Today is Sunday, Oct. 3, the 277th day of 2004. There are 89 days left in the year. On this date in 1863, President Lincoln declares the last Thursday in November Thanksgiving Day.

Today is Sunday, Oct. 3, the 277th day of 2004. There are 89 days left in the year. On this date in 1863, President Lincoln declares the last Thursday in November Thanksgiving Day.
In 1226, St. Francis of Assisi, founder of the Franciscan order, dies; he is canonized in 1228. In 1929, the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes formally changes its name to the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. In 1941, Adolf Hitler declares in a speech in Berlin that Russia has been "broken" and would "never rise again." In 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt establishes the Office of Economic Stabilization. In 1944, during World War II, U.S. troops crack the Siegfried Line north of Aachen, Germany. In 1951, the New York Giants capture the National League pennant in game three by a score of 5 to 4 as third baseman Bobby Thomson hits a three-run homer off the Brooklyn Dodgers' Ralph Branca in the "shot heard 'round the world." In 1952, the situation comedy "Our Miss Brooks," formerly a radio show, premieres on CBS-TV with Eve Arden again in the title role.In 1981, Irish nationalists at the Maze Prison near Belfast, Northern Ireland, end seven months of hunger strikes that had claimed 10 lives. In 1990, West Germany and East Germany end 45 years of postwar division, declaring the creation of a new unified country.
October 3, 1979: United Airlines, the last major commercial airline serving Youngstown, wants to cancel all eastbound flights from the city. The flights go to Pittsburgh, Washington and New York City. Flights to Chicago and points west would be retained.
Youngstown Mayor J. Phillip Richley, pleased by his quick recovery from a mild heart attack, checks out of a Washington, D.C., hospital and returns home.
Gov. James A. Rhodes' massive $775 million capital improvements bill has stirred up a beehive in the Ohio Legislature. Members are being besieged with phone calls from constituents wanting to add projects. Meanwhile, the Senate is threatening to cut more than $100 million from the plan.
October 3, 1964: The New York Yankees clinch the American League title with an 8-3 victory over the Cleveland Indians. It's the Yankees' fifth straight league title and the 29th in the franchise's history.
The Rev. Samuel C. Sharp, executive secretary of the Youngstown Area Council of Churches, is confirmed as an alternate delegate-observer at the second Vatican Council in Rome. He will be filling posts assigned to the World Council of Churches.
October 3, 1954: Columbiana County health officers order the United Local School at Newgarden closed for seven days after three new cases of polio are admitted from the district to St. Elizabeth Hospital.
Seven uniformed Youngstown patrolmen, acting on their own, raid the Marwood Athletic Club on Market Street, long reported to be one of the city's biggest gaming centers. They seized hundreds of gambling slips and arrested the operator.
Dr. Howard W. Jones, president of Youngstown College, announces seven new full-time appointments to the faculty. They are: Dr. David Behan and Dr. Vern L. Bullough, both history; Dr. Fred H. Glenny, biology; Dr. Kelsie B. Harder and Mrs. Kelsie Harder, English; Frank A. O'Connor, business administration, and Mrs. Edward Reilly, head nurse and instructor in health and biology.
October 3, 1929: Surrounded by a posse of farmers with shotguns, two Niles youths are caught in the Montgomery gasoline station at Lordstown by Trumbull County Sheriff Rischer and Deputy Forkin. R.F. Montgomery, owner of the station, discovered the break-in and shouted for help. Within minutes armed neighbors responded.
A 9-year-old Campbell boy tells police that Aurel Todiusa, 10, whose body was found in an abandoned tile factory, shot himself accidentally while trying to load a revolver he took from his home. The boys were playing with the gun after going to a Wild West picture show.
Joseph Maria, 14, of Summitville, dies of a heart ailment after collapsing during a wrestling match at Salinesville High School.
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