Today is Saturday, July 26, the 207th day of 2002. There are 158 days left in the year. On this date

Today is Saturday, July 26, the 207th day of 2002. There are 158 days left in the year. On this date in 1953, Fidel Castro begins his revolt against Fulgencio Batista with an unsuccessful attack on an army barracks in eastern Cuba. Castro ousts Batista in 1959.
In 1788, New York becomes the 11th state to ratify the U.S. Constitution. In 1908, U.S. Attorney General Charles J. Bonaparte issues an order creating an investigative agency that is a forerunner of the FBI. In 1947, President Truman signs the National Security Act, creating the Department of Defense, the National Security Council, the Central Intelligence Agency and the Joint Chiefs of Staff. In 1948, Truman signs a pair of executive orders prohibiting discrimination in the U.S. armed forces and federal employment. In 1952, Adlai E. Stevenson is nominated for president by the Democratic national convention in Chicago; John J. Sparkman is nominated for vice president.
July 26, 1978: Vandals open four fire hydrants in Canfield overnight lowering water pressure in various parts of the city.
The Warren Junior Military Band marches down Main Street U.S.A. in Disneyland, Anaheim, Calif., under the direction of Donald W. Hurrelbrink. The appearance is part of a 17-day tour of the western United States by 94 members of the band.
The United States records the smallest trade deficit in more than a year in June as U.S. businesses sold a record $12.1 billion in products to other countries, leaving a deficit of just $1.6 billion. The growing trade gap had contributed to inflation at home and the decline of the dollar overseas.
Pete Rose of the Cincinnati Reds sets a National League record of 38 straight games with base hits during a game against the Mets in Shea Stadium in New York.
July 26, 1963: Mary Catherine Herubin is crowned Hubbard homecoming queen in ceremonies opening the annual homecoming celebration.
The Third Infantry Division, which suffered more casualties and had more days of combat than any other U.S. division in World War II, opens its 44th annual national reunion at the Hotel Pick-Ohio in downtown Youngstown.
Mahoning County begins a new experiment in traffic safety with the installation of orange-colored pavement at three of the most treacherous intersections in the county. The intersections are Western Reserve Road and Route 46, where several fatal accidents have occurred; Starr's Corners, where Route 224 and Route 625 intersect with Tippecanoe Road, and the dangerous corner at Shields Road and Lockwood Boulevard.
July 26, 1953: Junior choirs at Westminster Presbyterian Church -- boys and girls ages 9 to 14 -- are learning music in a unique way: at choir camp at the church's 75-acre site near Rogers.
A Youngstown pilot is seriously injured and his passenger killed when their light airplane crashes while taking off from a wheat field near Salem. George W. Stricklen Jr., 17, of Butler County, a roller- skating champion, is killed. James R. Lloyd, 19, of Market St. Ext., is injured.
Esther Hamilton writes that when Charles Gorant was an infantryman with the 87th Division in Germany during World War II, he made up his mind that if he got home alive he would go into the candy business. And so he did. He is president of the Gorant Candy Co., one of Youngstown's small, thriving industries that provide employment opportunities, especially for women.
July 26, 1928: Vindicator Sports Editor Frank B. Ward, in New York to cover the fight between Gene Tunney and Tom Heeney, gets a wide-ranging, half-hour interview with Al Smith, the state's governor and the Democratic nominee for president. Smith told Ward it was a pleasure to be interviewed by a sports writer, since that class of scribes rarely breaks into his office.
More than 8,000 people from Youngstown and surrounding towns attend the picnic at Idora Park in celebration of the 10th anniversary of the founding of the Slovak National League. Mayor Joseph Heffernan addressed the picnickers in Slovak, urging them to keep alive their beautiful customs and folk dances, but to never forget they are American citizens.
Mrs. George Thomas, daughter of Edward Weitz, a Sharon businessman, is the operator of a street car in Pittsburgh. Mrs. Thomas started her career during the World War and liked the work so well that she remained on the job.