Today is Sunday, Sept. 19, the 263rd day of 2004. There are 103 days left in the year. On this date

Today is Sunday, Sept. 19, the 263rd day of 2004. There are 103 days left in the year. On this date in 1777, during the Revolutionary War, American soldiers win the first Battle of Saratoga.
In 1796, President Washington's farewell address is published. In 1881, the 20th president of the United States, James A. Garfield, dies of wounds inflicted by an assassin. In 1934, Bruno Hauptmann is arrested in New York and charged with the kidnap-murder of the Lindbergh infant. In 1945, Nazi propagandist William Joyce, known as "Lord Haw-Haw," is sentenced to death by a British court. In 1955, President Juan Peron of Argentina is ousted after a revolt by the army and navy. In 1957, the United States conducts its first underground nuclear test, in the Nevada desert. In 1959, Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev reacts angrily during a visit to Los Angeles upon being told that, for security reasons, he wouldn't be allowed to visit Disneyland. In 1960, Cuban leader Fidel Castro, in New York to visit the United Nations, angrily checks out of the Shelburne Hotel in a dispute with the management. In 1984, Britain and China complete a draft agreement on transferring Hong Kong from British to Chinese rule by 1997. In 1985, the Mexico City area is struck by the first of two devastating quakes that claims some 6,000 lives.
September 19, 1979: Commuter Aircraft Corp.'s plan to build an $86 million assembly plant adjacent to Youngstown Municipal Airport depends on local tax abatement, the firm's financier says.
Synergy Systems Management Corp. of Coral Gables, Fla., signs a letter of intent to buy and operate the Ohio Edison Co.'s North Avenue steam plant, the major supplier of heat for downtown buildings.
Socrates Kolitsos, president of the Youngstown Board of Education, is ruled off the ballot by a unanimous vote of the Mahoning County Board of Elections after it found that Kolitsos is not a resident of 375 Park Ave., the address listed on his petition forms.
September 19, 1964: A truck driver is killed when his semi-trailer rig smashes into the home of Homer Schaeffer at Routes 165 and 46, knocking the six-room house off its foundation and demolishing one wall.
Three extra performances of the seven-character musical, "Riverwind," will be presented at the Youngstown Playhouse in response to audience demand.
September 19, 1954: The Cleveland Indians end three long years of bitter second-place finishes by clinching the American League championship on a pair of dramatic home runs by Dale Mitchell and Jim Hegan, to beat the Tigers 3-2 in Detroit.
A sudden downpour of rain cancels the parade of 7,000 marchers of the Ohio State Grotto Association, which wound up its 30th annual convention the Hotel Pick-Ohio.
The Air Force announces it has awarded a contract for more than $100 million to North American Aviation in Columbus, Ohio, for construction of the F-100 Super Sabre jet fighter, the Air Force's first supersonic fighter plane.
September 19, 1929: General Fireproofing Co. earns $686,000 after all charges and taxes in the first eight months of the year, an increase of 56 percent over the same period a year earlier. "Business is excellent and our fall prospects are better than a year ago," says W.H. Foster, chairman of the company.
Mike Goodren, 75, a truck driver and patriarch of Alliance's largest family, dies suddenly. Goodren had 23 children by his first wife and one by his second wife. His second wife is also the mother of nine other children, giving the family 33 children in total.
Directors of National City Bank in New York, the largest bank in America, and the Corn Exchange Bank Trust Co., which operates the most extensive branch banking system in New York City, announce a merger, giving the combined bank resources of $2.3 billion.
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