Today is Sunday, Nov. 23, the 327th day of 2003. There are 38 days left in the year. On this date in

Today is Sunday, Nov. 23, the 327th day of 2003. There are 38 days left in the year. On this date in 1945, most U.S. wartime rationing of foods, including meat and butter, ends.
In 1765, Frederick County, Md., repudiates the British Stamp Act. In 1804, the 14th president of the United States, Franklin Pierce, is born in Hillsboro, N.H. In 1903, singer Enrico Caruso makes his American debut at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York, appearing in "Rigoletto." In 1936, Life, the magazine created by Henry R. Luce, is first published. In 1943, during World War II, U.S. forces seize control of Tarawa and Makin atolls from the Japanese. In 1959, the musical "Fiorello!," with music by Jerry Bock and lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, opens on Broadway. In 1963, President Johnson proclaims Nov. 25 a day of national mourning after the assassination of President Kennedy. In 1971, the People's Republic of China is seated in the U.N. Security Council. In 1980, some 4,800 people are killed by a series of earthquakes that devastate southern Italy. In 1996, a hijacked Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 767 crashes into the waves off Comoros Islands, killing 125 of the 175 people on board.
November 23, 1978: Poland Seminary High School Football Coach Dave Pavlansky, 41, loses his 26-month battle against cancer, dying at his Island Drive home.
Youngstown stands to lose about $18.2 million in grants and an undetermined amount in other federal funds if the city does not boost its effort to provide housing to low and moderate income persons.
Youngstown developer Edward J. DeBartolo is an active member of a group seeking to buy the Oakland A's baseball team. The price is estimated at $12 million.
November 23, 1963: U.S. Rep. Michael J. Kirwan, longtime friend and political intimate of both President Kennedy and his successor, President Johnson, was at his home at 236 S. Hazelwood Ave. when he received word that Kennedy was dead. "My wife and I will kneel down now to pray for the repose of President Kennedy's soul and for guidance for the new President, Lyndon B. Johnson," Kirwan said when told.
Catholic, Protestant and Orthodox churches and area synagogues hold services for Youngstowners of all faith after word of President Ken-nedy's assassination.
Warren Optometrist Daniel J. Russell, who was rescued from a shell-pocked island by Navy Lt. John F. Kennedy's PT boat during World War II, says the president's death came because "he never placed his own well-being above his sense of duty."
November 23, 1953: A serious water crisis in Girard is averted as the Youngstown Water Department begins transferring water to Girard's pipeline system. More than 200 homes were without water and the entire city faced the prospect of going dry by nightfall before Youngstown Mayor Charles Henderson ordered a valve opened near the Girard-Youngstown border.
"One cannot travel through Israel without feeling the great humanitarian forces at work," U.S. Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas tells 350 people at the annual campaign dinner of the Jewish Federation of Youngstown.
Two hunters are treated for shotgun wounds at South Side Hospital on the opening day of hunting season. Frank Bell, 24, of High Street is in fair condition, and Earl McMammon, 25, of Scott St. was released after treatment. They were wounded in separate incidents.
November 23, 1928: An explosion at the Pennsylvania Engineering Works at New Castle wrecks two buildings and injures three people. Damage is estimated at $100,000.
Canton Police Chief S.A. Lengel is reinstated by Judge W.P. Stephenson. Lengel was removed as chief on charges of inefficiency during the investigation of the murder of Don R. Mallett, Canton newspaper editor.
Nearly 12,000 men and boys attend the 10th annual Youngstown father and son banquets held at 55 churches through Youngstown and at the YMCA.