Today is Monday, July 26, the 208th day of 2004. There are 158 days left in the year. On this date

Today is Monday, July 26, the 208th day of 2004. There are 158 days left in the year. On this date in 1947, President Truman signs the National Security Act, creating the Department of Defense, the National Security Council, the Central Intelligence Agency and the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
In 1775, Benjamin Franklin becomes postmaster-general. In 1788, New York becomes the 11th state to ratify the U.S. Constitution. In 1908, U.S. Attorney General Charles J. Bonaparte issues an order creating an investigative agency that was a forerunner of the FBI. In 1948, President Truman signs a pair of executive orders prohibiting discrimination in the U.S. armed forces and federal employment. In 1952, Adlai E. Stevenson is nominated for president by the Democratic national convention in Chicago; John J. Sparkman is nominated for vice president. In 1952, Argentina's first lady, Eva Peron, dies in Buenos Aires at age 33. In 1952, King Farouk I of Egypt abdicates in the wake of a coup led by Gamal Abdel Nasser. In 1953, Fidel Castro begins his revolt against Fulgencio Batista with an unsuccessful attack on an army barracks in eastern Cuba. (Castro ousts Batista in 1959.) In 1971, Apollo 15 is launched from Cape Kennedy. In 1990, President Bush signs into law the Americans with Disabilities Act.
July 26, 1979: The country's ever-gloomier economic forecast may yet bring some comfort to cities like Youngstown in the form of a renewed push for antirecession aid to local governments struggling with high unemployment.
A Youngstown group places a coffin containing a mannequin dressed as Uncle Sam outside the iron gates of the White House as part of a continuing protest by a group of Ohioans over Congress' failure to enact a law allowing voluntary prayer in public schools.
Jack R. Tobin, 39, restaurant owner and alleged area gambler, was expecting an attempt on his life and fired two shots from his own gun when he was ambushed gangland style outside his Austintown apartment, police say. They believe four men were involved in the slaying.
July 26, 1964: Larger freshman classes and construction of more campus facilities are two signs that Youngstown area colleges and universities are feeling the effects of the postwar baby boom. Youngstown University received 2,399 freshman applications, a 50 percent increase over the year before.
Ohio delegates to the Democratic National Convention that will be held in August appear to favor Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey of Minnesota as the vice presidential running mate for President Johnson.
Glider flying is catching on as a popular sport in the Youngstown area. A good gliding day finds many enthusiasts at the sport's main headquarters, Elser Airport on Sharrott Road near North Lima.
July 26, 1954: Aroused citizens of Calcutta plan a community hunt after a 10-year-old boy is attacked by a large black bear that apparently strayed into Ohio from the hills of Western Pennsylvania. Jay Rambo was bruised but not seriously injured in the attack.
Dr. Harmon E. Blott, 89, former Mahoning County coroner and a practicing physician in Youngstown for 55 years, dies at the Masonic Home in Springfield, Ohio. He was one of the first men in Youngstown to own an automobile and a telephone.
The Vienna Kiwanis Club calls on Mayor Frank X. Kryzan to protest the proposed Air Force Reserve Center at Youngstown Municipal Airport. The club opposes the center on the basis of safety and real estate values.
July 26, 1929: Youngstown Assistant Police Chief W. J. Englehardt and W.V. Aldrich, assistant state prohibition director, promise an unrelenting war upon bootleggers in Youngstown.
The William McKinley Post of the American Legion and various civic organizations in Niles open a drive for a memorial to the city's dead soldiers. The 8-foot granite shaft on a circular base will be erected at the entrance to Union Cemetery.
Matthew Latenchich, 19, a junior in the Farrell High School who shot and killed his father to protect his mother from a beating, is absolved of blame by a coroner's jury after testimony is taken from several persons.