Today is Monday, July 12, the 194th day of 2004. There are 172 days left in the year. On this date

Today is Monday, July 12, the 194th day of 2004. There are 172 days left in the year. On this date in 1984, Democratic presidential candidate Walter F. Mondale announces he has chosen U.S. Rep. Geraldine A. Ferraro of New York to be his running-mate; Ferraro is the first woman to run for vice president on a major-party ticket.
In 1543, England's King Henry VIII marries his sixth and last wife, Catherine Parr. In 1690, Protestant forces led by William of Orange defeat the Roman Catholic army of James II at the Battle of the Boyne in Ireland. In 1854, George Eastman, inventor of the Kodak camera, is born in Waterville, N.Y. In 1862, Congress authorizes the Medal of Honor. In 1948, the Democratic national convention opens in Philadelphia. In 1972, George McGovern wins the Democratic presidential nomination at the party's convention in Miami Beach. In 1974, John Ehrlichman, an ex-aide to President Nixon, and three others are convicted of conspiring to violate the civil rights of Daniel Ellsberg's former psychiatrist.
July 12, 1979: A 30-minute power outage affects large sections of downtown Youngstown and near North Side. Ohio Edison attributes the outage to lightning damage.
The New Castle Area School District could emerge from deficit spending by June 1980, thanks in large part to a $400,000 bonanza from the state.
A sculpture depicting two steel workers laboring at an open hearth will be erected in Federal Plaza West, the Youngstown Area Arts Council announces. George Segal, a leading American sculptor, has been commissioned to do the work.
July 12, 1964: Mahoning County would be entitled to 3.09 percent of the representatives in the Ohio House of Representatives between 1962 and 1972, based on the 1960 census, but under state law has been allocated only 2.17 percent of the representatives.
Ohio Gov. James A. Rhodes and his family arrive at the Sir Francis Drake Hotel in San Francisco for the Republican National Convention. Youngstown delegates expect U.S. Sen. Barry Goldwater to win the nomination on the first ballot and are enthusiastic about his presumed running mate, William E. Miller of New York, who spoke at the Mahoning Valley McKinley Day dinner in January.
More than 450 fire chiefs from throughout the state are en route to Warren for the 60th annual conference of the Ohio Fire Chiefs Association. Hotel Warner is headquarters for the meeting.
July 12, 1954: Plans for extensive development of Ohio state parks, lakes and recreation areas are announced by Gov. Frank J. Lausche. The expansion will be financed from the state's budget surplus, which is estimated at $25 million to $40 million for the fiscal year that just ended.
A mock atomic attack on the United States will be the emphasis for a meeting in Lisbon to recruit sky watchers for the Lisbon Ground Observer Corps. U.S. Air Force Sgt. Paul Helfrich of Canton will speak at the meeting in village hall.
The airport committee of the Youngstown Chamber of Commerce asks the U.S. Air Force to send a "top rank" general to the city to explain the Air Force's plans for a proposed reserve training center at Youngstown Municipal Airport and what impact it would have on airport operations.
July 12, 1929: Marion Stroup, 13, of North Jackson is killed almost instantly at the Ohltown Dam when a revolver on the seat of his father's truck accidentally discharges.
Youngstown Sheet & amp; Tube Co. stockholders will receive a stock dividend of 20 percent sometime after Aug. 15.
Mrs. Curtis Sohl of Columbus is the new women's state golf championship, defeating Miss Louise Fordyce of Youngstown, four-time winner of the title. Miss Fordyce, usually deadly with her putter, suffered from poor work on the green.
Approximately 1,000 men, women and children hear one candidate for mayor of Campbell after another hurl charges at one another during a pre-election meeting at Hamrock Hall.