Today is Easter Sunday, April 11, the 102nd day of 2004. There are 264 days left in the year. On

Today is Easter Sunday, April 11, the 102nd day of 2004. There are 264 days left in the year. On this date in 1945, during World War II, American soldiers liberate the notorious Nazi concentration camp Buchenwald in Germany.
In 1689, William III and Mary II are crowned as joint sovereigns of Britain. In 1814, Napoleon Bonaparte abdicates as emperor of France and is banished to the island of Elba. In 1898, President McKinley asks Congress for a declaration of war against Spain. In 1899, the treaty ending the Spanish-American War is declared in effect. In 1921, Iowa becomes the first state to impose a cigarette tax. In 1951, President Truman relieves Gen. Douglas MacArthur of his commands in the Far East. In 1953, Oveta Culp Hobby becomes the first Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare. In 1968, President Johnson signs into law the Civil Rights Act of 1968, a week after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. In 1970, Apollo 13 blasts off on its ill-fated mission to the moon. (The astronauts manage to return safely). In 1979, Idi Amin is deposed as president of Uganda as rebels and exiles backed by Tanzanian forces seize control.
April 11, 1979: The Army Corps of Engineers says Lake Milton dam needs $5 million in repairs and that the city of Youngstown, which owns the dam, is responsible for the cost.
A Department of Commerce study rejects a plan to establish a steel research and demonstration center in Youngstown, but holds out slim hope for a companion plan to build a national blast furnace research facility at the Campbell Works.
Premium gasoline hits 99.9 cents a gallon at a Texaco station in New York City, five blocks from the United Nations. Prices have been inching up for some time but jumped from 97 cents overnight.
April 11, 1964: Work will begin July 1 at the Lordstown site where General Motors Corp. is to build a Chevrolet-Fisher Body assembly plant.
The Mahoning County Community College Board of Trustees is organized, even as the Ohio Board of Regents in Columbus decides to freeze action on all capital improvements for state-assisted higher education pending outcome of a taxpayer's suit.
Three more records fall during the second day of the 37th National YMCA swimming and diving championship at the Central Branch of the Youngstown YMCA. Ross Wales, a 16-year-old Rayen School student, shares the record in the 200-yard butterfly with Rick Schneider of Cleveland.
April 11, 1954: Pilots of the 86th Fighter Interceptor Squadron at Youngstown Municipal Airport are honored as the safest outfit in the Air Force's Air defense Command.
The long-forgotten grave of one of Mahoning County's few Revolutionary War veterans has been restored. William Callahan, a pioneer of Green Township, is buried in a lonely plot on the Beaver Creek Road northeast of Salem. Callahan died Oct. 11, 1812, at the age of 70.
Air is being used as springs in a tandem suspension device being manufactured exclusively by Youngstown Steel Car Corp. The springs are regarded as a boon to the trucking industry because they adjust automatically to keep the bed of the trailer even regardless of misloading or shifting loads. The device also allows a savings of about 300 pounds over conventional springs.
April 11, 1929: Youngstown traction commissioner Harry Engle has promised a sensational expos & eacute; of a "deadly serious city hall matter," but Mayor Joseph Heffernan defies any attempt to threaten him and rejects any suggestion that he will be resigning.
The Leviathan, queen of the American merchant marine fleet and for six years a prohibition ship, is en route to Europe with liquor for sale. The liner is making her maiden voyage under private ownership as the flagship of the newly organized United States Lines Inc.
Salem Mayor Phil G. Hiddleson instructs the city's police officers to bring in all peddlers who are found to be going door-to-door in the city. "Our merchants are the ones to do any selling in our city," says Hiddleson, who says he will fine out-of-town peddlers $25.