Today is Thursday, June 10, the 162nd day of 2004. There are 204 days left in the year. On this date

Today is Thursday, June 10, the 162nd day of 2004. There are 204 days left in the year. On this date in 1935, Alcoholics Anonymous is founded in Akron, Ohio.
In 1801, the north African state of Tripoli declares war on the United States in a dispute over safe passage of merchant vessels through the Mediterranean. In 1865, the Richard Wagner opera "Tristan und Isolde" premieres in Munich, Germany. In 1922, singer-actress Judy Garland is born in Grand Rapids, Minn. In 1940, Italy declares war on France and Britain; Canada declares war on Italy. In 1942, the Gestapo massacres 173 male residents of Lidice, Czechoslovakia, in retaliation for the killing of a Nazi official. In 1946, Italy replaces its abolished monarchy with a republic. In 1964, the Senate votes to limit further debate on a proposed civil rights bill, shutting off a filibuster by Southern states. In 1967, the Middle East War ends as Israel and Syria agree to observe a United Nations-mediated cease-fire.
June 10, 1979: An increase in the number of bus riders means that the Western Reserve Transit Authority will have sufficient operating funds and won't have to increase fares, despite rising diesel fuel costs, says authority chief Joseph Albanese.
A new round of property reappraisals in the state's larger counties sparks new efforts in the Ohio House to put a lid on the expected increase in homeowners' property tax bills.
U.S. steel mills and executive offices, long considered the private and exclusive domain of white males, are beginning to swing open their doors more widely to women and minorities, writes Vindicator Business Editor George R. Reiss.
June 10, 1964: Charlene Duriga, 18, of Salem is selected Mahoning County Dairy Princess during a meeting at the Mahoning County Agricultural Extension Office.
In a special election, Campbell voters defeat a $500,000 bond issue to help finance a new $1.4 million water treatment plant.
Nearly 100 members of Lake Milton Improvement Association vote to file a taxpayer's suit against the $8 per year dock fee levied by the Youngstown Park and Recreation Commission.
June 10, 1954: Two men are killed when the motor fails on their two-place Taylorcraft airplane and it plunges 1,000 feet into a field off Route 172 near Lisbon. Dead are Don Gantz, 29, of east Rochester, the pilot, and Kenneth E. Baker, 22, of Salem, who was planning to buy the 1939 aircraft.
A proposed dam north of Warren is criticized by a Dayton consultant as "wholly unnecessary," too expensive and unfair to land owners who would be flooded out. R.G. Breene was testifying during a hearing in Washington on the $59 million Mahoning-Grand River Floodway.
Mayor Frank X. Kryzan signs his name 2,800 times on $2.8 million worth of capital improvement bonds that the city sold to Halsey, Stuart & amp; Co. Inc. of Chicago and Ryan, Sutherland & amp; Co. of Toledo.
June 10, 1929: Margaret Smith, 22-year-old student pilot from New Castle, is injured when her plane smashes into a parked automobile on Youngstown-New Castle Road near Bernard Field. Four people in the car are also injured.
A record crowd turns out for the first day of the trial of the Rev. Emerald Rhodes, accused of murder in the shooting of Otto Campbell following difficulties at the Mount Zion Baptist Church. The prosecutor is seeking the death penalty.
The Strouss-Hirshberg Co. announces that it has leased three floors in the Frew building at Mill and North streets in New Castle. It will be the company's fourth store.