Today is Monday, Feb. 16, the 47th day of 2004. There are 319 days left in the year. This is the

Today is Monday, Feb. 16, the 47th day of 2004. There are 319 days left in the year. This is the Presidents' Day holiday. On this date in 1804, Lt. Stephen Decatur leads a successful raid into Tripoli Harbor to burn the U.S. Navy frigate Philadelphia, which had fallen into the hands of pirates.
In 1862, during the Civil War, some 14,000 Confederate soldiers surrender at Fort Donelson, Tenn. (Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's victory earns him the nickname "Unconditional Surrender Grant.") In 1868, the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks is organized in New York City. In 1918, Lithuania proclaims its independence. In 1923, the burial chamber of King Tutankhamen's recently unearthed tomb is unsealed in Egypt. In 1945, American troops land on the island of Corregidor in the Philippines during World War II. In 1948, NBC-TV begins airing its first nightly newscast, "The Camel Newsreel Theatre," which consists of Fox Movietone newsreels. In 1959, Fidel Castro becomes premier of Cuba after the overthrow of Fulgencio Batista. In 1968, the nation's first 911 emergency telephone system is inaugurated, in Haleyville, Ala. In 1977, Janani Luwum, the Anglican archbishop of Uganda, and two other men are killed in what Ugandan authorities said was an automobile accident. In 1998, a China Airlines Airbus A-300-600-R trying to land in fog near Taipei, Taiwan, crashes, killing all 196 people on board and six people on the ground.
February 16, 1979: A fire investigation turns into a murder investigation with a pathologist's discovery of five bullets in the charred body of a Boardman woman, Jodi Masters, 19. The entire six-man detective bureau of the Boardman Police Department is on the case.
A revolutionary firing squad executes Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi's hated secret police chief and three other generals by firing squad at the Tehran headquarters of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.
William R. Shranko, administrative aide to Mayor J. Phillip Richley, expects to be released soon from St. Elizabeth Hospital Medical Center, thankful he did not suffer a heart attack from the effects of an "ill-advised, self-imposed crash diet."
February 16, 1964: A new U.S. supersonic air transport that will be designed to fly at 1,500 miles an hour and would fly from New York to Paris in two hours, would bring important new business to a relatively new Eastern Ohio industry, titanium.
Grove City College students have made Dad's Restaurant on S. Broad St. a favorite stop for over 40 years and is now a "must" stop for returning alumni. Karl Christy and his wife, Jean, run the restaurant, but were not related to the founder, "Dad" Christy.
Jody Patrick, 16, of Warner Road, Hubbard, receives the Eagle Scout badge at Troop 85's court of honor.
February 16, 1954: Mahoning County Republican Party Chairman Chester Bailey has been offered the position of Youngstown postmaster. He would replace Postmaster John E. Doyle, a Democrat named to the post in 1941. Doyle says no one has discussed his leaving with him and notes that his job is protected by civil service.
Various unidentified industrial interests have pledged to match any funds up to $5,000 that are raised by the Youngstown Symphony Society.
"From Here to Eternity" receives 13 nominations for Academy Awards and appears to be the picture to beat in the Oscar derby.
February 16, 1929: Men and women called before the Mahoning County jury commission to be qualified for jury service must report when notified or they will be adjudged in contempt of court and subjected to fines of up to $500 and jail sentences of 10 days.
The estate of the late Gus A. Doeright, 1st Ward councilman, is appraised in probate court at $496,306. Included was cash of $103,523 and securities of $357,733, which included stock in General Fireproofing Co., United Engineering & amp; Foundry and Truscon Steel Co.