Today is Sunday, Oct. 10, the 284th day of 2004. There are 82 days left in the year. On his date in 1964, the 18th Summer Olympic Games open in Tokyo.

Today is Sunday, Oct. 10, the 284th day of 2004. There are 82 days left in the year. On his date in 1964, the 18th Summer Olympic Games open in Tokyo.
In 1845, the U.S. Naval Academy opens in Annapolis, Md. In 1935, George Gershwin's opera "Porgy and Bess" opens on Broadway. In 1938, Germany completes its annexation of Czechoslovakia's Sudetenland. In 1943, Chiang Kai-shek takes the oath of office as president of China. In 1970, Quebec Labor Minister Pierre Laporte is kidnapped by the Quebec Liberation Front, a militant separatist group. (Laporte's body is found about a week later.) In 1973, Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, accused of accepting bribes, pleads no contest to one count of federal income tax evasion, and resigns his office. In 1981, services are held in Cairo for Egyptian leader Anwar Sadat, who had been assassinated by Muslim extremists. In 1985, U.S. fighter jets force an Egyptian plane carrying the hijackers of the Italian cruise ship Achille Lauro to land in Italy, where the gunmen are taken into custody.
October 10, 1979: The earliest snowfall of the century surprises residents of suburban Washington, D.C., and some parts of West Virginia, which got a foot of snow.
Commuter Aircraft Corp. is bidding for a multi-million-dollar Pentagon contract to supply the U.S. Air Force Tactical Air Command with support aircraft.
About 85 employees of Borden Inc.'s Boardman processing plant strike the company, raising the possibility of spot milk shortages in area retail stores.
October 10, 1964: A bus assigned to the press covering Democratic vice presidential candidate Hubert Humphrey's trip through Western Pennsylvania crashes into a twin-engine airplane parked at the Youngstown Municipal Airport. Damage to the plane, owned by Alsam Inc. of Niles was $5,000. Damage to the Anderson Co. bus was $300.
A Canada goose has taken up residence long the banks of Lake Glacier in Mill Creek Park. Al Davies, park superintendent, says Canada geese are rare visitors here, and this one may have an injured leg or may be just resting for the long trip south.
October 10, 1954: A multi-million-dollar industrial boom is underway on Lake Erie, centered around Ashtabula, and is giving the area a new look.
A Vindicator straw poll shows Gov. Frank J. Lausche and Congressman Michael J. Kirwan are the likely winners of the November election, getting 70 percent of the vote.
Joseph Hale, 51, a veteran steel mill craneman, is killed when thrown from a small garden tractor into a tree while plowing a garden at his McKinley Heights home.
More than 600 librarians and library trustees from throughout Ohio will gather in Youngstown for a three-day conference on libraries and books. Clifton Fadiman, writer and TV entertainer will speak.
October 10, 1929: A crowd of more than 5,000 baseball fans fill Central Square to see the second game of the World Series reproduced on the Vindicator magnetic scoreboard, which was displayed on the balcony of the B.F. Keith Palace.
Members of the committee planning for the establishment of the Swanston home for boys will take at least a couple more months investigating similar institutions in various parts of the country before issuing a report. The committee was appointed to make its study and report back to Swanston trustees on the best method to establish a home for boys as stipulated in the Swanston will.
James Blair Compton, a candidate for 7th Ward councilman, alleges that five of Youngstown's seven councilman - the five who voted for a new franchise with the P.O. Power & amp; Light Co. -- are in the pocket of the company.
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