Today is Monday, Nov. 15, the 320th day of 2004. There are 46 days left in the year. On this date in

Today is Monday, Nov. 15, the 320th day of 2004. There are 46 days left in the year. On this date in 1777, the Continental Congress approves the Articles of Confederation, a precursor to the Constitution of the United States.
In 1806, explorer Zebulon Pike sights the mountaintop now known as Pikes Peak. In 1926, the National Broadcasting Company debuts with a radio network of 24 stations. In 1939, President Franklin D. Roosevelt lays the cornerstone of the Jefferson Memorial in Washington, D.C. In 1940, the first 75,000 men are called to armed forces duty under peacetime conscription. In 1966, the flight of Gemini 12 ends successfully as astronauts James A. Lovell and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin Jr. splash down safely in the Atlantic. In 1969, thousands of protesters stage a peaceful demonstration in Washington, D.C., against the Vietnam War. In 1982, funeral services are held in Moscow's Red Square for the late Soviet President Leonid I. Brezhnev. In 1984, Baby Fae, the month-old infant who had received a baboon's heart to replace her own congenitally deformed one, dies at a California medical center three weeks after the transplant.
November 15, 1979: A bill sponsored by state Sen. Thomas E. Carney, D-Girard, would require the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio to consider applications for bus routes and end a virtual monopoly by the Greyhound Corp.
Frances Woods and Billie Bray, known internationally for their dancing, present one of their famous routines during dancing lessons for children with speech and hearing difficulties at the First Christian Church. The lessons are sponsored by the Speech and Hearing Center. Miss Woods is deaf.
November 15, 1964: Sanford Rivers recovers three of Susquehanna's six fumbles, helping the Youngstown University Penguins to a 17-12 victory.
Jeanne Cegledy of Campbell is crowned queen of the homecoming festivities at Youngstown University.
JoAnn Battista, pianist, of Warren, and Albert Caldrone, clarinetist, of Youngstown, students at the Dana School of Music, present their senior recitals in the C.J. Strouss Memorial Auditorium.
November 15, 1954: The Rt. Rev. Nelson M. Burroughs, bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Ohio, leads the congregation of St. John's Episcopal Church in the rededication of the remodeled church.
A three-day inspirational convention of district Jehovah's Witnesses closes in Stambaugh Auditorium with an address by L.L. Roper, district minister of Brooklyn, New York. More than 1,900 attend.
November 15, 1929: Eight Youngstown banks will distribute more than $750,000 to 15,574 Christmas Club depositors early in December to help pay Christmas bills.
Twelve firemen who will work without pay until Jan. 1 are appointed by Fire Chief Harry Callan to give quick relief for vacancies in the department caused by injuries at the Cities Service Oil Co. plant on Poland Ave.