Today is Monday, July 19, the 201st day of 2004. There are 165 days left in the year. On this date

Today is Monday, July 19, the 201st day of 2004. There are 165 days left in the year. On this date in 1984, Rep. Geraldine A. Ferraro, D-N.Y., wins the Democratic nomination for vice president by acclamation at the party's convention in San Francisco.
In 1553, 15-year-old Lady Jane Grey is deposed as Queen of England after claiming the crown for nine days. King Henry VIII's daughter Mary is proclaimed Queen. In 1848, a pioneer women's rights convention convenes in Seneca Falls, N.Y. In 1870, the Franco-Prussian war begins.In 1941, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill launches his "V for Victory" campaign in Europe. In 1943, allied air forces raid Rome during World War II. In 1969, Apollo 11 and its astronauts, Neil Armstrong, Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin and Michael Collins, go into orbit around the moon. In 1975, the Apollo and Soyuz space capsules that were linked in orbit for two days separate. In 1979, the Nicaraguan capital of Managua falls to Sandinista guerrillas, two days after President Anastasio Somoza had fled the country. In 1989, 112 people are killed when a United Air Lines DC-10 crashes while making an emergency landing at Sioux City, Iowa; 184 other people survive. In 1993, President Clinton announces a compromise allowing homosexuals to serve in the military, but only if they refrain from all homosexual activity.
July 19, 1979: Youngstown police are attempting to find out who set fire to a dog on the South Side. A Glenwood Ave. man poured water on the dog to extinguish the fire. The dog fled and its condition and whereabouts are unknown.
E. Ray Davis, Austintown trustee, says Mahoning Valley townships are preparing to go to the U.S. Supreme Court if Ohio Edison doesn't come up with more equitable electricity rates for the townships.
Ohio wins a $313,500 federal grant to restore abandoned coal mines that scar the landscape and contaminate underground water supplies, especially in northeast Ohio.
July 19, 1964: There is still unemployment in Youngstown, but "moonlighting," the holding down of two or more jobs simultaneously is on the rise in the Youngstown district and economists say it is pouring millions of dollars into the area economy.
A special serum is rushed to St. Elizabeth Hospital from Massillon by the state highway patrol in an effort to save a 15-year-old Pennsylvania boy in critical condition with a tetanus infection.
An experiment in developing friendship among children from several countries is underway at Friendship Village, a unique camping program at Youngstown's Christ Mission Camp. Delegations arrived from the Philippines, Japan, Mexico, Canada, Italy, Norway, Austria, Great Britain and the United States.
July 19, 1954: Niles city solicitor Mitchell F. Shaker and Ohio Water Service Co. join forces against the Mahoning Valley Sanitary District, taking the fight over apportionment costs in the Meander-Berlin reservoir link to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Police Chief Paul H. Cress orders Penn Premier Shows, a traveling carnival, to remove its equipment from the N. Meridian Road circus grounds. Cress said the mayor's office had refused a permit for the show because when they applied for it they did not have a sponsor or know where they were going to set up. The chief said the carnival would interfere with the Immaculate Heart of Mary festival opening at the Mahoning Plaza.
Carl J. Wonner, 37, of Washington St., Salem, suffers second degree burns of his face and hands while searching his house for his two sons, Carl Jr., 10, and Daniel, 7. Both boys had escaped their burning bedroom without injuries.
July 19, 1929: A movement to encourage Leonard T. Skeggs to remain in Youngstown as general secretary of the local YMCA is launched by prominent Jews of Youngstown. An open letter praising Skeggs is sent out by Rabbi I.E. Philo of Rodef Sholem congregation.
In an effort to eliminate the contamination of waters of Mill Creek Park lakes, a city ordinance permitting the county to hook up its Wickliffe sewer to the Bear's Den district sewer is introduced in city council.
Mose Frankle of the Frankle Bros. Co. announces his retirement after 45 years in the cigar business in Youngstown. The company has been sold to his two nephews, Nate and Max Marks, who will operate it under the same name.