Today is Wednesday, Nov. 10, the 315th day of 2004. There are 51 days left in the year. On this date

Today is Wednesday, Nov. 10, the 315th day of 2004. There are 51 days left in the year. On this date in 1954, the Iwo Jima Memorial, inspired by the famous Associated Press photograph of the raising of the American flag on Mount Suribachi during World War II, is dedicated by President Eisenhower in Arlington, Va.
In 1775, the U.S. Marines are organized under authority of the Continental Congress. In 1871, journalist-explorer Henry M. Stanley finds missing Scottish missionary David Livingstone in central Africa. In 1919, the American Legion holds its first national convention, in Minneapolis. In 1928, Hirohito is enthroned as Emperor of Japan. In 1942, Winston Churchill delivers a speech in London in which he says, "I have not become the King's First Minister to preside over the liquidation of the British Empire." In 1969, the children's educational program "Sesame Street" makes its debut on PBS. In 1975, the U.N. General Assembly approves a resolution equating Zionism with racism (the world body repeals the resolution in December 1991). In 1975, the ore-hauling ship Edmund Fitzgerald and its crew of 29 vanish during a storm in Lake Superior. In 1982, the newly finished Vietnam Veterans Memorial is opened to its first visitors in Washington, D.C. In 1982, Soviet leader Leonid I. Brezhnev dies at age 75.
November 10, 1979: Stock trading gains supplement steel operations to carry Sharon Steel to sales and earnings records for the quarter and the nine months ending Sept. 30, says chairman and president Victor Posner. The company reports sales of $141.5 million and earnings of $25.2 million for the third quarter.
Boardman Township firefighters reach a tentative agreement on a new wage pact giving them parity with township policemen. A firefighter's starting salary will be $13,020, rising to $15,121 after three years.
Campbell Memorial leaves the Steel Valley Conference on a winning note with a 22-6 win over Struthers. The once-intense rivalry draws fewer than 200 fans on a cold, wet night.
November 10, 1964: Youngstown's first on-the-job training program is approved by the U.S. Department of Labor under the Manpower Development and Training Act. Ten aluminum die filers will go through a 20-week, 800-hour program at Superior Extrusion Tool & amp; Die Co.
A 310-pound steelworker with a grudge against police holds a loaded, cocked revolver on two police officers for 20 minutes before Patrolman Thomas Beardman talks him out of the gun by promising he wouldn't be arrested. He's booked on charges of assault with a deadly weapon and carrying a concealed weapon.
November 10, 1954: Thirty-two Red Feather agencies serving the people of Youngstown face 5 percent cuts in their 1955 budgets because the Community Chest's united fund- raising campaign falls $47,528 short of its $825,000 goal.
Four members of City Council's Democratic majority, led by 2nd Ward Councilman John Palermo, defeat Mayor Frank X. Kryzan's ordanance calling for jail sentences for convicted gamblers.
November 10, 1929: Twelve Youngstown firemen and five civilians are burned as hundreds of thousands of gallons of gasoline stored in the Cities Service Co. plant on Poland Ave. burns in the worst oil fire in the history of the city. The loss will exceed $200,000, including a fire truck from the No. 11 station.
A verdict of murder is given by Mahoning County Coroner M.E. Hayes in the death of Mrs. Mary Plavis, who was shot four times, twice in the head. Her husband, who told police she committed suicide, is being held for investigation.
More than 1,000 World War veterans join in the dedication of the $3,500 war memorial in Union Cemetery in Niles. The marble monument was erected by the William McKinley Post, American Legion.