Today is Tuesday, Jan. 20, the 20th day of 2004. There are 346 days left in the year. On this date

Today is Tuesday, Jan. 20, the 20th day of 2004. There are 346 days left in the year. On this date in 1981, Iran releases 52 Americans it had held hostage for 444 days, minutes after the presidency passes from Jimmy Carter to Ronald Reagan.
In 1801, John Marshall is appointed chief justice of the United States. In 1841, the island of Hong Kong is ceded to Great Britain. (It returned to Chinese control in July 1997.) In 1887, the U.S. Senate approves an agreement to lease Pearl Harbor in Hawaii as a naval base. In 1936, Britain's King George V dies; he is succeeded by Edward VIII. In 1942, Nazi officials hold the notorious Wannsee conference, during which they arrived at their "final solution" that called for exterminating Jews. In 1986, the United States observes the first federal holiday in honor of slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. In 1993, Bill Clinton is sworn in as the 42nd president of the United States; Al Gore was sworn in as vice president. In 1994, Robert B. Fiske Jr. is appointed to investigate President and Mrs. Clinton's Arkansas land deals. In 1999, President Clinton's legal team argues its case before the Senate, saying that House-passed articles of impeachment were "flawed and unfair."
January 20, 1979: The Youngstown Board of Control excludes the media from covering negotiations concerning the rental of the newest hangar at Youngstown Municipal Airport. The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating an allegation that the city has allowed Beckett Aviation Corp. to operate a monopoly at the airport.
The United States should not raise "tariff walls" to protect itself from imports because the country would benefit more from free trade, says former Democratic governor of Ohio John J. Gilligan.
January 20, 1964: Charles Teague, 22, of Myrtle Ave. is crushed to death when his car slipped off two jacks while he was working on the differential.
Charles Vimmerstedt, manager of the Safety Council of Greater Youngstown, recommends that Youngstown enact an ordinance requiring sprinkler systems for fire control in multi-story buildings.
Harry P. Davis Jr. is elected president of the Chesterton Club during a meeting in the cafeteria of St. Columba Cathedral.
The Junior Philharmonic Orchestra and Ruth An Kurzbauer, piano soloist, share the stage with the Youngstown Philharmonic Orchestra for the sixth annual free family concert at Stambaugh Auditorium. An audience of 2,000 attends.
January 20, 1954: "Youngstown's a Young Town," is one of the many slogans The Vindicator has received since Mayor Frank X. Kryzan announced that he plans a contest to get a catchy phrase to tell the world that Youngstown is alive, healthy and looking for new industries.
Youngstown City Council passes a record general fund appropriation of $4.9 million, part of a total appropriation ordinance of $8.5 million.
Youngstown City Council passes as an emergency measure a zone change that will clear the way for construction of the Kimmel Brook homes. A crowd of nearly 300 persons, the largest in recent history, filled council chambers, most of them opposed to the emergency action, but none spoke out on the issue.
January 20, 1929: Eleven Youngstown district residents are among the 164 persons who passed the state bar examination. The new lawyers from Mahoning County are Peter B. Betras, Harold A. Tetlow, James C. Vitullo and Hugh S. Jenkins; Trumbull, Lorene Coale, D. Rhys Ford Jr., Clarence H. Hock, Clifford M. Hood, Paul B. Och and Charles A. Stephens; Columbiana, Hugh A. Ramsey.
The comfort stations located under the sidewalk on Boardman St. at the south entrance to the Mahoning County Courthouse will be open to the public in 10 days. The rooms are completed expect for furnishing the lounging rooms with wicker couches and rocking chairs.
Youngstown radio station WKBN has added the State Theater to its microphone pick-up points, which will bring Mr. Paddock's organ playing to listeners in and around Youngstown. Mr. Paddock a Missouri native, studied at the Eastman Conservatory in Rochester under Herald Gleason, Joseph Bonnet and John Hammond. He played at Aimee McPherson's temple in California and in Chicago and Cleveland before coming to Youngstown.