Today is Saturday, Sept. 18, the 262nd day of 2004. There are 104 days left in the year. On this date in 1947, the National Security Act, which unified the Army, Navy and newly formed Air Force into a

Today is Saturday, Sept. 18, the 262nd day of 2004. There are 104 days left in the year. On this date in 1947, the National Security Act, which unified the Army, Navy and newly formed Air Force into a National Military Establishment, goes into effect.
In 1759, the French formally surrender Quebec to the British. In 1793, President Washington lays the cornerstone of the U.S. Capitol. In 1810, Chile declares its independence from Spain. In 1850, Congress passes the Fugitive Slave Act, which allows slaveowners to reclaim slaves who had escaped to other states. In 1851, the first edition of The New York Times is published. In 1927, the Columbia Phonograph Broadcasting System (later CBS) makes its debut with a network of 16 radio stations. In 1961, U.N. Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjold is killed in a plane crash in northern Rhodesia. In 1963, "The Patty Duke Show" premieres on ABC. In 1970, rock star Jimi Hendrix dies in London at age 27. In 1975, newspaper heiress Patricia Hearst is captured by the FBI in San Francisco, 19 months after being kidnapped by the Symbionese Liberation Army. In 1994, Haiti's military leaders agrees to an Oct. 15 departure deadline, thereby averting a U.S.-led invasion to force them from power; Tennis star Vitas Gerulaitis, 40, is found dead in the guest cottage of a friend's home in Southampton, N.Y., of accidental carbon monoxide poisoning. In 1999, Sammy Sosa of the Chicago Cubs becomes the first player in major league baseball history to reach 60 homers twice; Heather Renee French of Kentucky is crowned Miss America.
In 1759, the French formally surrender Quebec to the British. In 1793, President Washington lays the cornerstone of the U.S. Capitol. In 1810, Chile declares its independence from Spain. In 1850, Congress passes the Fugitive Slave Act, which allows slaveowners to reclaim slaves who had escaped to other states. In 1851, the first edition of The New York Times is published. In 1927, the Columbia Phonograph Broadcasting System (later CBS) makes its debut with a network of 16 radio stations. In 1961, U.N. Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjold is killed in a plane crash in northern Rhodesia. In 1963, "The Patty Duke Show" premieres on ABC. In 1970, rock star Jimi Hendrix dies in London at age 27. In 1975, newspaper heiress Patricia Hearst is captured by the FBI in San Francisco, 19 months after being kidnapped by the Symbionese Liberation Army. In 1994, Haiti's military leaders agrees to an Oct. 15 departure deadline, thereby averting a U.S.-led invasion to force them from power; Tennis star Vitas Gerulaitis, 40, is found dead in the guest cottage of a friend's home in Southampton, N.Y., of accidental carbon monoxide poisoning. In 1999, Sammy Sosa of the Chicago Cubs becomes the first player in major league baseball history to reach 60 homers twice; Heather Renee French of Kentucky is crowned Miss America.
Frank Behne of Kinsman is in fair condition in Greenville Hospital after his experimental, homemade plane crashes near Greenville Airport.
Two atheists who claim that Pope John Paul II's visit to the United States is a political move by the Roman Catholic Church file suit to block a papal Mass from being held on public land in Washington, D.C. The suit was filed by Madalyn Murray O'Hair and her son, John Garth Murray.
September 18, 1964: Ohio Republicans wind up their one-day state convention in Ohio with a round of speeches, including those of William E. Miller, the vice presidential candidate, and Barry Goldwater Jr., son of the presidential candidate, and with a determination to see Ohio vote Republican in the presidential race.
John P. Roche, president of the American Iron and Steel Institute, will address the 17th annual meeting of the Industrial Information Institute at the Voyager Motor Inn in Youngstown.
September 18, 1954: About 7,000 delegates to the 30th annual convention of the Ohio State Grotto Association arrive in Youngstown with welcoming addresses by Mayor Frank X. Kryzan and Police Chief Paul H. Cress.
Reacting to a call for a crackdown on gambling in the city by Jack Sulligan, chairman of the Mahoning County Democratic Party, Youngstown Mayor Frank S. Kryzan says he will not hesitate to shake up the vice squad if gambling arrests are not forthcoming.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers establishes an office in the Stratton Town Hall near Wellsville to begin negotiations for land for construction of a $40 million super-dam on the Ohio River.
September 18, 1929: The Youngstown Planning Commission will formulate a major public improvements program to cover a 10-year period, especially in the areas of new bridges, the widening and extension of streets and parks and recreation facilities.
In hopes of securing sufficient money to complete the Meander Dam project, Fred A. Labell, director of the Mahoning Valley Sanitary District, says every effort will be made to sell $4.3 million in additional bonds.
Youngstown Traction Commissioner Harry Engle announces the purchase of 13 new 48-passenger street cars for use on the Campbell-Mosier line at a cost of $221,000. The purchase follows closely that of 10 new buses, which will be put into service on the South Avenue and Hudson Drive lines.
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