Today is Wednesday, July 23, the 204th day of 2003. There are 161 days left in the year. On this

Today is Wednesday, July 23, the 204th day of 2003. There are 161 days left in the year. On this date in 1886, New York saloonkeeper Steve Brodie claims to have made a daredevil plunge from the Brooklyn Bridge into the East River.
In 1885, Ulysses S. Grant, the 18th president of the United States, dies in Mount McGregor, N.Y., at age 63. In 1892, Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia is born. In 1914, Austria-Hungary issue an ultimatum to Serbia after the killing of Archduke Francis Ferdinand by a Serb assassin; the dispute led to World War I. In 1942, Harry James and his Orchestra record "I Had the Craziest Dream" in Hollywood for Columbia Records. In 1952, Egyptian military officers led by Gamal Abdel Nasser overthrow King Farouk I. In 1967, rioting that claims some 43 lives erupts in Detroit. In 1977, a jury in Washington, D.C., convicts 12 Hanafi Muslims of charges stemming from the hostage siege at three buildings the previous March. In 1984, Vanessa Williams becomes the first Miss America to resign her title, because of nude photographs of her that turned up in Penthouse magazine. In 1986, Britain's Prince Andrew marries Sarah Ferguson at Westminster Abbey in London. The couple divorce in 1996. In 1997, the search for Andrew Cunanan, the suspected killer of designer Gianni Versace and others, ends as police find his body on a houseboat in Miami Beach, Fla., an apparent suicide.
July 23, 1978: Two significant job studies, one designed to put 3,500 steelworkers back to work, the other aimed at preserving the 18,000 steel jobs remaining in the Mahoning Valley, are nearing completion by the Ecumenical Coalition of the Mahoning Valley and the Western Reserve Economic Development Agency.
Vienna Township Trustee Aubrey Heyes says, "Realtors are combing the township pretty good," as land speculation increases in anticipation of construction of a jet plane plant by ICX Aviation of Washington near Youngstown Municipal Airport.
Enrollment in science and engineering programs at Youngstown State University is showing a gradual decline, in line with trends throughout the nation, even though graduates in those programs earn more in starting jobs. The average salary for science and engineering graduates is $17,000 to $18,000, while salaries in education range from $11,000 to $14,000.
July 23, 1963: A three-quarter inch rain brings relief to parched crops in the Youngstown district, but also interfere with utilities. About 800 telephone subscribers are without service after cable trouble.
President Kennedy recommends that Congress gradually scrap immigration quotas that put a ceiling on the number of people who may enter the United States annually from particular countries. He suggests that immigration should be based on first on needed skills and second on those related to individuals already living in the United States.
An Austintown Township constable escorting a car bearing a Mineral Ridge tot to South Side Hospital goes out of control on Mahoning Avenue and strikes a pole near West Ave. Patrolman John Scott is treated for a bruised side. The cruiser sustained $300 in damage and the tot, who had ingested rat poison, was released after treatment.
July 23, 1953: The United States reports 1,563 new battle casualties in Korea, the largest weekly rise since Nov. 7, 1951. Of those, 136 were killed in action and 108 are listed as missing.
An agreement is reached for the sale of the land, building and equipment of Falcon Bronze Co. to the American Brake Shoe & amp; Foundry Co. of New York, says A.E. Adams, a Falcon trustee. The decision to sell was made after 90 employees went on strike. The purchase price was not released.
Two additional polio cases, a nine-year-old Girard boy and a five-year-old East Liverpool boy, ring to 13 the number of polio cases being treated at Youngstown hospitals.
July 23, 1928: Seven people die and 43 others are injured, some seriously, in traffic, canoeing and swimming mishaps in the Youngstown district over the weekend. Three people drowned and four died in car crashes.
Plans are being made by the Youngstown Board of Trade for a big aerial demonstration when air mail service is resumed at Lansdowne Field. Grading and leveling the field is still going on.
With more than a dozen deaths from drowning recorded in Mahoning and Trumbull counties since June 1, Paul W. Goss, life-saving field representative of the American Red Cross, is planning a three-day campaign to teach water safety methods and life-saving techniques.