Today is Tuesday, Sept. 30, the 273rd day of 2003. There are 92 days left in the year. On this date

Today is Tuesday, Sept. 30, the 273rd day of 2003. There are 92 days left in the year. On this date in 1938, British, French, German and Italian leaders decide to appease Adolf Hitler by allowing Nazi annexation of Czechoslovakia's Sudetenland.
In 1777, the Congress of the United States -- forced to flee in the face of advancing British forces -- moves to York, Pa. In 1791, Mozart's opera "The Magic Flute" premieres in Vienna, Austria. In 1846, dentist William Morton uses ether as an anesthetic for the first time on a patient in his Boston office. In 1927, Babe Ruth hits his 60th homer of the season to break his own major-league record. In 1946, an international military tribunal in Nuremberg, Germany, finds 22 top Nazi leaders guilty of war crimes. In 1949, the Berlin Airlift comes to an end. In 1952, the motion picture "This Is Cinerama," which introduces the triple-camera, triple-projector Cinerama widescreen process, premieres at the Broadway Theatre in New York. In 1954, the first atomic-powered vessel, the submarine "Nautilus," is commissioned by the Navy. In 1955, actor James Dean is killed in a two-car collision near Cholame, Calif. In 1962, black student James Meredith succeeds on his fourth try in registering for classes at the University of Mississippi.
September 30, 1978: A thunderous explosion devastates the paint department of the Pittsburgh-Canfield Corp. on Main St. in Canfield, killing one worker and badly injuring another. Killed was Paul Slifka, 48, of Austintown.
Edward P. Lenney, former mayor of Niles, dies in Trumbull Memorial Hospital after suffering a heart attack. He was 69 years old
Little Richard, a 1950s rock star who sang "Tutti Fruitti" and "Long Tall Sally," among other hits, is a born-again Christian who will preach and sing at Stambaugh Auditorium in Youngstown.
September 30, 1963: Renner Brewing Co., second oldest industry in the Mahoning Valley, sells its idle brewery, land and equipment to a group of Youngstown investors headed by Victor N. Calautti. The building will be converted to light industrial use.
Youngstown Police Chief Edward J. Allen, in Youngstown to visit friends, says the testimony of Mafia killer Joseph Valachi has finally convinced Washington of the existence of the Mafia and the danger it poses.
A speed limit of 50 mph will be maintained on Youngstown's freeways, although a new state law permits the limit to be increased to 60 mph on such roads.
September 30, 1953: The most successful campaign in the history of the reorganized Youngstown Symphony Society concludes with 1,834 season tickets sold for the 1953-54 series of the Youngstown Philharmonic Orchestra.
President Eisenhower names Gov. Earl Warren of California to be Chief Justice of the United States. The recess appointment of Warren as the successor to the late Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson is subject to Senate confirmation when Congress convenes in January, but Warren will be on the bench when the court opens its fall session.
Crews of workmen labor until dawn putting the finishing touches on floats for Youngstown's giant Sesquicentennial parade. Much of the construction has taken place in the West Ave. water department building.
September 30, 1928: A crowd of 2,500 witnesses the final day of judging at the Mill Creek Riding Club's annual horse show. For a maiden effort, the show surpassed the hopes of the most enthusiastic members of the club.
Myers Y. Cooper, Republican candidate for governor of Ohio, promises more than 1,000 Republicans at the Youngstown YMCA gymnasium that he will bring good, clean economical government for the people of Ohio.
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