Today is Friday, July 2, the 184th day of 2004. There are 182 days left in the year. On this date in

Today is Friday, July 2, the 184th day of 2004. There are 182 days left in the year. On this date in 1776, the Continental Congress passes a resolution saying that "these United Colonies are, and of right, ought to be, Free and Independent States."
In 1881, President Garfield is shot by Charles J. Guiteau at the Washington railroad station; Garfield dies the following September. In 1890, Congress passes the Sherman Antitrust Act. In 1926, the United States Army Air Corps is created. In 1937, aviator Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan disappear over the Pacific Ocean while attempting to make the first round-the-world flight at the equator. In 1961, author Ernest Hemingway shoots himself to death at his home in Ketchum, Idaho. In 1964, President Johnson signs into law a sweeping civil rights bill passed by Congress. In 1976, the Supreme Court rules the death penalty is not inherently cruel or unusual.
July 2, 1979: Using nine-passenger Piper Navajos, Indiana Airways formally launches its schedule of six round trips a day between Youngstown and Pittsburgh.
In a surprise move, Mason D. Feisel resigns as president and chief executive officer of GF Business Equipment Inc.
Sonny and Keith Vens, a father and son entry from Warren, capture their respective divisions in the Paul Morris Sports Tennis Tournament at Valhalla Racquet Club in Vienna.
Appearing at the Kenley Players, E.J. Thomas Hall, Akron, Paul Lynde in Woody Allen's "Don't Drink the Water."
July 2, 1964: Routine revamping of the job applicant list by the Packard Electric Division of General Motors causes a flurry of excitement. More than 2,000 people line up for three blocks at the Packard plant in Warren to fill out applications.
The Ohio Supreme Court rejects an application for a writ of habeas corpus filed by Youngstown racketeer Joseph "Joey" Naples, who is serving time for two felonies.
Daniel C. Forshee, 37, manager of General Motors Chevrolet Division car and truck plant in Atlanta, Ga., is named manager of the new car assembly plant to be built at Lordstown.
Construction of the $10 million Madison Avenue Expressway is programmed by the state highway department for 1965.
July 2, 1954: Youngstown prosecutors begin to present testimony to show that S. Joseph "Sandy" Naples owned confiscated bug slips that came from various pick-up stations, thus seeking to peg him as a numbers ringleader.
Water pressure drops to nothing in many homes in Boardman and Austintown townships, bringing visions of another dry summer like that of 1953.
Officials order the municipal swimming pool in Thompson Park in East Liverpool drained and cleaned after the city registers its first meningitis case. The 2-year-old boy, who is recovering in the hospital, became ill after swimming at the pool.
July 2, 1929: Steel shipments by the Youngstown Sheet & amp; Tube Co. to southern distribution points will be made by way of the Ohio River. The material will be shipped by rail to a hoist 16 miles below Pittsburgh, and then by barge to Memphis, Tenn.
Alonzo S. Parkman, a Chicago Negro admitted to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, will be treated in exactly the same manner as the white members of his class, says Co. R.C. Richardson, commandant of the academy.
If conditions that have made Lake Glacier unfit for bathing this season are not improved, a park commissioner says artificial bathing pools will be built in Mill Creek Park. "We must provide a place where the kiddies can bathe with no danger to their health," says a commissioner.