Today is Friday, June 11, the 163rd day of 2004. There are 203 days left in the year. On this date

Today is Friday, June 11, the 163rd day of 2004. There are 203 days left in the year. On this date in 1776, the Continental Congress forms a committee to draft a Declaration of Independence from Britain.
In 1509, England's King Henry VIII marries Catherine of Aragon. In 1919, Sir Barton wins the Belmont Stakes, becoming horse racing's first Triple Crown winner. In 1942, the United States and the Soviet Union sign a lend-lease agreement to aid the Soviet war effort in World War II. In 1947, the government announces the end of household and institutional sugar rationing, to take effect the next day. In 1963, Buddhist monk Quang Duc immolates himself on a Saigon street to protest the government of South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem. In 1970, the United States' presence in Libya ends as the last detachment leaves Wheelus Air Base. In 1977, Seattle Slew wins the Belmont Stakes, capturing the Triple Crown. In 1979, actor John Wayne dies at age 72. In 1994, the United States, South Korea and Japan agree to seek punitive steps against North Korea over its nuclear program. In 1999, the FBI searches for the creator of Worm.Explore.Zip, a file-destroying computer virus which has hit some of the nation's biggest corporations. In 2001, Timothy McVeigh is executed by injection at the federal prison in Terre Haute, Ind., for the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing that killed 168 people.
June 11, 1979: A $5,000 reward is being offered by Youngstown for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or people involved in the June 3 slaying of Elaine Poullas, 20, of Campbell.
James A. Hall, an administrative assistant for the Canfield Local School District, is hired as the new superintendent of Lowellville schools.
The U.S. Mint and the Federal Reserve commit $600,000 for publicity aimed to promote the new dollar coin. Feminist Susan B. Anthony is portrayed on the coin.
Gov. James A. Rhodes invites Pope John Paul II to visit Ohio if the pontiff decides to come to the United States to address the United Nations General Assembly.
June 11, 1964: Youngstown Mayor Anthony B. Flask says that if members of the Park and Recreation Commission can't work within their budget, they should quit. The commission has opened city playgrounds and swimming pools, but says it will run out of funds by July 20, when the facilities will be closed.
A second increase in the wholesale price of beer results in members of the Mahoning County Tavern Owners Association increasing beer prices by a nickel a bottle, bringing the price of local beers to 30 cents and premium beers to 35 cents.
The Rev. J. Richard Gaffney, pastor of St. Paul Catholic Church in Salem since 1943, is celebrating the 40th anniversary of his ordination.
June 11, 1954: A mysterious blast damages a roof at the Canada Dry Bottling Co. plant at 2680 Youngstown Road in Warren.
A Youngstown area man breaks out of the Sharon, Pa., Jail and swims the Shenango River to escape pursuers, only to be arrested about three hours later at a Hillman Street bar. Police were led to the bar by a tip.
Sixty-seven percent of the Mahoning River's flow at Youngstown for the week was contributed by reservoirs to keep water temperatures satisfactory for industrial operations. Even then, the temperature at Youngstown Sheet & amp; Tube Co. was 94 degrees, the highest since mid-November 1953.
June 11, 1929: A resolution asking the Mahoning Valley Sanitary District to use cast iron pipe rather than steel for water mains in the city is defeated 6-1 by Youngstown City Council.
Youngstown's five high schools will graduate about 600 students in spring graduation exercises, a record number for the city.
More than 500 insurance men from all parts of Ohio will gather in Youngstown for the 32nd annual convention of the Ohio State Insurance Association.