Today is Sunday, July 13, the 194th day of 2003. There are 171 days left in the year. On his date in

Today is Sunday, July 13, the 194th day of 2003. There are 171 days left in the year. On his date in 1793, French revolutionary writer Jean Paul Marat is stabbed to death in his bath by Charlotte Corday.
In 1787, Congress enacts an ordinance governing the Northwest Territory. In 1863, deadly rioting against the Civil War military draft erupts in New York City. In 1878, the Treaty of Berlin amends the terms of the Treaty of San Stefano, which had ended the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-78. In 1886, Father Edward Joseph Flanagan, the founder of Boys Town, is born in Roscommon, Ireland. In 1960, John F. Kennedy wins the Democratic presidential nomination at his party's convention in Los Angeles. In 1967, race-related rioting that claims 27 lives breaks out in Newark, N.J. In 1974, the Senate Watergate Committee proposes sweeping reforms in an effort to prevent another such scandal. In 1977, a blackout lasting 25 hours hits the New York area. In 1978, Lee Iacocca is fired as president of Ford Motor Co. by chairman Henry Ford II. In 1979, a 45-hour siege by Palestinian guerrillas begins at the Egyptian Embassy in Ankara, Turkey.
July 13, 1978: Out of concern for the safety of children at the antiquated McKinley School, the Salem Board of Education votes unanimously to close the school.
The president of Jones & amp; Laughlin Steel Corp., Thomas C. Graham, rejects a meeting with steelworkers who are apt to lose their jobs sometime after J & amp;L and Youngstown Sheet & amp; Tube are merged into the nation's fourth largest steel company.
Eddie Kline of Liberty wins the 13-15 age group championship while Jeff Kweder of Ursuline sweeps the 16-18 title in the Junior Jaycee Golf Tournament at Henry Stambaugh course.
July 13, 1963: A Dayton man claims that all forms of bingo are illegal in Ohio and pledges to take his case to the governor in an effort to shut down even charity bingo games.
Thousands of men, women and youngsters at the National Slovak Catholic Sokols convention being held in Youngstown prepare to greet Atty. General Robert F. Kennedy, brother of the president, who is scheduled to arrive in Youngstown on a private plane from Washington.
Officials near Pittsburgh plan one final probe of an abandoned mine in a search for three boys missing for two days.
Bales C. Jacobs, secretary and treasurer of the Stambaugh-Thompson Co., is elected president of the Youngstown Merchants Council at its 18th annual meeting, held at the Mural Room.
July 13, 1953: The highway tax package passed by the General Assembly will mean hundreds of thousands of dollars more for highways and streets in the Youngstown district each year. A priority will be expanding Route 7 to four lanes south of Southern Boulevard.
FBI agents arrest nine men, including two Cleveland policemen, involved in hijacking liquor valued at $34,792 from an Indiana liquor distribution center. The 665 cases of whiskey were being unloaded from a truck in Cleveland when agents swooped in. The truck had taken delivery of the shipment but arrived at the liquor center before the legitimate hauler.
Approximately 60 Boy Scouts from Mahoning, Trumbull and Columbiana counties leave from the Erie Terminal for a trip to the national jamboree at Irvine Ranch about 40 miles southeast of Los Angeles. The train will stop for a sightseeing tour of the Grand Canyon while en route.
July 13, 1928: Youngstown Mayor Joseph L. Heffernan is considering the establishment of a municipal gas station and a city paymaster as a means of increasing the efficiency of the city's government.
Two dangerous Pennsylvania Railroad grade crossings in Mahoning County will be eliminated soon at a cost of $200,000, according to Commissioner Albert Cooper, who attended a meeting at the state highway department in Columbus.
Ten dwellings on Pike St. are condemned by Fire Chief Harry Callan and Deputy State Fire Marshal D.J. Connor. The condemnations followed the injury of two children, William Bennett, 10, and Dorothy Burtch, 7, when part of a porch at 403 Pike St. collapsed.