Today is Saturday, June 28, the 179th day of 2003. There are 186 days left in the year. On this date

Today is Saturday, June 28, the 179th day of 2003. There are 186 days left in the year. On this date in 1914, Austrian Archduke Francis Ferdinand and his wife, Sofia, are assassinated in Sarajevo by a Serb nationalist -- the event which triggers World War I.
In 1778, "Molly Pitcher" (Mary Ludwig Hays) carries water to American soldiers at the Revolutionary War Battle of Monmouth, N.J. In 1836, the fourth president of the United States, James Madison, dies in Montpelier, Va. In 1838, Britain's Queen Victoria is crowned in Westminster Abbey. In 1919, the Treaty of Versailles is signed in France, ending World War I. In 1928, New York Gov. Alfred E. Smith is nominated for president at the Democratic national convention in Houston. In 1939, Pan American Airways begins regular transatlantic air service. In 1950, North Korean forces capture Seoul, South Korea. In 1951, a TV version of the radio program "Amos 'N' Andy" premieres on CBS. (While criticized for racial stereotyping, it is the first network TV series to feature an all-black cast.) In 1978, the Supreme Court orders the University of California at Davis Medical School to admit Allan Bakke, a white man who'd argued he was a victim of reverse racial discrimination. In 1996, The Citadel votes to admit women, ending a 153-year-old men-only policy at the South Carolina military school.
June 28, 1978: Two Youngstown firemen escape possible death when they are caught in a backdraft of exploding flames during a general alarm fire that destroys the office and milling shop of the Bernard-Daniels Lumber Co. on Albert St.
Capt. Harvey Richard Jokinen, a New Castle native and 1972 graduate of West Point, is one of nine soldiers killed in the crash of an Army helicopter during maneuvers in West Germany.
Sue Perkins, the reigning Miss America, and Gov. James A. Rhodes attend the opening of the Trumbull County Fair.
June 28, 1963: U.S. Chamber of Commerce President Edwin P. Neilan has been scheduled to visit Youngstown in February as part of a national tour.
Youngstown bike owners are warned to secure their bikes with a lock when leaving them unattended. Juvenile Bureau Chief Nicholas Pavelko says there has been a rash of thefts, especially at pools, playgrounds and shopping plazas.
The Mahoning Valley Historical Society is urging Youngstown area churches, schools and individuals to actively participate in the nationwide effort to ring-in freedom on the Fourth of July by ringing bells at 2 p.m. on the holiday.
June 28, 1953: Sam Norris, who heads the plumbing department of Scholl-Choffin Co., is elected president of Youngstown's 200-member Rotary Club.
Examples of Slovak needlework and embroidery that follow patterns set 1,500 years ago will be on display at Hotel Pick-Ohio during the 16th biennial national gymnastic, track and field meet of the Slovak Catholic Sokols being held in Youngstown in July.
The Most Rev. John Theodorovich, who as metropolitan is the highest Ukrainian -Orthodox official in the United States, is the principal speaker at the national convention of the Ukrainian Orthodox League at the Hotel Pick-Ohio. Also speaking was Archbishop Mystyalaw Skrypnky, president of the consistory of the national church body.
June 28, 1928: Plans to construct a huge reservoir as large as Pine Lake, with a capacity of a billion gallons of water, about half way between Lake Hamilton and Pine Lake, is announced by Taylor Evans, manager of the Ohio Water Service Co., formerly the Mahoning Valley Water Co.
Youngstown city council conducts lengthy discussions on the need for at least four bridges to take care of traffic and railway hazards in and about Youngstown. Significant results are expected within a year.
Dallas Hurd, director of the Haselton Settlement for five years, is re-elected president of the Ohio State Young People's Branch of the Women's Christian Temperance Union.