Today is Monday, Nov. 1, the 306th day of 2004. There are 60 days left in the year. This is All

Today is Monday, Nov. 1, the 306th day of 2004. There are 60 days left in the year. This is All Saints Day. On this date in 1954, Algerian nationalists begin their successful eight-year rebellion against French rule.
In 1512, Michelangelo's paintings on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel are first exhibited to the public. In 1604, William Shakespeare's tragedy "Othello" is first presented at Whitehall Palace in London. In 1765, the Stamp Act goes into effect, prompting stiff resistance from American colonists. In 1861, Gen. George B. McClellan is made General-in-Chief of the Union armies. In 1870, the United States Weather Bureau makes its first meteorological observations. In 1944, "Harvey," a comedy by Mary Chase about a man and his friend, an invisible 6-foot-tall rabbit, opens on Broadway. In 1950, two Puerto Rican nationalists try to force their way into Blair House in Washington to assassinate President Truman. The attempt fails, and one of the pair is killed. In 1952, the United States explodes the first hydrogen bomb at Eniwetok in the Marshall Islands. In 1973, following the "Saturday Night Massacre," Acting Attorney General Robert H. Bork appoints Leon Jaworski to be the new Watergate special prosecutor, succeeding Archibald Cox. In 1979, former first lady Mamie Eisenhower dies in Washington, D.C., at age 82.
November 1, 1979: The U.S. Economic Development Administration says it will revise the requirements of its steel-loan program so a coke plan would qualify for $100 million in federal loan guarantees pledged to the Mahoning Valley.
State and federal agencies are called into the investigation of an explosion that leveled a ranch house on Poplar Avenue in Hubbard township, critically injuring two men.
November 1, 1964: Former Vice President Richard M. Nixon speaks to a capacity crowd at a Republican rally in Packard Music Hall in Warren.
Youngstown University receives official notice that its curricula in civil, electrical and mechanical engineering have been approved by the Engineers Council for Professional Development.,
Whether the Lake Erie-Ohio River Canal ever becomes a reality and a vital transportation link for the Youngstown district may depend on how well Congress and the people are convinced of its importance to the national economy.
November 1, 1954: Between $90,000 and $100,000 worth of unmounted diamonds are reported stolen from a New York salesman in a briefcase switch at the Hotel Pick Ohio in Youngstown. Mandell Lewis of New York City had placed the briefcase in the hotel safe on a Friday afternoon. The switch was discovered Monday morning.
More than 80,000 Mahoning County electors are expected to go the county's 338 polling places to cast their ballots in county, district and state races.
November 1, 1929: The Citizens School Improvement League organizes to work for passage of a 1.5 mill levy for Youngstown Public schools and to urge a future study of educational costs.
Authority to secure options and a site for the new First Presbyterian Church is granted to a church committee during a meeting at the home of Mrs. Myron Arms, 639 Wick Ave. There are six prospective locations: the site of the present building, two sites on Wick Ave. and locations at Wick Park and Crandall Park.