Today is Thursday, Feb. 12, the 43rd day of 2004. There are 323 days left in the year. On this date

Today is Thursday, Feb. 12, the 43rd day of 2004. There are 323 days left in the year. On this date in 1809, Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States, is born in present-day Larue County, Ky.
In 1554, Lady Jane Grey, who'd claimed the throne of England for nine days, and her husband, Guildford Dudley, are beheaded after being condemned for high treason. In 1733, English colonists led by James Oglethorpe found Savannah, Ga. In 1870, women in the Utah Territory gain the right to vote. In 1892, President Lincoln's birthday is declared a national holiday. In 1909, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is founded. In 1915, the cornerstone for the Lincoln Memorial is laid in Washington, D.C. In 1924, George Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue" premieres in New York. In 1940, the radio play "The Adventures of Superman" debuts on the Mutual network with Bud Collyer as the Man of Steel. In 1968, "Soul on Ice" by Eldridge Cleaver is first published.
February 12, 1979: Youngstown Mayor J. Phillip Richley says that for personal reasons and an opportunity in the private sector, he will not seek re-election as mayor, although he will serve the remaining year of his two-year term.
Campbell police are holding a 36-year-old Moton Drive man in the fatal shooting of James Morris, 10. The man said he was attempting to take a pistol away from the boy when it went off accidentally.
Final agreement is reached on terms under which Aeroquip Corp. will sell its Youngstown properties, machinery and equipment to the Republic Hose Manufacturing Corp.
February 12, 1964: The Youngstown district will have 18 high school students among 13,000 finalists in the National Merit Scholarship. Seven are from Youngstown and 11 from surrounding communities.
Thirty-seven service department employees of Al Wagner's three Youngstown automobile dealerships go on strike and Teamsters Local 377 sets up picket lines at the showrooms.
Mrs. Frances Lacusky, 51, of North Jackson, is killed when her car is struck by a Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train traveling at 60 mph at the Route 45 Crossing in Lordstown.
February 12, 1954: A gift of $50,000 from Mrs. Jacob Waddell and John R.T. Clingan to Youngstown College is announced by Dr. Howard W. Jones, president. Mrs. Waddell is president of Niles Fire Brick Co. and Clingan is vice president.
The Federal Machine & amp; Welder Co. of Warren receives a telegram from Mandel Terman, chairman of the Chicago Council of American-Soviet Friendship, asking for expressions of interest in the resumption of trade with Russia. J.R. Barefoot, president of the company, says he did not respond and does not intend to.
Youngstown may have an all-metal school building when an addition to Ursuline High School is completed. Plans call for a building of "sandwich" panels made of either aluminum, porcelain steel or stainless steel. Bids will be sought on each.
February 12, 1929: Three more children are injured in coaster sled accidents in Youngstown, bringing the toll from accidents involving sleds and automobiles to one dead and 12 injured.
The apprenticeship schools in Youngstown are praised as "the most successful in the country" at the opening business session of the 18th annual convention of the National Association of Builders' Exchanges at the Hotel Ohio.
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