Today is Tuesday, Oct. 19, the 293rd day of 2004. There are 73 days left in the year. On this date

Today is Tuesday, Oct. 19, the 293rd day of 2004. There are 73 days left in the year. On this date in 1781, British troops under Lord Cornwallis surrender at Yorktown, Va., as the American Revolution nears its end.
In 1765, the Stamp Act Congress, meeting in New York, draws up a declaration of rights and liberties. In 1812, French forces under Napoleon Bonaparte begin their retreat from Moscow. In 1864, Confederate Gen. Jubal A. Early attacks Union forces at Cedar Creek, Va.; the Union troops are able to rally and defeat the Confederates. In 1944, the Navy announces that black women would be allowed into Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service (the WAVES). In 1944, the play "I Remember Mama," by John van Druten, opens at the Music Box Theater on Broadway. In 1950, United Nations forces enter the North Korean capital of Pyongyang. In 1951, President Truman signs an act formally ending the state of war with Germany. In 1960, the United States imposes an embargo on exports to Cuba covering all commodities except medical supplies and certain food products. In 1977, the supersonic Concorde makes its first landing in New York City. In 1987, the stock market crashes as the Dow Jones Industrial Average plunges 508 points, or 22.6 percent in value.
October 19, 1979: Wean United Inc. books a multi-million-dollar order for steel-plant rolling mill equipment for Taiwan that Wean believes will help stabilize employment in its Youngstown, Warren and Pittsburgh area plants.
Construction of a $10 million Packard Electric Division assembly plant in Cortland could begin by month's end following a zoning change approved by Village Council.
Edward Hodge, director of personnel and public relations at General Motors Packard Electric Division, is named director of personnel for GM Espana in Sargossa, Spain.
Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini, three-time Golden Gloves champion, in his first professional fight, knocks out Phil Bowen of Cincinnati in 1 minute, 59 seconds of the first round at the Struthers Fieldhouse.
October 19, 1964: David J. McDonald of the United Steel Workers of America, says during a speech in Youngstown that the proposed lake to river canal must be built soon if Youngstown is to remain competitive in the steel business.
The Republican Party demands free, equal time on the three major networks to answer President Lyndon Johnson's radio-television address on the new Soviet government and Red China's explosion of a nuclear device.
October 19, 1954: Two Youngstown councilmen express strong opposition to any salary reduction for city employees and two others say they would consider such action only as a last resort. The councilmen were reacting to remarks by Mayor Frank X. Kryzan at a church service sponsored by city firemen.
Maj. Gen. Samuel D. Sturgis Jr., chief of Army Engineers, says flood control works such as Berlin and Mosquito reservoirs probably prevented one of history's worst floods. Damage in the Ohio Valley was estimated at $16 million, but Gen. Sturgis says that without the dams, losses would have been $120 million higher.
October 19, 1929: One man is killed and two others injured when part of the ceiling in an abandoned theater building in which they were working at 1043 Wilson Ave. collapses, burying the men. Dead is Charles Magen, 28, who intended to open a fruit market in the building.
Operations of the Youngstown Steel Car Door Co. are expected to begin Nov. 1, a company official says, with about 300 men reporting, many of them having moved to Youngstown from Cleveland to take the jobs.
Large crowds of former students attend the dedication service of Old Main Hall at Westminster College in New Wilmington, Pa. The Rev. W. Carson Press, pastor for 17 years of the Evergreen Presbyterian Church of Youngstown, is given the degree of doctor of divinity.