Today is Monday, Oct. 13, the 286th day of 2003. There are 79 days left in the year. This is the

Today is Monday, Oct. 13, the 286th day of 2003. There are 79 days left in the year. This is the Columbus Day holiday in the United States, as well as Thanksgiving Day in Canada.
On this date in 1792, the cornerstone of the executive mansion, later known as the White House, is laid during a ceremony in the District of Columbia. In A.D. 54, Roman emperor Claudius I dies, after being poisoned by his wife, Agrippina. In 1775, the United States Navy has its origins as the Continental Congress orders the construction of a naval fleet. In 1843, the Jewish organization B'nai B'rith is founded in New York City. In 1845, Texas ratifies a state constitution. In 1943, Italy declares war on Germany, its one-time Axis partner. In 1944, American troops enter Aachen, Germany. In 1960, Richard M. Nixon and John F. Kennedy participates in the third televised debate of their presidential campaign. In 1962, "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?," by Edward Albee, opens on Broadway. In 1974, longtime television host Ed Sullivan dies in New York City at age 72. In 1981, voters in Egypt participate in a referendum to elect Vice President Hosni Mubarak the new president, one week after the assassination of Anwar Sadat.
October 13, 1978: U.S. Rep. Daniel J. Flood, 75, a colorful fixture in Congress, is indicted on 10 counts of conspiracy and taking bribes totaling tens of thousands of dollars from numerous individuals and organizations seeking federal aid.
Farrell City Manager Charles A. Nath introduces a proposed 1979 budget of $1.9 million calling for a general 7.5-mill property tax increase and a 25 percent rebate for senior citizens.
Lyle Williams, Republican candidate for 19th District congressman, is running far stronger than incumbent Democrat Charles J. Carney in The Vindicator's straw poll in Boardman Township.
October 13, 1963: A new report showing how the Lake Erie-Ohio River interconnecting waterway could revitalize within a decade the ailing Pittsburgh-Youngstown-Wheeling steel complex is unveiled in an effort to enlist new support for the proposed waterway project.
"Columbus, like Lincoln, belongs to the ages," Probate Judge Clifford M. Woodside tells 125 couples at the 49th annual Columbus Day banquet and dance sponsored by the Italian-American League at the Italian Hall in Campbell.
Youngstowner Floyd W. Baker, Minnesota Twins coach, and his son, Robert F. Baker, quarterback at Western Reserve University, get together in Cleveland to celebrate the birthday they share. The elder Baker turned 45 on Oct. 10, while his son, a South High graduate, celebrates his 21st birthday.
October 13, 1953: The curfew bell will ring at 9 p.m. in Poland, warning all children 18 years old or younger that they must head for their homes or face disciplinary action by village authorities.
Maryann Bodnar, 12, dies of polio in St. Elizabeth Hospital, the first Youngstown death this season and the fourth polio death of the year at area hospitals.
John Wesley Wable, 25, the suspected phantom killer of the Pennsylvania Turnpike, is arrested in Albuquerque. Three Pennsylvania officers arrive in Albuquerque to take custody of Wable, who tells police that the killings of two truckers and wounding of a third were done by another man.
October 13, 1928: A record never equaled in Youngstown is established by the steel industry of the Mahoning Valley, when all of the 51 independent and 15 corporation open hearth furnaces make steel, producing nearly 10,000 tons of steel ingots a day.
In response to letters of protest received from the Democratic and Republican campaign chairmen disapproving the discussion of politics in the public schools, Superintendent J.J. Richeson bars political addresses in school buildings.
A study by assistant Youngstown police chief Engelhardt shows that more bootleggers are being arrested, but that the average fine in municipal court has dropped from $264 in 1927 to $167 in 1928.