Today is Thursday, Oct. 16, the 289th day of 2003. There are 76 days left in the year. On this date

Today is Thursday, Oct. 16, the 289th day of 2003. There are 76 days left in the year. On this date in 1978, the College of Cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church chooses Cardinal Karol Wojtyla to be the new pope; he takes the name John Paul II.
In 1793, during the French Revolution, Queen Marie Antoinette is beheaded. In 1859, abolitionist John Brown leads a group of about 20 men in a raid on Harper's Ferry. In 1916, Margaret Sanger opens the first birth control clinic, in New York City. In 1943, Chicago Mayor Edward J. Kelly officially opens the city's new subway system during a ceremony at the State and Madison street station. In 1946, ten Nazi war criminals condemned during the Nuremberg trials are hanged. In 1970, Anwar Sadat is elected president of Egypt, succeeding the late Gamal Abdel Nasser. In 1973, Henry Kissinger and Le Duc Tho are named winners of the Nobel Peace Prize; however, the Vietnamese official decline the award. In 1995, a vast throng of black men gather in Washington, D.C., for the "Million Man March" led by Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan.
October 16, 1978: The long and bitter strike at Taylor-Winfield Corp. in Warren ends exactly 16 months from the day it began. An official of USW Local 6529 says the pact contains "acceptable" wages, fringe benefits and pension provisions.
The U.S. Supreme Court leaves intact the federal government's stringent regulations for controlling air pollution in Ohio. Cleveland Electric Illuminating Co. and Timken Co. of Canton sought to have the regulations overturned.
October 16, 1963: Joe "The Wolf" DiCarlo is named during U.S. Senate hearings as the Youngstown area boss of a crime syndicate headed by Stefano Magaddino that blankets Western New York, Toronto, Canada, and the area of Ohio around Youngstown.
The financial distressed New York Mirror ceases publication after 39 years and sells some of its assets to the New York Daily News.
October 16, 1953: Mahoning County Health Commissioner Charles Scofield declares the sanitation problem in Cornersburg an emergency. He urges commissioners to approve construction of sanitary sewers over the objections of protesting groups.
Youngstown radar cruisers are not operating in the city because the traffic department has not received official word of the size and shape of warning signs required by a new state law. The signs must be posted on the right side of the road whenever a radar-type devise is being used to monitor motorists' speeds.
October 16, 1928: Plans for cooperation in safety work by all employers and all employees are made at a meeting of 250 Mahoning Valley plant executives at the Youngstown Club. James A. Campbell, president of Youngstown Sheet & amp; Tube Co., says it is the largest gathering of industrial executives ever held in Youngstown.