Today is Tuesday, Nov. 4, the 308th day of 2003. There are 57 days left in the year. This is

Today is Tuesday, Nov. 4, the 308th day of 2003. There are 57 days left in the year. This is Election Day. On this date in 1952, Dwight D. Eisenhower is elected president, defeating Democrat Adlai Stevenson.
In 1842, Abraham Lincoln marries Mary Todd in Springfield, Ill. In 1880, the first cash register is patented by James and John Ritty of Dayton, Ohio. In 1884, Democrat Grover Cleveland is elected to his first term as president, defeating Republican James G. Blaine. In 1922, the entrance to King Tutankhamen's tomb is discovered in Egypt. In 1942, during World War II, Axis forces retreat from El Alamein in North Africa in a major victory for British forces commanded by Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery. In 1956, Soviet troops move in to crush the Hungarian Revolution. In 1979, the Iranian hostage crisis begins as militants storm the United States Embassy in Tehran. For some of the hostages, it is the start of 444 days of captivity. In 1980, Ronald Reagan wins the White House as he defeats President Carter by a strong margin. In 1987, 6-year-old Elizabeth (Lisa) Steinberg is pronounced dead at a New York City hospital in a child-abuse case that sparks national outrage; her illegal adoptive father, Joel Steinberg, is later sentenced to prison for manslaughter. In 1995, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin is assassinated by a right-wing Israeli minutes after attending a festive peace rally.
November 4, 1978: Four taped sticks of dynamite, wires and detonating caps are found beside a house at 137 W. Indianola Ave. formerly occupied by Osvaldo "Pete" Giordano, the federal informer on organized crime.
The missing link in the Youngstown area interstate highway system -- an interchange that will enable westbound Interstate 680 traffic to reach Route 11 north without backtracking -- should be under construction by 1980.
The Mahoning Valley is in its third day of an air stagnation advisory as a high pressure cell continues to trap pollutants in the air. A combination of eight days without rain and people burning leaves is contributing to the problem, says the Weather Service at the Youngstown Airport.
November 4, 1963: Four Youngstown men, suspected transporters in a dope ring, are arrested at Pittsburgh Airport, and police confiscate $15,000 worth of heroin.
FBI agents are assisting Trumbull County Sheriff's deputies in investigating a dynamite blast that ripped the motor out of a truck owned by Walter Chambers of Masury when Chambers started the truck in his driveway. He received minor injuries.
The son of a candidate for Austintown Township trustee is arrested at his home on charges of tearing down the political posters of his father's opponent. He was charged with malicious destruction of property and reckless operation of a motor vehicle.
November 4, 1953: Council President Frank X. Kryzan, Democratic candidate for mayor, defeats Mayor Charles P. Henderson by 1,496 votes in a race that saw 62,853 ballots cast. Kryzan announces that he will name his police chief from the ranks of the city force.
Atty. Frank R. Franko, an assistant police prosecutor, scores an upset victory over Judge John W. Powers for Youngstown Municipal Court judge.
Voters in Boardman Township overwhelmingly turn down a plan to incorporate as a village, 4,374 to 1,140.
November 4, 1928: Two other teams will have to decide the question of football supremacy between East and West, because Princeton and Ohio State couldn't do it. Their game ends in a 6-6 tie.
A record number of people cast absent voters ballots for the presidential elections, with 750 received at the Mahoning County Board of Elections by midnight.
Boardman Township will enter a new era of school history when it officially dedicates the new $150,000 addition to its high school. Jerome Hull, superintendent of county schools, will be the main speaker.