Today is Friday, March 18, the 77th day of 2005. There are 288 days left in the year. On this date

Today is Friday, March 18, the 77th day of 2005. There are 288 days left in the year. On this date in 1965, the first spacewalk takes place as Soviet cosmonaut Aleksei Leonov leaves his "Voskhod 2" capsule, secured by a tether.
In 1766, Britain repeals the Stamp Act. In 1837, the 22nd and 24th president of the United States, Grover Cleveland, is born in Caldwell, N.J. In 1922, Mohandas K. Gandhi is sentenced in India to six years' imprisonment for civil disobedience. He is released after serving two years. In 1931, Schick Inc. markets the first electric razor. In 1937, more than 400 people, mostly children, are killed in a gas explosion at a school in New London, Texas. In 1940, Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini meet at the Brenner Pass, where the Italian dictator agrees to join Germany's war against France and Britain. In 1959, President Eisenhower signs the Hawaii statehood bill. In 1962, France and Algerian rebels agree to a truce. In 1974, most of the Arab oil-producing nations end their embargo against the United States. In 1979, Iranian authorities detain American feminist Kate Millett, a day before deporting her and a companion for what are termed "provocations."
March 18, 1980: Niles city officials give Girard an ultimatum: sign an agreement for water service or find a new water supplier.
U.S. Steel had decided by May 1979 not to reinvest in the Youngstown Works blast furnace, even though the mills in Youngstown showed a larger profit in the first three months of that year than during most of the 10 previous years, William Roesch, U.S. Steel president, testifies during a hearing in federal court in Youngstown.
The Jackson-Milton Board of Education, facing the threat of a suit by the American Civil Liberties Union, lifts its ban on seven books in the school library. The books, which include "Catcher in the Rye" and "Up the Down Staircase," will be available to students whose parents sign authorization forms.
March 18, 1965: A record number of entries will be on display in the Mahoning-Shenango Kennel Club's 27th annual dog show at the Idora Park ballroom.
Amos Alonzo Stagg, the grand old man of football, an athlete, coach and leader of men, dies in Stockton, Calif., at the age of 102. He was the first football coach at the University of Chicago, where he served for 41 years until retiring at 70. He continued to coach on the West Coast until failing eyesight forced his retirement at 98.
March 18, 1955: Trustees of the Mahoning Tuberculosis Sanatorium ask the Mahoning County commissioners to place renewal of the .65-mill five-year operating levy on the November ballot.
One downtown merchant claims business went up by 20 percent after the city dropped its 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. parking ban.
Icy highways in the Youngstown district cause six traffic accidents, including a spectacular two-truck mishap in Route 224 near Starrs Corners.
Temple McAllister of Warren, operator of dairy stores in the area, said homogenized milk in his stores will be reduced 3 cents per half gallon, to a price of 30 cents, and from 17 cents to 16 cents for a quart.
March 18, 1930: As a memorial to the late Sam Warner, the Warner Brothers will give Youngstown -- their hometown -- one of the most elaborate and ornate theaters in the United States. Specifications filed with the city building department show a theater seating 3,000, which will cost more than $1 million to construct.
Judge R.L. Hildebrand overrides a motion by defense lawyers for Irene Shrader that she be found innocent by reason of temporary insanity in the death of state trooper Brady Paul near New Castle. She is expected to take the stand in her own defense.
Sen. Wagner of New York tells his colleagues that regardless of what they may have been hearing, the unemployment situation in the nation is serious and he believes a survey being prepared by the Census Bureau will bear that out.