Today is Thursday, May 20, the 141st day of 2004. There are 225 days left in the year. On this date

Today is Thursday, May 20, the 141st day of 2004. There are 225 days left in the year. On this date in 1861, the capital of the Confederacy is moved from Montgomery, Ala., to Richmond, Va.
In 1506, Christopher Columbus dies in poverty in Spain. In 1861, North Carolina votes to secede from the Union. In 1902, the United States ends its three-year military presence in Cuba as the Republic of Cuba is established under its first elected president, Tomas Estrada Palma. In 1927, Charles Lindbergh takes off from Roosevelt Field in Long Island, N.Y., aboard the Spirit of St. Louis on his historic solo flight to France. In 1932, Amelia Earhart takes off from Newfoundland for Ireland to become the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic. In 1939, regular transatlantic air service begins as a Pan American Airways plane, the Yankee Clipper, takes off from Port Washington, N.Y., bound for Europe. In 1942, Glenn Miller and His Orchestra record "(I've Got a Gal in) Kalamazoo" at Victor Studios in Hollywood. In 1961, a white mob attacks a busload of Freedom Riders in Montgomery, Ala., prompting the federal government to send in U.S. marshals to restore order. In 1969, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces capture Apbia Mountain, referred to as "Hamburger Hill" by the Americans, following one of the bloodiest battles of the Vietnam War. In 1989, comedian Gilda Radner dies in Los Angeles at age 42.
May 20, 1979: U.S. Rep. Lyle Williams confirms that the FMC Corp., one of the world's leading manufacturers of machinery and industrial chemicals, is considering a site in the Mahoning Valley for construction of its XM2 Infantry Fighting Vehicle, a troop transport vehicle that looks like a tank.
Indiana Airways of Indiana, Pa., a subsidiary of TWA, has proposed six daily round trip flights between Youngstown Municipal Airport and Pittsburgh International Airport.
Seventeen properties acquired by the New Castle Redevelopment Authority will be turned over to the St. Francis Housing Corp. for $100,000, clearing the way for construction of a new $3.4 million St. Francis Hospital high-rise housing development for the elderly.
May 20, 1964: A jury of five men and seven women takes just 34 minutes to convict Ronald Carabbia, 34-year-old rackets figure, of promoting a numbers game. He faces 1-to-10 years in prison.
The official tabulation of the May 5 primary election shows W.A. James of Warren 10 votes ahead of Lamar Young of Lordstown for the Republican nomination for Trumbull County commissioner.
Maryland Sen. Daniel B. Brewster, bearing the shield of President Johnson, wins Maryland's 48 electoral votes in a close race over Alabama Gov. George C. Wallace, who got 42 percent of the state's primary vote. It's Wallace's best showing so far in the primaries.
May 20, 1954: The Council of Delegates of the Ohio Bar Association, 800 strong, opens the 74th state convention in Youngstown.
Youngstown Police Chief Paul Cress says he welcomes Sheriff Paul Langley's help in Youngstown and hopes the sheriff will continue the start he made in cracking down on numbers runners with the arrest of one man on Boardman Street and another on Himrod Avenue.
A Brooklyn jewelry salesman reports that his car was forced off Route 90 near Petersburg and he was robbed of diamonds valued at $35,000 and $1,100 in cash.
May 20, 1929: A 17-year-old co-ed and a 60-year-old Teamster are killed in a rush of 9,000 fans from the bleachers of Yankee Stadium after a sudden downpour erupts. Eighteen people are injured.
A lone bandit escapes with $500 from the State Theater in Youngstown, but not without incident. Wilred Van Dusen, Rayen school student, tussles with the gunman, takes his gun from him and fires two shots at the getaway car.
William G. Mather, 71-year-old Cleveland multimillionaire, and his bride, Mrs. Elizabeth Ring Ireland, 38, are honeymooning on the Great Lakes aboard one of Mather's 21 freighters, the flagship of the Cleveland Cliffs Iron Co., of which Mathers is president.