Today is Wednesday, March 16, the 75th day of 2005. There are 290 days left in the year. On this

Today is Wednesday, March 16, the 75th day of 2005. There are 290 days left in the year. On this date in 1945, during World War II, Iwo Jima is declared secured by the Allies.
In 1802, Congress authorizes the establishment of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y. In 1850, Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel "The Scarlet Letter" is first published. In 1935, Adolf Hitler scraps the Treaty of Versailles. In 1968, during the Vietnam War, the My Lai Massacre is carried out by U.S. troops under the command of Lt. William L. Calley Jr. In 1978, Italian politician Aldo Moro is kidnapped by left-wing urban guerrillas, who later murder him. In 1984, William Buckley, the CIA station chief in Beirut, is kidnapped by gunmen; he dies in captivity. In 1985, Terry Anderson, chief Middle East correspondent for The Associated Press, is abducted in Beirut; he is released in December 1991.
March 16, 1980: A plan that envisions a transit center, a hotel, townhouses, apartments, parks and playgrounds for downtown Youngstown is being given a second look now that 1,75 miles of railroad track are being abandoned, opening up 19 acres of land between Westlake's Crossing and Rayen Avenue for development.
Conservative Moslem clergymen are winning control of Iran's parliament in the first round of balloting for the 270-member parliament. Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini says the parliament will decide when to free the 50 American hostages in Tehran.
March 16, 1965: The death of Greek Orthodox Bishop of Constantis, the Rt. Rev. Germanos, is announced by the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of North and South America. Bishop Germanos was the Rev. Germanos Liamandis, who was pastor of St. John's Greek Orthodox Church in Youngstown in the late 1940s.
A Columbiana County family of six dies in a fire at their home at West Point, about 7 miles northwest of East Liverpool. Dead are Jack and Linda Gbur and their four children, ranging in age from 5 months to 8 years old.
March 16, 1955: Dr. Howard W. Jones, president of Youngstown College, is honored by 700 Youngstown district industrial leaders for "distinguished service to the Mahoning Valley industrial region" by building the college into a top level education institution during his 24 years.
The mysterious removal of a gas line shut-off valve is blamed for a $10,000 explosion at the New York Quality Rye Baking Co., 1941 Glenwood Ave. Joseph Mann, a co-owner, is in fair condition in South Side Hospital with second degree burns suffered when he went to check on the leak.
March 16, 1930: Quick action by Youngstown firemen in extinguishing a blaze in a one-story brick storeroom at the rear of the Homer S. Williams Co. building prevents the flames from spreading to several big buildings in E. Boardman Street downtown.
Mahoning County Coroner M.E. Hayes is investigating the deaths of two men, Edward Kelly and W. C. Ramsey, both of 508 Albert St., who died within hours of each other. A jug found in the menus room may have contained poison liquor.