Today is Thursday, July 1, the 183rd day of 2004. There are 183 days left in the year. This is

Today is Thursday, July 1, the 183rd day of 2004. There are 183 days left in the year. This is Canada Day. On this date in 1867, Canada becomes a self-governing dominion of Great Britain as the British North America Act takes effect.
In 1863, the Civil War Battle of Gettysburg begins. In 1898, during the Spanish-American War, Theodore Roosevelt and his "Rough Riders" wage a victorious assault on San Juan Hill in Cuba. In 1944, delegates from 44 countries begin meeting at Bretton Woods, N.H., where they agree to establish the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank. In 1946, the United States explodes a 20-kiloton atomic bomb near Bikini Atoll in the Pacific. In 1948, New York International Airport (now John F. Kennedy International Airport) at Idlewild is officially opened. In 1948, the fare on New York City subways doubles from a nickel to 10 cents. In 1961, Diana, the princess of Wales, is born near Sandringham, England. (She dies in a 1997 car crash in Paris at age 36.) In 1968, the United States, Britain, the Soviet Union and 58 other nations sign the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty.
July 1, 1979: The 134th Trumbull County Fair opens and will run through July 8.
Farrell is one of only six Pennsylvania communities selected for a crime prevention program that will link crime prevention with an existing housing rehabilitation program.
The board of directors of Shenango Inn Inc. is studying several proposals to sell the community owned property located in Kimberly Road, Sharon. The picturesque inn, built with money put up by area residents in 1959, has lost money the past three years.
While auto sales dropped in June, a surge in demand for subcompact cars causes Youngstown area motorists to wait as much as three to four months for certain models, such as the Dodge Omni, Plymouth Horizon and Pontiac Sunbird.
July 1, 1964: A federal grant of $118,727 announced by U.S. Rep. Michael J. Kirwan assures construction of a new rehabilitation center for the Mahoning County Society for Crippled Children and Adults at Edwards and High streets.
A good part of an article in the July issue of Nation's Business covering General Motors's $2 billion expansion program is centered on the Lordstown plant. The article estimates that $100 million will be spent on the plant, which will employ 4,800.
Advertisement: "For Jobs in Steel, Buy Soft Drinks in Tin Cans." Over the Fourth, enjoy sparkling, cold soft drinks in cans and ensure jobs in steel. No deposit, no return. Cools faster. Unbreakable. A message from Youngstown Sheet & amp; Tube Co.
July 1, 1954: Atty. Paul E. Stevens is elected president of the Mahoning County Bar Association in an election attended by more than 325 members at the Squaw Creek Country Club.
Ohio's Democratic Gov. Frank Lausche describes as "fantastic" reports that he is being discussed as a potential presidential candidate in 1956.
The Boardman Township Fire Department wins top honors as the best equipped department in the annual homecoming parade at New Waterford. More than 40 fire departments, bands and marching units paraded.
July 1, 1929: Youngstown Airport Commissioner Lionel Evans in a report to Mayor Joseph L. Heffernan estimates that it will cost about $42,000 to extend Lansdowne Field and to construct two runways. The estimate does not include the cost of additional land or removing trees from the Andrews property.
Automobiles take the heaviest weekend toll in the history of Youngstown and the surrounding area, bringing death to five and injuries to 50.
A 34-year-old Center Street man is rescued by Youngstown police from a mob that was talking of lynching him. The man has admitted to police that he criminally assaulted a 7-year- old girl.