Today is Thursday, April 15, the 106th day of 2004. There are 260 days left in the year. On this

Today is Thursday, April 15, the 106th day of 2004. There are 260 days left in the year. On this date in 1912, in the early hours, the British luxury liner Titanic sinks in the North Atlantic off Newfoundland, less than three hours after striking an iceberg. About 1,500 people die.
In 1850, the city of San Francisco is incorporated. In 1861, three days after the Confederate attack on Fort Sumter, President Lincoln declares a state of insurrection and calls out Union troops. In 1865, President Lincoln dies, several hours after being shot at Ford's Theater in Washington by John Wilkes Booth. Andrew Johnson becomes the nation's 17th president. In 1945, during World War II, British and Canadian troops liberate the Nazi concentration camp Bergen-Belsen. In 1959, Cuban leader Fidel Castro arrives in Washington to begin a goodwill tour of the United States. In 1989, 95 people die in a crush of soccer fans at Hillsborough Stadium in Sheffield, England. In 1989, students in Beijing launch a series of pro-democracy protests following the death of former Communist Party leader Hu Yaobang; the protests culminate in the Tiananmen Square massacre. In 1990, actress Greta Garbo dies in New York at age 84. In 1998, Pol Pot, the notorious leader of the Khmer Rouge, dies at age 73, evading prosecution for the deaths of 2 million Cambodians. In 2002, retired Supreme Court Justice Byron R. White dies at age 84.
April 15, 1979: Recommendations for a new and bigger main Youngstown Public Library in the central business district, a new and larger Boardman branch and two new branches within Warren's city limits are contained in a report by the Eastgate Development and Transportation Agency.
Ugandan President Idi Amin has fled Kampala and his whereabouts are unknown. Officials say his secret police massacred more than 100 prisoners with hand grenades shortly before the fall of Kampala.
The Eastgate Development and Transportation Agency completes a detailed study recommending that 2,013 acres of the northeast quadrant of Poland Township be annexed to the 872-acre village of Lowellville.
April 15, 1964: Atty. Nathaniel B. Jones, assistant to the U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, tells 150 people at the McGuffey Center that neighborhood community centers can have a steadying influence in this time of a civil rights revolution.
Rachel Carson, author of "Silent Spring," which created international controversy with its charge that man is poisoning the earth with chemicals, dies of cancer at the age of 56.
Youngstown income tax collections during the first quarter of the year total $953.438, an increase of $31,704 over the same period a year earlier.
April 15, 1954: Congressman George H. Bender says chances are good that his public affairs subcommittee will come to Youngstown as part of its probe of labor racketeering.
The Jeannette blast furnace, smaller of the two units at Youngstown Sheet & amp; Tube Co.'s Brier Hill Works, is blown out for relining, cutting the company's production for about 30 days.
Municipal Judge Robert B. Nevin fines 12 drivers for speeding in school zones and issues a warning that motorists who put children's safety in jeopardy will be dealt with harshly.
April 15, 1929: Two young bandits execute a daring daylight hold up on West Federal Street, tying up Sam Adler in his clothing store at 329 E. Federal St. and escaping with $418.
I. Silverman, head of the Warner Bros. real estate department, is in Youngstown to discuss plans to construct a new Warner theater and office building in West Federal Street near Chestnut.
Montague White, son of the Rev. and Mrs. Henry White, pastor of Westminster Church, Youngstown, will be ordained into the ministry of the Presbyterian Church U.S.A. during a service at his father's church. He is a graduate of The Rayen School and Hamilton College.
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