Today is Tuesday, April 20, the 111th day of 2004. There are 255 days left in the year. On this date

Today is Tuesday, April 20, the 111th day of 2004. There are 255 days left in the year. On this date in 1999, the Columbine High School massacre takes place in Littleton, Colo., as students Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold shoot and kill 12 classmates and one teacher before taking their own lives.
In 1812, the fourth vice president of the United States, George Clinton, dies in Washington at age 73, becoming the first vice president to die while in office. In 1836, the Territory of Wisconsin is established by Congress. In 1940, RCA publicly demonstrates its new and powerful electron microscope. In 1945, during World War II, Allied forces take control of the German cities of Nuremberg and Stuttgart. In 1968, Pierre Elliott Trudeau is sworn in as prime minister of Canada.
April 20, 1979: Youngstown City Council passes legislation requiring service stations to post prices of regular, premium and unleaded gasoline. Seventh Ward Councilman John Murphy calls for the federal government to check into whether stations are justified in raising their prices so dramatically.
U.S. Rep. Lyle Williams says he will ask for meetings with the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the mayors of cities in his district to find out why HUD refused their proposals for community development grants.
Republic Hose Manufacturing Corp., praised as "the beginning of a new economic era for Youngstown," will begin production in about two weeks with an initial force of 150 to 175, company President C.C. Broadwater says.
April 20, 1964: Two men are arrested Sunday in Mill Creek Park boiling paregoric in an attempt to derive morphine from it.
U.S. Sen Wayne Morse will speak at Avon Oaks in Girard in a Democratic program sponsored by Michael J. Kirwan and other Democrats.
Forty Youngstown area residents are telling themselves, "I choose not to smoke" and are going through the pangs of withdrawal as they attempt to break the nicotine habit. They signed on at the opening session at Stambaugh Auditorium of a five-day program designed to help smokers quit.
April 20, 1954: The city's case against S. Joseph "Sandy" Naples, reputed king of the "bug" operation in Youngstown, all but crumbles with the disclosure that Naples' brother, James, the city's star witness, has fled to Florida.
The U.S. Immigration Service in Washington orders the deportation of Charles "Cadillac Charlie" Cavallaro, 52, one-time leader of a numbers and horserace-betting syndicate in Youngstown.
Youngstown's major crime rate drops 2 percent between 1952 and 1953, making it one of the few cities across the country whose crime rate didn't increase, FBI statistics show. The city had 2,205 major crimes in 1953, including 11 murders.
April 20, 1929: Mahoning County Judge David Jenkins rules that a contract between county commissioners and Atty. David Shermer for the collection of delinquent taxes on a contingency basis is illegal. Jenkins rules that the duties of the treasurer to collect taxes cannot be delegated.
Three hundred delegates from various parts of Mahoning County attend the annual Young Peoples' Conference at the Westminster Presbyterian Church, Youngstown. The gathering is held under the auspices of the Federated Churches.
Gov. Myers Y. Cooper signs a bill sponsored by Rep. George H. Roberts creating a third judgeship for the Youngstown Municipal Court. The new judge will first be elected for a term beginning Jan. 1, 1930.
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