Today is Thursday, Nov. 18, the 323rd day of 2004. There are 43 days left in the year. On this date in 1928, the first successful sound-synchronized animated cartoon, Walt Disney's "Steamboat Willie,"

Today is Thursday, Nov. 18, the 323rd day of 2004. There are 43 days left in the year. On this date in 1928, the first successful sound-synchronized animated cartoon, Walt Disney's "Steamboat Willie," starring Mickey Mouse, premieres in New York.
In 1820, U.S. Navy Capt. Nathaniel B. Palmer discovers the frozen continent of Antarctica. In 1883, the United States and Canada adopt a system of Standard Time zones. In 1886, the 21st president of the United States, Chester A. Arthur, dies in New York at age 56. In 1903, the United States and Panama sign a treaty granting the U.S. rights to build the Panama Canal. In 1964, FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover describes civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. as "the most notorious liar in the country" for accusing FBI agents in Georgia of failing to act on complaints filed by blacks. In 1966, U.S. Roman Catholic bishops do away with the rule against eating meat on Fridays. In 1969, financier-diplomat Joseph P. Kennedy dies in Hyannis Port, Mass., at age 81. In 1978, California Congressman Leo J. Ryan and four other people are killed in Jonestown, Guyana, by members of the Peoples Temple; the killings are followed by a night of mass murder and suicide by 912 cult members. In 1987, the congressional Iran-Contra committees issue their final report, saying President Reagan bears "ultimate responsibility" for wrongdoing by his aides. In 1994, 15 people are killed and more than 150 wounded when Palestinian police open fire on rioting worshippers outside a mosque in the Gaza Strip.
November 18, 1979: Ohio State Coach Earle Bruce takes some good advice from Woody Hayes as he faces Michigan for the first time, "Play them tough." The Buckeyes tough-out a 19-15 victory over Michigan at Ann Arbor and win the Big Ten Championship.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency proposes new regulations designed to prevent repeat situations like the hazardous waste dump in Deerfield Township, with the industries that generate hazardous wastes paying the tab.
Four unions are vying for exclusive control over the various bargaining units of Youngstown municipal employees, with the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees apparently the frontrunner.
November 18, 1964: A former Russian colonel, now top Soviet affairs expert for Newsweek magazine, tells an assembly at Youngstown University that U.S. policy toward the widening rift between Russia and Red China has been "conservative, unimaginative and backward."
Youngstown druggists are warned that they face possible arrest and prosecution if they fail to follow new rules and regulations being set down by police governing sales and records of exempt narcotic drugs that have been illegally obtained by some addicts in recent weeks.
During a debate in Rome by the Vatican Ecumenical Council on a draft decree on Catholic education, Cardinal Francis Spellman of New York issues an appeal for public financial support of church schools.
November 18, 1954: Teenage warfare between rival Struthers and Campbell gangs plague police in both cities and culminates with the arrest of 11 youths in Campbell who were armed with brass knuckles, rubber hose and crude steel weapons.
Clifford F. Hood, president of U.S. Steel Corp., tells the Youngstown Chamber of Commerce annual dinner that there will be a steady improvement, but no boom, in steel business for some time to come.
U.S. Sen. Thomas A. Burke, the Democrat incumbent, asks for a recount of the 338 precincts in Mahoning County, in his neck-and-neck race with Rep. George H. Bender.
November 18, 1929: A feud of several years standing ends with the death of George Markota, 42, of Carbon, Pa., who dies in a Youngstown Hospital with five bullet wounds. Steve Garlick, 33, also of Carbon is being held in Lawrence County jail. A hat was the cause of their final quarrel.
The Mahoning County grand jury is considering charges against a man and woman who used a 15-year-old girl to smuggle saw blades into the county jail in a breakout attempt.
A stream of sell-orders sends prices tumbling on the New York Stock Exchange as profit-takers cause declines ranging from $1 to nearly $10 a share.