Today is Tuesday, Nov. 18, the 322nd day of 2003. There are 43 days left in the year. On this date

Today is Tuesday, Nov. 18, the 322nd day of 2003. There are 43 days left in the year. On this date in 1928, the first successful sound-synchronized animated cartoon, Walt Disney's "Steamboat Willie," starring Mickey Mouse, premieres in New York.
In 1820, U.S. Navy Capt. Nathaniel B. Palmer discovers the frozen continent of Antarctica. In 1883, the United States and Canada adopt a system of Standard Time zones. In 1886, the 21st president of the United States, Chester A. Arthur, dies in New York at age 56. In 1903, the United States and Panama sign a treaty granting the United States rights to build the Panama Canal. In 1936, Germany and Italy recognize the Spanish government of Francisco Franco. In 1966, U.S. Roman Catholic bishops do away with the rule against eating meat on Fridays. In 1969, financier-diplomat Joseph P. Kennedy dies in Hyannis Port, Mass., at age 81. In 1978, California Congressman Leo J. Ryan and four other people are killed in Jonestown, Guyana, by members of the Peoples Temple; the killings are followed by a night of mass murder and suicide by 912 cult members. In 1987, the congressional Iran-Contra committees issue their final report, saying President Reagan bears "ultimate responsibility" for wrongdoing by his aides. In 1999, 12 people are killed when a bonfire under construction at Texas A & amp;M University collapses.
November 18, 1978: The Ohio Edison Co. is granted a $40 million rate increase by the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio. The hike amounts to an 8.5 percent increase in revenues and affects most municipalities of 1,000 persons or more.
Allegheny Airlines notifies Youngstown that it intends to discontinue service to the Youngstown Municipal Airport.
Thousands of children and adults cheer along the Federal Plaza parade route as Santa Claus comes to town in a sled, escorted by 10 marching bands and the Al Koran Shrine and Aut Mori Grotto clowns.
November 18, 1963: John Bolling, 32, manager of the Army & amp; Navy Garrison, is shot by an irate customer because he refused to serve him another drink.
The Bailey Co. of Cleveland, owned by C-F-M Co. of Youngstown, agrees to buy 67 percent of the outstanding common stock of Miracle Mart Inc. and 100 percent of the common shares of Toy Wonderland Inc. of Detroit, Jules J. Aron, board chairman of Bailey's, announces.
Gambling of all types, with the apparent blessing of three uniformed Mahoning County sheriff's deputies and a Milton Township trustee, raise money for the Lake Milton Police Fund at American Legion Post 737.
November 18, 1953: For the second time in two months, a water emergency is declared in Girard as water in the deep well mines serving the city dropped to an alarmingly low level.
More than $59,000 was spent in Youngstown by four major committees in the mayoral campaign in which Frank X. Kryzan defeated Mayor Charles P. Henderson by 1,521 votes. The Henderson campaign committee spent $35,002; Kryzan campaign, $14,292; Kryzan-for-mayor Polish committee, $1,003, and Youngstown Democratic campaign committee, $9,093.
Charles White, head of Republic Steel Corp., the Youngstown district's biggest employer, gets a hero's welcome at the Chamber of Commerce annual banquet at Hotel-Pick Ohio. Lester F. Donnell, president of the chamber of two years, is presented a silver pitcher by J. Russell McKay, president of Home Savings & amp; Loan Co.
November 18, 1928: With the annexing of the Scienceville territory bringing 12,000 new citizens into the city, the city law department is studying new ward and precinct boundaries that will have to be in place by the next citywide election in November 1929.
As a result of a complaint of a woman who said her husband had lost $1,000 to bookmakers, an ordinance is being drafted for Youngstown City Council that would prohibit the publication of racing news.
Boyd Cubbage, 19, of Lisbon is seriously wounded while hunting rabbit on the farm of Fred Scroogs. The hunting party was trying to scare a rabbit out of a pile of brush when one hunter fired his shotgun, striking Cubbage, who is in serious condition at Salem's Central Clinic.
The Carnegie Tech Spartans beat Rockne's Notre Dame Ramblers 27-7 before 30,000 fans in South Bend, Ind. Notre Dame seemed far from the team that upset Army a week earlier. The Tech team remains in the elite company of the undefeated.