Today is Saturday, Feb. 7, the 38th day of 2004. There are 328 days left in the year. On this date

Today is Saturday, Feb. 7, the 38th day of 2004. There are 328 days left in the year. On this date in 1964, The Beatles begin their first American tour as they arrive at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport.
In 1812, author Charles Dickens is born in Portsmouth, England. In 1904, 100 years ago, a fire begins in Baltimore that rages for about 30 hours and destroys more than 1,500 buildings. In 1936, President Franklin Roosevelt authorizes a flag for the office of the vice president. In 1944, during World War II, the Germans launch a counteroffensive at Anzio, Italy. In 1944, Bing Crosby and the John Scott Trotter Orchestra record "Swinging on a Star" for Decca Records in Los Angeles. In 1971, women in Switzerland win the right to vote. In 1974, the island nation of Grenada wins independence from Britain. In 1983, Elizabeth H. Dole is sworn in as the first female secretary of transportation by the first woman to sit on the U.S. Supreme Court, Justice Sandra Day O'Connor. In 1984, space shuttle astronauts Bruce McCandless II and Robert L. Stewart go on the first untethered space walk. In 1986, Haitian President Jean-Claude Duvalier flees his country, ending 28 years of his family's rule.
February 7, 1979: The Kroger Co. will move out of its building at 2229 E. State St., Salem, and construct a large building on the same side of time.
A 38-year-old Boardman man is arrested on charges of threatening to bomb a North Lima bank branch unless he was paid $150,000.
A loan bid of $33,000 for the purchase of the Memorial Building forces Canfield to seek new bids. The building, long a financial drain on the city, has been used by the Masons, American Legion and Boy Scouts.
February 7, 1964: O. Earl Greenawalt, 68, former mayor of East Liverpool, dies while hunting at a private club near New Alexandria.
Five Youngstown area men pass the nationwide examination to become certified public accountants: Paul F. Drexler, L.S. Gossick, R.P. Manley, Charles Rutz and L A. Schisler.
An old Bolshevik reveals that 1,108 of the 1,966 delegates to a 1934 Communist Party congress were liquidated in the bloody Stalinist purges. L. Shaumyan, a delegate to that 17th party congress, said Stalin began eliminating delegates after learning that there was a growing sentiment to remove him as general secretary.
February 7, 1954: From one end of Short Street's abbreviated business district to the other there is concentrated more gambling activity than any other area of Campbell. Nine gamblers and racket operators are booked at Campbell Police Station on 23 separate charges.
Traction Commissioner E.L. Tennyson proposes a rapid transit and express bus system to be added to the district's public transportation system.
Youngstown Mayor Frank X. Kryzan has revived the practice of "government by caucus" that was in effect during the reign of a former party boss, John Vitullo. The mayor, members of the Democratic majority in City Council and party Chairman Jack Sulligan, have begun meeting behind closed doors to discuss administration policy.
February 7, 1929: The greatest bull market in money history is at an end as prices of some of the stock market's most active issues fall $2 to $17 per share.
William A. Smith, president of the J.W. Smith & amp; Sons Co., pioneer shoe merchants of Youngstown, dies at his home, 246 Broadway, following a cerebral hemorrhage.
Prosecutor Ray L. Thomas says there will be no prosecution as a result of a liquor raid on the Spanish Room at the Hotel Ohio. However, dancing after midnight on Saturdays will henceforth be barred in Mahoning County.