Today is Saturday, July 10, the 192nd day of 2004. There are 174 days left in the year. On this date

Today is Saturday, July 10, the 192nd day of 2004. There are 174 days left in the year. On this date in 1940, during World War II, the 114-day Battle of Britain begins as Nazi forces attack southern England by air.
In 1850, Vice President Millard Fillmore assumes the presidency, following the death of President Taylor. In 1890, Wyoming becomes the 44th state. In 1919, President Wilson personally delivers the Treaty of Versailles to the Senate, and urges its ratification. In 1943, during World War II, U.S. and British forces invade Sicily. In 1951, armistice talks aimed at ending the Korean conflict begin at Kaesong. In 1962, the Telstar communications satellite is launched from Cape Canaveral, Fla. In 1973, the Bahamas becomes independent after three centuries of British colonial rule. In 1989, Mel Blanc, the "man of a thousand voices," including such cartoon characters as Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and Porky Pig, dies in Los Angeles at age 81. In 1991, Boris N. Yeltsin takes the oath of office as the first elected president of the Russian republic. In 1994, in the first meeting of its kind, Russian President Yeltsin joins leaders of the Group of Seven nations for political talks following their annual economic summit in Naples, Italy.
July 10, 1979: Fire destroys the Hillcrest Tavern at 220 Robinson Road, Campbell.
While serious crime in the nation rose 11 percent during the first three months of 1979, compared with the same period a year earlier, overall crime in Youngstown fell by 10.3 percent and violent crime by 7.6 percent.
Arthur Fiedler, the zesty showman who brought classical music to millions as conductor of the Boston Pops, dies at his home in Brookline, Mass.,at the age of 84.
July 10, 1964: Miss Carole Lynn Berndt, 21-year-old airline hostess from Youngstown, is among 39 passengers and crew members killed in the crash of a United Airlines Viscount near Newport, Tenn.
Youngstown detectives arrest an Ohio penitentiary prisoner who walked away from a prison farm about a year earlier. He was found cutting grass in the 400 block of Fifth Avenue, based on a tip from a man who claimed the convict conned him out of $75.
Mayor Anthony Flask and other city officials say bright colored paint costs no more than dull shades, so the city's 5,500 fire hydrants will be painted a bright turquoise and two bridges will be painted matching shades of green.
July 10, 1954: Municipal Judge Frank R. Franko criticizes Youngstown police for what he termed "ludicrous" arrests in certain types of gambling offenses. He dismisses charges against four young men arrested for shooting dice in the back seat of a car and suspends a fine of $1 against a man charged with possession of lottery slips.
Jet fighter planes from the U.S. Air Force base at the Youngstown Municipal Airport successfully track down and repel an attacking bomber force -- but it was all part of a simulated attack done to practice the scrambling of F-86D Sabre jets from the Youngstown base.
Dr. Samuel Sheppard, Bay Village osteopath whose wife was murdered, has been serving on a courtesy staff basis at Cafaro Memorial Hospital in Youngstown. Dr. J. Arnold Finer, chief of staff of Cafaro, says he has known Sheppard for six years and was a guest at the Sheppard home two weeks ago.
July 10, 1929: Reaction in the Mahoning Valley to new, smaller U.S. currency is skeptical. "This stuff looks phony," said one customer of a Warren bank, who refused to accept the new bills. W.J. Roberts, vice president of Mahoning Bank, says the new bills are harder to count.
Both drivers of a Nevins Line bus that crashed near Boardman June 29, injuring 22 passengers, had a license to operate a bus and Nevins does not have a certificate to drive through Ohio.
The American Medical Association, meeting in Portland, rejects a proposal by its new president, Dr. Malcolm L. Harris of Chicago, that clinics be established to provide treatment for middle class families at affordable prices.