Today is Thursday, Nov. 3, the 307th day of 2005. There are 58 days left in the year. On this date

Today is Thursday, Nov. 3, the 307th day of 2005. There are 58 days left in the year. On this date in 1900, the first automobile show in the United States opens at New York's Madison Square Garden under the auspices of the Automobile Club of America.
In 1868, Republican Ulysses S. Grant wins the presidential election over Democrat Horatio Seymour. In 1896, Republican William McKinley defeats Democrat William Jennings Bryan for the presidency. In 1908, Republican William Howard Taft is elected president, outpolling William Jennings Bryan. In 1936, President Roosevelt wins a landslide election victory over Republican challenger Alfred M. "Alf" Landon. In 1957, the Soviet Union launches Sputnik II, the second manmade satellite, into orbit; on board is a dog named "Laika" who is sacrificed in the experiment. In 1964, President Johnson soundly defeats Republican challenger Barry Goldwater to win a White House term in his own right. In 1979, five radicals are killed when gunfire erupts during an anti-Ku Klux Klan demonstration in Greensboro, N.C., after a caravan of Klansmen and neo-Nazis had driven into the area. In 1992, Bill Clinton is elected the 42nd president of the United States, defeating President Bush. In Illinois, Democrat Carol Moseley-Braun becomes the first black woman elected to the U.S. Senate.
November 3, 1980: Seven people, including four juveniles, will be charged in the shooting of Veronica Vaughn, an Ursuline High School freshman who was killed by a bullet fired from a passing car on Youngstown's North Side.
The 366th American flag is raised at Hillcrest Memorial Park in Hermitage, marking a full year of captivity for 52 American hostages in Iran.
November 3, 1965: Atty. Joseph Donofrio, former Youngstown prosecutor under mayor Anthony B. Flask, is elected municipal court judge, defeating the incumbent, Don L. Hanni, who had the endorsement of the Mahoning County Bar Association.
Youngstown School District's 6.7 mill levy receives renewal for t10 years, getting nearly 60 percent of the votes case.
There's a new face on Youngstown City Council, its lone Republican, Jack C. Hunter, who defeated Atty. Lawrence Cregan in the 5th Ward.
November 3, 1955: Roy A. McAndrews, former Youngstowner who amassed a fortune in the Holland Furnace Co. and other business ventures, including the fabulous jai alai fronton at Dania, Fla., is charged by Uncle Same with failing to pay $112,628 in income taxes from 1945 through 1948.
The Community Telecasting Co. of Farrell, Pa., is granted a Federal Communications Commission permit to construct and operate a television station in Youngstown on Channel 73. Sanford A. Schafitz, owner of WFAR radio in Farrell and Guy Gully, a Farrell banker, will own Youngstown's third television station.
November 3, 1930: A dispute over a $5 bet on a number results in a shoot-out between the bettor and the bug man in Girard. Fred Seale, 24, the bugman, is in St. Elizabeth Hospital with a serious wound. George Bigley, 55, was shot in the thigh.
An army of between 50,000 and 60,000 voters is expected to descend on Mahoning County polling places; Ohio is expected a record turnout of 2 million.