Youngstown City Council supporting Mayor J. Phillip Richley's recent raids on four adult bookstores and takes a stand against all pornography.
Production resumes at Republic Steel's Warren plant after members of USW Local 1375 return to work, ending a wildcat strike sparked by the company's decision to cut the train crew in the plant rail yards from three to one.
Mahoning Valley Cablevision announces a two-phase $1 million expansion project that will extend its service area to Girard, McDonald, the remainder of Niles and parts of Liberty, Howland and Hubbard townships.
July 11, 1963: The 7th District Court of Appeals refuses to order Youngstown Mayor Harry Savasten to provide funds for operations of the Youngstown Fair Employment Practices Committee. The court says the choice of providing funds for the committee, which is defunct due to lack of funding, falls within the discretion of the city administration.
"Mitzi," a German shepherd owned by the Dominic Brindisi family on Melrose Ave., has just about as much responsibility as one dog can handle. She is not only nursing her nine puppies, but has adopted five baby raccoons, whose mother was killed.
Youngstown Municipal Airport, ranked as the nation's 79th busiest terminal, will get a new multimillion-dollar control tower and surveillance radar system from the Federal Aviation Administration, says Airport Manager Donald Glass.
July 11, 1953: Seven national records fall in early competition at the 16th national biennial gymnastic, track and field meet of the Slovak Catholic Sokols at Campbell Memorial High School.
A Trumbull County Sheriff's deputy is freed after 20 minutes of being held in a Deforest Road brothel when he and another deputy tried to work a "Trojan Horse" raid at the place.
Ted Oakin of Masury captures his first feature stock car victory at the Sharon Speedway before 2,217 fans. The helmet dash was won by Johnny Holfeder of New Wilmington.
July 11, 1928: Over 5,000 youngsters under 16 are expected to be guests of Bert A. Millikin, president of the Youngstown Sanitary Milk Co. and the Board of Trade, who is hosting the fourth annual Kiddies Day at Idora Park.
Mrs. Jane Tod Ratliff, 86, widow of Brig. Gen Robert W. Ratliff and formerly a resident of Warren, dies at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Oliver Longergan in Poland.
One of the oldest warranty deeds ever filed in Mahoning County is recorded in the county recorder's office. The 104-year-old deed is on parchment paper and is signed by President James Monroe, transferring 79 acres of land in Smith Township from the United States of America to John Detchon.