Today is Tuesday, June 8, the 160th day of 2004. There are 206 days left in the year. On this date

Today is Tuesday, June 8, the 160th day of 2004. There are 206 days left in the year. On this date in A.D. 632, the prophet Mohammed dies.
In 1845, Andrew Jackson, seventh president of the United States, dies in Nashville, Tenn. In 1861, Tennessee secedes from the Union. In 1876, author George Sand dies in Nohant, France. In 1915, Secretary of State William Jennings Bryan resigns in a disagreement over U.S. handling of the sinking of the Lusitania. In 1953, the Supreme Court rules that restaurants in the District of Columbia could not refuse to serve blacks. In 1967, 34 U.S. servicemen are killed when Israeli forces raid the Liberty, a Navy ship stationed in the Mediterranean. (Israel calls the attack a tragic mistake.) In 1968, authorities announce the capture in London of James Earl Ray, the suspected assassin of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. In 1978, a jury in Clark County, Nevada, rules the so-called "Mormon will," purportedly written by the late billionaire Howard Hughes, is a forgery. In 1982, President Reagan becomes the first American chief executive to address a joint session of the British Parliament. In 1994, Bosnia's warring factions agree to a one-month cease-fire. In 1999, the United States, Russia and six leading democracies authorize a text calling for a peacekeeping force in Kosovo. In 2003, frustrated and angry over delays, a coalition of the nation's mayors meeting in Denver asks federal officials to bypass state governments and give them the money they need to beef up homeland security. Also, Annika Sorenstam wins the LPGA Championship for her fifth major title.
June 8, 1979: Trumbull County Common Pleas Judge David M. Griffith disqualifies himself as presiding judge in the upcoming murder trial of Robert D. Parks and Dorothy DiBlasio after defense lawyers filed an affidavit of prejudice against the judge.
The Sharon Steel Corp. announces a 5-1 stock split and an increased regular cash dividend from $1 to $2.50 per share, pre-split.
John F. Kennedy Jr., son of the late president, graduates from Phillips Academy in Andover, Mass.
Traffic violators in Cleveland have the option of using their Master Charge credit cards to pay tickets and traffic fines instead of using cash.
June 8, 1964: Sixty-seven girls and 66 boys arrive for the first two weeks of Youngstown Fresh Air Camp at Wilkinson Avenue and McCollum Road. Some 700 youngsters are expected to participate before summer's end.
Mahoning County commissioners approve the use of $2,000 from the dog and kennel fund to finance a one-month trial dog census in the county. Ten special deputies, most of them college students, will conduct the census.
Three hundred men and women who studied music under William Omeis at Woodrow Wilson High School honor him during a reception at the school.
June 8, 1954: A bus strike is averted when drivers for the Youngstown Municipal Railway Co. vote to accept a 6-cent per hour wage increase offered by the company.
Mayor Frank X. Kryzan asks City Council to create the post of parking meter superintendent, which would pay $4,200 a year. Kryzan says creating the new job could check a loss of revenue from parking meters that could go as high as $12,000.
First Ward Councilman Michael J. MuCullion drafts legislation that would provide jail sentences as long as six months and fines as high as $500 for bug men and horse race bookies.
June 8, 1929: An unprecedented rate of steel mill operations at the beginning of June holds the promise of setting a new record for production in the Youngstown district.
David C. McFarlin, 29 W. Marion Ave., Youngstown, a radio amateur who has been communicating with other radio hobbyists for years, reaches a goal of three years' effort, direct radio communication with Asia. He established contact with a station operated by Burgess Williams at the Royal Airport in Mosul, Irak.
Chief Probation Officer William A. Cleaver defends his use of a 15-year-old girl to procure evidence against a a Campbell bootlegger. Cleaver gave the girl a marked dollar bill and sent her into a house where, she said, she had previously been sent by her mother to buy liquor.