Today is Tuesday, Oct. 26, the 300th day of 2004. There are 66 days left in the year. On this date

Today is Tuesday, Oct. 26, the 300th day of 2004. There are 66 days left in the year. On this date in 1881, the "Gunfight at the OK Corral" takes place in Tombstone, Ariz., as Wyatt Earp, his two brothers and "Doc" Holliday confront Ike Clanton's gang. Three members of Clanton's gang are killed; Earp's brothers are wounded.
In 1774, the First Continental Congress adjourns in Philadelphia. In 1825, the Erie Canal opens in upstate New York, connecting Lake Erie and the Hudson River. In 1942, the U.S. ship Hornet is sunk in the Battle of Santa Cruz Islands during World War II. In 1957, the Soviet Union announces that defense minister Marshal Georgi Zhukov has been relieved of his duties. In 1958, Pan American Airways flies its first Boeing 707 jetliner from New York to Paris in eight hours and 41 minutes. In 1967, the Shah of Iran crowns himself and his queen after 26 years on the Peacock Throne. In 1972, national security adviser Henry Kissinger declares, "Peace is at hand" in Vietnam. In 1977, the experimental space shuttle Enterprise glides to a bumpy but successful landing at Edwards Air Force Base in California. In 1979, South Korean President Park Chung-hee is shot to death by the head of the Korean Central Intelligence Agency, Kim Jae-kyu. In 1984, "Baby Fae," a newborn with a severe heart defect, is given the heart of a baboon in an experimental transplant in Loma Linda, Calif. (Baby Fae lives 21 days with the animal heart.)
October 26, 1979: The Budweiser Hot Air Balloon is tethered on the campus of Youngstown State University for the weekend's homecoming activities. The 68-foot-tall, red-white-and-blue balloon will fly over the Austintown Fitch Stadium for the YSU-Western Illinois football game.
Pushed by higher prices for food, fuel and housing, consumer prices increase 1.1 percent in September, and an annual rate of 13 percent, according to government reports.
Fire guts a neighborhood grocery store at Glenwood Avenue and Breaden Street after firefighters lost their way for about 20 minutes after being told to go to the wrong address by a caller reporting the fire. Norman Esmail, part owner of the store, estimates the loss at $70,000.
October 26, 1964: The block-long J.J. Dean Co. wholesale grocery warehouse in downtown New Castle is gutted by flames, the second major fire in the Youngstown district in a week.
Nearly a week of dry weather combined with tinder-dry grass and leaves contribute to 15 grass fires in Youngstown, keeping firemen busy all day.
The cornerstone for the new Bethlehem Church is laid in the presence of the congregation following services in the old church. The new structure will be at 388 E. Midlothian Ave., a block from the old church.
October 26, 1954: Another unexplained bomb blast, the fifth in Youngstown in 1954, wrecks the front entrance to a small confectionery store in McGuffey Road. The owner, Emideo DiFrangia, says he has no idea why his store was singled out,
The rebuilt Market Street Bridge is hailed as a monument to cooperative efforts of the city, county, state and federal agencies during ceremonies officially dedicating the reopened span.
More than 1,000 volunteers from every walk of life join in launching the Community Chest campaign, which has a goal of $825,000.
October 26, 1929: Two Youngstown boys, Raymond Boswell, 11, and Norman Norton, 10, are rescued by Raymond's father after wandering for three hours through the inky blackness, mud and ooze of the abandoned Smith-Powers coal mine in a ravine near Powers Way.
Judge Frank L. Baldwin of juvenile court joins the drive to halt traffic accidents with a warning that parents who permit children under 16 to operate automobiles will be charged with contributing to the delinquency of their children.
John Weatherstone of Toronto, Ont., is suing the Walkerville Brewery for $2,000, claiming he has lost his taste for beer after finding a piece of rubber in a bottle of beer.