Today is Sunday, Nov. 20, the 324th day of 2005. There are 41 days left in the year. On this date in

Today is Sunday, Nov. 20, the 324th day of 2005. There are 41 days left in the year. On this date in 1947, Britain's future queen, Princess Elizabeth, marries Philip Mountbatten, Duke of Edinburgh, in a ceremony broadcast worldwide from Westminster Abbey.
In 1789, New Jersey becomes the first state to ratify the Bill of Rights. In 1910, revolution breaks out in Mexico, led by Francisco I. Madero. In 1925, Robert F. Kennedy is born in Brookline, Mass. In 1929, the radio program "The Rise of the Goldbergs" debuts on the NBC Blue Network. In 1943, during World War II, U.S. Marines begin landing on Tarawa and Makin atolls in the Gilbert Islands, encountering fierce resistance from Japanese forces but emerge victorious three days later. In 1945, 24 Nazi leaders go on trial before an international war crimes tribunal in Nuremberg, Germany. In 1959, the United Nations issues its "Declaration of the Rights of the Child." In 1967, the Census Clock at the Commerce Department ticks past 200 million. In 1975, after nearly four decades of absolute rule, Spain's General Francisco Franco dies, two weeks before his 83rd birthday. In 1980, faced with disastrous reviews from New York critics, United Artists announces it is withdrawing its $36 million movie "Heaven's Gate" for re-editing.
November 20, 1980: Niles income tax revenues for 1980 will be between $40,000 and $60,000 short of the projected $1.7 million, forcing officials to make only emergency expenditures until the end of the year.
Republican Marc L. Marks retains his seat in the 24th Congressional District, defeating Democratic challenger David C. DiCarlo of Erie by just 120 votes out of more than 174,000 votes cast.
Poland Police Chief Lee Goodin tells township trustees that his department is making the best of what its got -- which is three cruisers, all out of commission, two with breakdowns and one with damage from an accident.
Several hundred wild whistling swans stop at Meander Reservoir for a stopover on the way from their summer home in the Arctic Circle to their winter home on the shores of the Chesapeake.
November 20, 1965: Youngstown community organizations wishing to mail Christmas packages to American servicemen fighting in Vietnam may do so as a result of a limited airlift announced by the Defense Department.
Youngstown and eight other municipalities and 31 regional industries have been asked to submit comments on recent federal orders that they expand waste treatment facilities to end pollution of the Mahoning River.
Amish girls in bonnets and boys in flat hats are rounded up and hauled to a public school in Iowa as their parents stand by in tears. Buchanan County Atty. Harlan Lemon ordered the round up in compliance with Iowa's compulsory attendance law.
The FBI arrests three Youngstown auto salesmen at their homes while agents in four other states are nabbing 12 other persons in connection with a nationwide car-theft ring.
November 20 1955: Farrell, a heavily industrialized city of 15,000, the second largest municipality in Mercer County, enters the last half of its sixth decade with a spirit of confidence in the future.
The $12 million Lincoln Knolls housing development, called the largest planned community in Youngstown, formally opens, despite snow and slush that made visiting the completed homes difficult.
The Federal Reserve Bank Board's action in raising the rediscount rate of Federal Reserve Banks from 21/4 to 21/2 percent will have a stabilizing effect on business generally, Youngstown bankers indicate.
Advertisement: Gene's Frosted Whip Restaurant, 6742 Market St.: steak dinners, $1.09; shrimp dinners, 99 cents; world's largest banana split with all the trimmings, 59 cents.
November 20, 1930: Youngstown Mayor Joseph Heffernan vetoes an ordinance passed by City Council giving the Ohio Water Service Co. permission to install water mains under certain city streets. Heffernan says the company wants to sell water to certain industries, which would remove revenue from the Meander water system and increase costs for Youngstown residents.
Two Campbell men are in St. Elizabeth Hospital near death and five others are held in Campbell city jail after a shoot-out with bandits at a Jefferson St. home.
Declaring that the present Ohio form of county government is "wasteful, uneconomic and archaic," the Chamber of Commerce tax committee urges the legislature to enact a law merging the auditor's treasurers and recorders offices into a county finance department.
Delinquent taxes in Mahoning County increased by nearly $1 million to 8 percent of the total taxes levied, the county auditor's office reports.
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