Today is Thursday, Oct. 23, the 296th day of 2003. There are 69 days left in the year. On this date

Today is Thursday, Oct. 23, the 296th day of 2003. There are 69 days left in the year. On this date in 1983, 241 U.S. Marines and sailors in Lebanon are killed in a suicide truck-bombing at Beirut International Airport; a near-simultaneous attack on French forces kill 58 paratroopers.
In 1864, forces led by Union Gen. Samuel R. Curtis defeat Confederate Gen. Stirling Price's army in Missouri. In 1915, 25,000 women march in New York City, demanding the right to vote. In 1942, during World War II, Britain launches a major offensive against Axis forces at El Alamein in Egypt. In 1944, the World War II Battle of Leyte Gulf begins. In 1946, the U.N. General Assembly convenes in New York for the first time, at an auditorium in Flushing Meadow. In 1956, an anti-Stalinist revolt that was subsequently crushed by Soviet troops begins in Hungary. In 1972, the musical "Pippin" opens on Broadway. In 1973, President Nixon agrees to turn White House tape recordings requested by the Watergate special prosecutor over to Judge John J. Sirica. In 1987, the U.S. Senate rejects, 58-42, the Supreme Court nomination of Robert H. Bork. In 1992, Japanese Emperor Akihito begins a visit to China, the first by a Japanese monarch.
October 23, 1978: The state of Ohio projects Boardman schools will have to close Dec. 11 because they will be short more than $500,000 needed to complete the year.
Common Pleas Judge Clyde W. Osborne issues a temporary restraining order prohibiting members of the electronic news media from videotaping or filming Youngstown Civil Service hearings.
Preliminary reports indicate that the Youngstown public school system enrollment of 19,172 may decline by 3,000 pupils in the next 10 years, while county schools are projected to gain almost 5,000 pupils. In 1966, Youngstown's enrollment was 26,000.
October 23, 1963: Youngstown Sheet & amp; Tube Co. announces price increases on seamless and electric weld pipe in line with increases announced by Jones & amp; Laughlin Steel of between $6 and $8 per ton.
Youngstown district firemen continue to battle grass fires in parched fields. There were some 40 in the area, including 13 in the city and one in Boardman that covered 35 acres. A 16-year-old youth is arrested by Liberty police and has admitted setting four blazes in fields behind Belmont Park Cemetery.
A strike by plumbers and steamfitters in the Youngstown district is averted as representative of Union Local 87 and the Plumbing and Heating Contractors Association resolve a dispute over providing hospital and life insurance for workers.
October 23, 1953: Pat Oggy, is the 1953 queen for the annual homecoming celebration of Youngstown College. The brunette sophomore will be crowned at half-time ceremonies of the game with John Carrol.
County Prosecutor William A. Ambrose says he will cooperate with Joseph F. McManamon, state liquor agent, in padlocking The Ranch, a gambling spot near Route 422 east of Youngstown.
The sale of Wilson Manufacturing Co. on Erie Street to the American Flange & amp; Manufacturing Co. of New York City is announced by Walter A. McClelland, president of the 45-year-old Trumbull County firm.
October 23, 1928: Four Youngstown firemen and an Ohio Bell Telephone Co. truck driver narrowly escape death when a speeding fire truck smashes into the telephone service truck at Oak Hill and Dewey, sending both trucks into the home of T.R. Thomas.
James Campbell, president of Youngstown Sheet & amp; Tube Co., announces plans for expansion of the company's Indian Harbor plant in the Chicago district that will cost several million dollars.
A lawyer for the Ice & amp; Fuel Co. attacks the validity of Youngstown's zoning ordinance, claiming that it was written to block construction of a new ice plant at Southern Boulevard and Lucius Avenue.