Today is Tuesday, May 18, the 139th day of 2004. There are 227 days left in the year. On this date

Today is Tuesday, May 18, the 139th day of 2004. There are 227 days left in the year. On this date in 1804, the French Senate proclaims Napoleon Bonaparte emperor.
In 1642, the Canadian city of Montreal is founded. In 1896, the Supreme Court endorses "separate but equal" racial segregation with its Plessy v. Ferguson decision, a ruling that is overturned 58 years later with Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka. In 1904, American statesman Jacob K. Javits is born in New York. In 1926, evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson vanishes while visiting a beach in Venice, Calif.; she reappears a month later, claiming to have been kidnapped. In 1933, the Tennessee Valley Authority is created. In 1944, during World War II, Allied forces finally occupy Monte Cassino in Italy after a four-month struggle that claims some 20,000 lives. In 1951, the United Nations moves out of its temporary headquarters in Lake Success, N.Y., for its permanent home in Manhattan. In 1953, Jacqueline Cochran becomes the first woman to break the sound barrier as she pilots a North American F-86 Canadair over Rogers Dry Lake, Calif. In 1969, astronauts Eugene A. Cernan, Thomas P. Stafford and John W. Young blast off aboard Apollo 10. In 1980, the Mount St. Helens volcano in Washington state explodes, leaving 57 people dead or missing.
May 18, 1979: Former Youngstown athlete, lawyer, NAACP counsel and activist and former assistant U.S. attorney Nathaniel Jones is named by President Carter to the 6th U.S. District Court of Appeals in Cincinnati.
An Associated Press survey of gasoline pumps around Ohio shows the price of regular gasoline averages 76.9 cents a gallon, while a UPI national survey shows that gasoline has cracked $1 per gallon in four states.
Several environmental groups, including the Sierra Club and Ohio Lung Association, express opposition to the appointment of former state Rep. George Tablack of Campbell to the Ohio Environmental Board of Review, charging the Tablack lacks the legal qualifications for the job.
May 18, 1964: Sixteen thousand people jam Shields Road and nearby streets for an open house at the new Ursuline Motherhouse. At one time cars were backed up to Lockwood Boulevard, 21/2 miles away, and hundreds of persons walked to the grounds.
A charge of cruelty to animals is filed in Youngstown Municipal Court against an Ohio Avenue man in the vicious beating of a collie-shepherd dog in a neighbor's yard. The man said he was taking a short cut through the yard when the dog lunged at him and bit him on the hand.
Scotland's Jimmy Clark becomes the first foreigner to win the pole at Memorial Day's Indianapolis 500. Clark is driving one of the new V8-powered, rear-engined cars that are grabbing the spotlight from the Offenhauser-powered roadsters.
Richard Thomas, 37, a blind veteran of World War II, is elected commander of the Mahoning County American Legion at the annual county convention.
May 18, 1954: Efforts to begin construction of Kimmel Brook Homes move quickly as the Youngstown Metropolitan Housing Authority opens bids and a zone change lawsuit comes to a surprisingly quick end. The low bid of $2.8 million is submitted by Steinle-Wolfe Inc. of Freemont.
Youngstown will make free rubbish collections at every Youngstown home once a month under plans outlined to City Council by City Engineer James C. Ryan.
Action on a war memorial stadium and field house is deferred by the United Veterans Council after members suggest that Youngstown should instead channel its resources into slum clearance.
The Ohio Turnpike Commission warns contractors on the Mahoning County segment of the Ohio Turnpike that no excuses will be accepted for not completing work by the Dec. 1 deadline.
May 18, 1929: One man is killed and another slightly injured when two planes they were piloting in national army air maneuvers crash over the northern residential district of Columbus. Dead is Lt. E.E. Meadows from Rockwell Field, San Diego.
Pittsburgh and Youngstown interests who want to establish a direct rail connection between Youngstown and the Ohio River purchase the Youngstown & amp; Suburban Railway and request a new hearing before the Interstate Commerce Committee on establishment of a railroad between Smith Ferry, Pa., and Youngstown.
Mrs. Arthur Richards, 33, of Sharon dies at the Cleveland Clinic Hospital from the effects of gas fumes inhaled in the X-ray film explosion at the Cleveland Clinic. She is the ninth victim from the Youngstown district to die in the clinic fire.