Today is Sunday, July 4, the 186th day of 2004. There are 180 days left in the year. This is Independence Day. On this date in 1776, the Continental Congress adopts the Declaration of Independence.

Today is Sunday, July 4, the 186th day of 2004. There are 180 days left in the year. This is Independence Day. On this date in 1776, the Continental Congress adopts the Declaration of Independence.
In 1802, the United States Military Academy officially opens at West Point, N.Y. In 1804, American author Nathaniel Hawthorne is born in Salem, Mass. In 1826, former presidents John Adams and Thomas Jefferson both die. In 1831, the fifth president of the United States, James Monroe, dies in New York City. In 1845, Henry David Thoreau begins his two-year experiment in simpler living at Walden Pond, near Concord, Mass. In 1872, the 30th president of the United States, Calvin Coolidge, is born in Plymouth, Vt. In 1917, during a ceremony in Paris honoring the French hero of the American Revolution, U.S. Lt. Col. Charles E. Stanton declares, "Lafayette, we are here!" In 1939, baseball's "Iron Horse," Lou Gehrig, says farewell to his fans at New York's Yankee Stadium. In 1976, Israeli commandos raid Entebbe airport in Uganda, rescuing almost all of the passengers and crew of an Air France jetliner seized by pro-Palestinian hijackers. In 1997, NASA's Pathfinder spacecraft lands on Mars, inaugurating a new era in the search for life on the Red Planet.
July 4, 1979: At the halfway point of 1979, the job and business prospects of the somewhat-troubled Youngstown district look fairly good, says A. P. Fortunato, district manager of the Ohio Bureau of Employment Services.
Liberty Township's new $1 million government center at 1315 Churchill-Hubbard Road is dedicated. U.S. Rep. Lyle Williams gives the main dedication address.
The Ernst & amp; Ernst office in Youngstown is now officially Ernst & amp; Whinney. The company, third largest accounting firm in the United States, has had an office in Youngstown since 1921.
July 4, 1964: The Fourth of July business outlook for the Youngstown area is one of the best in history, with the impending construction of a $100 million General Motors plant and of other industrial firms "fishing" for plant locations in the area.
A St. Louis, Mo., couple is married in what is believed to be the first wedding officiated jointly by Roman Catholic and Protestant clergy. The Catholic and Episcopal priests each read the vows and the Catholic priest gave the final blessing.
A skeleton of steel beams is rising at Kirk and Raccoon roads, where the Calvary Religious Center, a unique domed structure three stories high is being built. The Rev. Clement Humbard, pastor, describes it as "a community church with a world view."
July 4, 1954: Two bandits hold up R.E. Small, manager of the Boardman Plaza Atlantic & amp; Pacific Tea Co. store, escaping with receipts estimated at several thousand dollars.
President Eisenhower and Secretary of State John Foster Dulles tell British leaders that the United States will do everything within its power to block Red China's bid for membership in the United Nations.
Trumbull Memorial Hospital has 10 resident physicians, a record high. They are Dr. Cemal Erin of Turkey, Dr. Geronimo R. Leonin of the Philippines, Dr. Mihran Anacay of Turkey, Drs. Ulises and Catalina Ysaigue of Havana, Dr. Mary Chang, Dr. Owen Yeh, Dr. Jose L. Occena, Dr. Jesus S. Belza and Dr. Larry L. Maggiano of Youngstown.
July 4, 1929: Tippecanoe Country Club holds its first big holiday golf program with one of the most extensive programs of the season.
Keeping Youngstown's streets free from broken whisky, beer and milk bottles costs the city several thousand dollars yearly, says Thomas Casey, city street superintendent. A man is stationed at the city barn whose duty it is to take emergency calls and keep the streets free from broken glass.
The Ford Motor Co. produced 1,065,630 cars and trucks during the first six months of the current year, the company announces.
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