Today is Wednesday, Nov. 24, the 329th day of 2004. There are 37 days left in the year. On his date

Today is Wednesday, Nov. 24, the 329th day of 2004. There are 37 days left in the year. On his date in 1963, Jack Ruby shoots and mortally wounds Lee Harvey Oswald, the accused assassin of President Kennedy, in a scene captured on live television.
In 1784, Zachary Taylor, the 12th president of the United States, is born in Orange County, Va. In 1859, British naturalist Charles Darwin publishes "On the Origin of Species," which explains his theory of evolution. In 1864, French artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec is born in Albi. In 1871, the National Rifle Association is incorporated. In 1944, during World War II, U.S. bombers based on Saipan attack Tokyo in the first raid against the Japanese capital by land-based planes. In 1969, Apollo 12 splashes down safely in the Pacific. In 1971, hijacker D.B. Cooper parachutes from a Northwest Airlines 727 over Washington state with $200,000 in ransom; his fate remains unknown. In 1985, the hijacking of an Egyptair jetliner parked on the ground in Malta ends violently as Egyptian commandos storm the plane. Fifty-eight people die in the raid, in addition to two others killed by the hijackers. In 1987, the United States and the Soviet Union agree to scrap shorter- and medium-range missiles. In 1989, Romanian leader Nicolae Ceausescu is unanimously re-elected Communist Party chief. (Within a month, he is overthrown in a popular uprising and executed along with his wife, Elena, on Christmas Day.)
November 24, 1979: Some 10,000 workmen at General Motors' Lordstown complex prepare to return to work after a long Thanksgiving holiday. The van plant will work on a single shift, producing 28 units an hour. The auto plant will work two shifts and staffing will be increased to allow output to be increased from 80 cars to 90 cars an hour.
Bloody fighting continues between Saudi Arabian forces and hundreds of Muslims who invaded the Great Mosque at Mecca. There is one report that 200 of the invaders have been killed, but that is believed to be an exaggeration.
Warren police raid three houses on the city's West Side, arresting three men and confiscating a large amount of illicit drugs and weapons.
November 24, 1964: The U.S. Supreme Court refuses to interfere with the recitation by pupils in public schools of a pledge of allegiance that contains the words "under God." In a separate ruling, the court broadens the freedom of citizens to criticize public officials without penalty, saying there are no grounds for criminal libel charges unless statements are made with "reckless disregard" for the truth.
Three Warren Hospitals, Trumbull Memorial, St. Joseph and Warren General, announce that they will cooperate in a drive to raise $3.5 million, which they will share in adding to their buildings and facilities. Trumbull Memorial is planning a 1-story addition that will cost $6.5 million; St. Joseph is planning a $2.7 million, five-story addition, and Warren General will add a $1 million wing.
The Most Rev. James W. Malone, auxiliary bishop of the Youngstown Diocese, arrives at Youngstown Municipal Airport after attending the third session of the Vatican Ecumenical Council in Rome.
November 24, 1954: The Belman Lumber Co. of Cleveland will build a $250,000 wholesale lumber distribution plant at 127 West Ave., Youngstown, on the site of the U.S. Steel Corp.'s old Lower Union Mill.
Laurin D. Woodworth, general superintendent of the U.S. Steel Corp.'s Youngstown district plants, is elected president of the Youngstown Chamber of Commerce.
The combination of Ohio's new turnpike, the St. Lawrence Seaway and development of adequate fresh water supplies will bring Ohio into the next few decades of the greatest industrial boom the world has ever seen, Robert C. Hienton, a development expert, predicts while speaking in Youngstown.
November 24, 1929: Mahoning County officials estimate that $5.8 million will be spent by Youngstown, the county and the Mahoning Valley Sanitary District for the improvement of highways, extension of water mains, construction of new bridges and a new water supply.
An employee of a manufacturing establishment in Youngstown is paid about 30 percent more than similar workers in other parts of the country.
A campaign for $5,000 will be inaugurated at the Centenary M.E. Church for the purpose of eliminating the church's debt.