Today is Thursday, Nov. 4, the 309th day of 2004. There are 57 days left in the year. On this date

Today is Thursday, Nov. 4, the 309th day of 2004. There are 57 days left in the year. On this date in 1979, the Iranian hostage crisis begins as militants storm the United States Embassy in Tehran, seizing its occupants. For some of the hostages, it is the start of 444 days of captivity.
In 1879, humorist Will Rogers is born in Oologah, Okla. In 1884, Democrat Grover Cleveland is elected to his first term as president, defeating Republican James G. Blaine. In 1922, the entrance to King Tutankhamen's tomb is discovered in Egypt. In 1924, Nellie T. Ross of Wyoming is elected the nation's first female governor to serve out the remaining term of her late husband, William B. Ross. In 1942, during World War II, Axis forces retreat from El Alamein in North Africa in a major victory for British forces commanded by Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery. In 1952, Dwight D. Eisenhower is elected president, defeating Democrat Adlai Stevenson. In 1956, Soviet troops move in to crush the Hungarian Revolution. In 1980, Ronald Reagan wins the White House as he defeats President Carter by a strong margin. In 1995, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin is assassinated by a right-wing Israeli minutes after attending a festive peace rally.
November 4, 1979: More than 100,000 voters are expected to turnout in Mahoning County for local races, many of them drawn to the 14-candidate race for the Youngstown Board of Education and a controversial state issue that would provide deposits for beverage cans and bottles in Ohio.
Trumbull County voters will be going to the polls to elect 11 mayors, 24 township trustees and clerks, members of 22 boards of education, and they will be deciding a record number of tax issues.
An FBI subpoena seeking certain papers of former Congressman Charles J. Carney from the Youngstown State University library points up the need fora university policy on accepting gifts, YSU President John J. Coffelt tells university trustees.
Former Youngstown Schools Superintendent Robert L. Pegues emerges as the leading candidate for the top school post in Warren. He is one of six persons who will be interviewed for the job.
November 4, 1964: U.S. Rep. Michael J. Kirwan, Youngstown Democrat, easily wins his 15th term in Congress by defeating Republican Albert H. James.
Democrats will hold all three Mahoning County commissioner seats as George J. Bindas, dean of Youngstown City Council, ousts incumbent Republican Edward J. Gilronan and incumbent John Palermo wins re-election. The vote count: Bindas, 53,498; Palermo, 61,664; Gilronan, 52,125 and Paul H. Hechler, 36,381.
Five well-known incumbent Democrats will remain in their Mahoning County posts after winning easy victories. They are Samuel Gould Jr., engineer; Joseph Gorman, treasurer; Horace Tetlow, recorder; Anthony Vivo, clerk of courts, and Dr. David A. Belinky, coroner.
November 4, 1954: The Mahoning County Board of Elections is expected to consider purchase of sufficient additional voting machines to supply the entire county after the smooth operation of machine voting. An additional 325 machines at a cost of $450,000 are needed.
Democratic victories in nationwide congressional elections enhance the stature of Rep. Michael J. Kirwan in national political and legislative affairs. Kirwan served as chairman of the Democratic congressional campaign committee and is being hailed as one of the architects of the Democrats' triumph in off-year balloting.
Acting quickly following defeat of a zoning initiative aimed at blocking construction of the Kimmell Brook housing project, the Federal Public Housing Administration approves a $2.8 million construction contract and instructs the Youngstown Metropolitan Housing Authority to proceed on the project immediately.
November 4, 1929: A.W. Beard, proprietor of the Peerless Dairy on Mahoning Ave., files an appeal of his conviction of operating a nuisance because of the smoke and dirt emitted by the plant. He says the ordinance under which he was convicted and fined $10 is unconstitutional.
A Census Bureau study of the cost of public education in 250 of the largest U.S. cities shows Youngstown spends less than most at $13.02 per capita. The national average: $14.91.