Today is Friday, Feb. 13, the 44th day of 2004. There are 322 days left in the year. On this date in

Today is Friday, Feb. 13, the 44th day of 2004. There are 322 days left in the year. On this date in 1914, the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, known as ASCAP, is founded in New York.
In 1542, the fifth wife of England's King Henry VIII, Catherine Howard, is executed for adultery. In 1795, the University of North Carolina becomes the first U.S. state university to admit students with the arrival of Hinton James, who was the only student on campus for two weeks. In 1920, the League of Nations recognizes the perpetual neutrality of Switzerland. In 1935, a jury in Flemington, N.J., finds Bruno Richard Hauptmann guilty of first-degree murder in the kidnap-death of the son of Charles and Anne Lindbergh. (Hauptmann is later executed.) In 1945, during World War II, the Soviets capture Budapest, Hungary, from the Germans. In 1945, Allied planes begin bombing the German city of Dresden. In 1960, France explodes its first atomic bomb. In 1980, opening ceremonies are held in Lake Placid, N.Y., for the 13th Winter Olympics.
February 13, 1979: The Poland Board of Education votes to place a 1-mill levy on the June ballot to finance construction of an athletic facility at the high school on Dobbins Road.
The Newton Falls Board of Education is told that the school district may lose its accreditation with the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools because of inadequate high school facilities.
A futuristic-style house is built in the Illinois woods of galvanized steel panels made at the Republic Steel Corp. line in Warren and is heated almost exclusively by the sun, even on winter days.
February 13, 1964: Officials at Ohio State University are looking for ringleaders of a rowdy demonstration by several thousand students protesting the arrest of a co-ed for failure to pay a jaywalking ticket.
Billy Wetzl, an 8-year-old second- grader at St. Joseph School, dies of a heart attack at the school shortly after returning to his classroom from attending Mass with his classmates. He had a hearing ailment and had undergone surgery at University Hospital in Cleveland.
Youngstown University will hold two commencements in 1964 to graduate about 1,000 seniors for the first time in its history, Dr. Howard W. Jones, president of the university says. The commencements will be May 28 and Aug. 15 at Stambaugh Auditorium.
February 13, 1954: The federal government names S. Joseph "Sandy" Naples and Vincent J. De Niro, reputed bosses of the numbers racket in Youngstown, as "principal" operators of gambling businesses.
Youngstown Mayor Frank X. Kryzan says he doesn't want citizens to be "stoolies," but he urges Youngstown residents to report gambling to Police Chief Paul Cress.
Charles E. Stenson, 66, retired president of Youngstown Steel Tank Co., is found dead in a wooded spot near his home, "Carol Acres," on Wick-Tibbets Road.
February 13, 1929: Col. Charles Lindbergh will marry Miss Anne Morrow, daughter of Dwight W. Morrow, U.S. ambassador to Mexico.
Two downtown Youngstown hotels and the Eagles Club on Rayen Avenue are the scenes of liquor raids by Youngstown vice squad members. Seven are arrested.
State Rep. George H. Roberts of Mahoning County prepares legislation that would reduce the age for compulsory school attendance in the state from 18 years old to 16.