Today is Thursday, Oct. 20, the 293rd day of 2005. There are 72 days left in the year. On this date

Today is Thursday, Oct. 20, the 293rd day of 2005. There are 72 days left in the year. On this date in 1944, during World War II, Gen. Douglas MacArthur steps ashore at Leyte in the Philippines, 21/2 years after he'd said, "I shall return."
In 1803, the U.S. Senate ratifies the Louisiana Purchase. In 1892, the city of Chicago dedicates the World's Columbian Exposition. In 1903, a joint commission rules in favor of the United States in a boundary dispute between the District of Alaska and Canada. In 1944, the Yugoslav cities of Belgrade and Dubrovnik are liberated during World War II. In 1947, the House Un-American Activities Committee opens hearings into alleged Communist influence and infiltration within the American motion picture industry. In 1964, the 31st president of the United States, Herbert Hoover, dies in New York at age 90. In 1967, seven men are convicted in Meridian, Miss., of violating the civil rights of three murdered civil rights workers. In 1968, former first lady Jacqueline Kennedy marries Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis. In 1973, in the so-called "Saturday Night Massacre," special Watergate prosecutor Archibald Cox is dismissed and Attorney General Elliot L. Richardson and Deputy Attorney General William B. Ruckelshaus resign. In 1979, the John F. Kennedy Library is dedicated in Boston. In 1995, France, the United States and Britain announce a treaty banning atomic blasts in the South Pacific -- but only after France finishes testing there the following year.
October 20, 1980: A crowd of 2,000 greets President Carter as he arrives in downtown Youngstown for a Town Hall meeting at WFMJ-TV.
A Republican Party "Truth Squad" led by U.S. Sen. John G. Tower of Texas and Pennsylvania Gov. Richard Thornburgh arrives at Youngstown Municipal Airport, where Tower says President Carter "is not running on his record, he is running away from it."
Angered by actions and comments of supporters of the 16 Boardman teachers jailed over the weekend for violating his court orders during a six-week strike, Common Pleas Judge Clyde W. Osborne says talks aimed at reducing the jail sentences and fines are off.
October 20, 1965: "Youngstown has cheat spots, procurers and gambling through poor law enforcement," George L. Stowe, Republican candidate for mayor, tells the Mahoning County Republican Women's Club.
Using Roman Catholic nuns as teachers and segregating students by religion is legal in Ohio Public schools, a common pleas judge in Celina rules. However, the judge said, it is illegal to allow religious instruction during school hours.
A two-day strike by 245 drivers of Teamsters Local 377 against Food Haul Inc. of Salem, which supplies meat to some 300 A & amp;P stores in Ohio and Pennsylvania, ends with an agreement providing a 28-cent-an-hour wage boost.
October 20, 1955: An open house for senior students in city high schools is held at Stambaugh Nurses Home, South Side Hospital, which is part of the annual drive for students at the Youngstown Hospital Association School of Nursing.
A privately owned truck under contract to Daniels Motor Freight of Warren races nine miles out of control on U.S. 40 down a Maryland mountain before crashing into a car on the outskirts of Cumberland, killing five people.
Three dredge barges are working in Ashtabula Harbor, deepening shipping lanes for ocean ships, Ohio's first physical participation in the opening of the St. Lawrence Seaway.
October 20, 1930: Closing arguments begin in the Youngstown Sheet & amp; Tube-Bethlehem Steel merger trial with Luther Day, lawyer for the opponents, depicting James A Campbell, Sheet & amp; Tube chairman, as a man who was tired and easily led by Eugene Grace, president of Bethlehem, during negotiations.
Delegates from every county in Ohio are arriving at the convention of the Women's Christian Temperance Union in Youngstown, where they will discuss the need to oppose repeal of prohibition.
A fierce wind from the west sweeps into Youngstown, bringing real winter weather, with temperatures dropping to 21 degrees. Snow flakes are in the air and there's a coating of ice on area ponds.