Today is Friday, Nov. 12, the 317th day of 2004. There are 49 days left in the year. On this date in

Today is Friday, Nov. 12, the 317th day of 2004. There are 49 days left in the year. On this date in 1942, the World War II naval Battle of Guadalcanal begins. (The Americans end up winning a major victory over the Japanese.)
In 1815, American suffragist Elizabeth Cady Stanton is born in Johnstown, N.Y. In 1920, baseball gets its first "czar" as Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis is elected commissioner of the American and National Leagues. In 1927, Josef Stalin becomes the undisputed ruler of the Soviet Union as Leon Trotsky is expelled from the Communist Party. In 1929, Grace Kelly -- the future movie star and Princess of Monaco -- is born in Philadelphia.
November 12, 1979: Mahoning County Sheriff Michael Yarosh, 62, is stricken with a heart attack at his home and dies in North Side Hospital.
Gloomy skies and chilly winds keep attendance at the 1979 Veterans Day Parade in downtown Youngstown to a few dedicated watchers.
November 12, 1964: Thousands of Youngstowners honor the service of war veterans as they cheer a brilliant parade up Federal Street from Andrews Avenue.
The Edward J. DeBartolo Co. completes negotiations to sell the Hickory Shopping Plaza at Sharon to a group headed by Samuel M. Hyman of Pittsburgh for $3.75 million.
November 12, 1954: The city of Youngstown and the Chamber of Commerce will join forces in an appeal to the Civil Aeronautics Board for more airline service at the Youngstown Municipal Airport.
In a ceremony in the Youngstown College auditorium, 138 foreign-born Youngstowners voluntarily agree to give up fidelity to their native lands and accept the duties and responsibilities of American citizenship.
November 12, 1929: Lt. Billy Leonard, chief test pilot of the Alliance Aircraft Corp., goes into a tailspin and falls to his death at Marlborough Airport, Marlborough, Mass. Leonard is the second executive of the Alliance plant to meet death in the air within a month.
Mahoning County Common Pleas Judge George H. Gessner says he sees no more harm in dancing on Sunday than on Monday in dismissing a liquor charge against Miss Ethel Fancher, 23, part-owner of the Plantation Inn, Canfield-Salem Road.