Today is Saturday, Oct. 2, the 276th day of 2004. There are 90 days left in the year. On this date

Today is Saturday, Oct. 2, the 276th day of 2004. There are 90 days left in the year. On this date in 1904, English writer Graham Greene is born in Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire.
In 1835, the first battle of the Texas Revolution takes place as American settlers defeat a Mexican cavalry near the Guadalupe River. In 1919, President Wilson suffers a stroke that leaves him partially paralyzed. In 1941, German armies begin Operation "Typhoon" -- an all-out drive against Moscow. In 1944, Nazi troops crush the two-month-old Warsaw Uprising, during which a quarter of a million people are killed. In 1950, the comic strip "Peanuts," created by Charles M. Schulz, is first published in nine newspapers. In 1958, the former French colony of Guinea in West Africa proclaims its independence. In 1967, Thurgood Marshall is sworn in as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court; he is the first black appointed to the nation's highest court. In 1984, Richard W. Miller becomes the first FBI agent to be arrested and charged with espionage. Miller was tried three times; he was sentenced to 20 years in prison, but was released after nine years.
October 2, 1979: The first major step in clearing the notorious Deerfield chemical dump, which poses a threat to Youngstown's drinking water, is taken when the Ohio Controlling Board approves $1.57 million for work at four such sites around the state.
Hubbard Mayor Arthur Magee says the city is looking at abandoned, flooded mines as a source of water that could provide up to 3 million gallons of water a day for the next 20 years.
The CASTLO project moves a step closer to success after Ohio Controlling Board approval of $2.8 million for the purchase and renovation of the former Youngstown Sheet & amp; Tube Co.'s Struthers Works.
October 2, 1964:A man injured slightly in a traffic accident in Columbiana County is electrocuted by a power line he stepped on, the Stark County coroner rules. The state highway patrol said Darrell Blatt, 21, lost control of his pickup truck on a curve on county Route 400 and hit a power line pole in a field.
A new hazard has arisen on the football field, the loss of contact lenses. A game between Youngstown University and Eastern Kentucky is halted for several minutes while team managers, officials and players dig through the grass in a vain search for a player's contact.
October 2, 1954: Atty. Clarence A. Covington Jr. is elected president of Youngstown Kiwanis Club, succeeding Henry "Pete" Johnson.
A 16-year-old Warren girl is in St. Joseph Hospital for treatment following a dope and drinking party after a football game between Warren and Cleveland Heights at Harding Stadium.
Gunfire drives off a group of juveniles from the Struthers home of Walter L. Brush, president of the West Side Merchants & amp; Civic Association. Both Brush and the principal of Chaney High School received telephone threats for their support of an investigation into recent school vandalism. Brush said when a car full of teen-agers pulled up in front of his home about midnight, he opened fire with a .38-caliber revolver.
October 2, 1929: Bootleg liquor that was dumped into city sanitary sewers crippled the Salem sewage disposal plant for several days by upsetting the bacterial balance that is necessary for the plant to operate.
Plans for construction by Mahoning County of a new $500,000 bridge at Cedar Street are approved by the War Department in Washington, which had held a hearing in Youngstown on plans to replace a bridge that has been condemned as unsafe.
Members of the Mahoning County Board of Elections award contracts for election supplies based on estimates that between 32,000 and 35,000 voters will be registered for the November election.