Today is Tuesday, Sept. 13, the 256th day of 2005. There are 109 days left in the year. On this date in 1788, the Congress of the Confederation authorizes the first national election, and declares New

Today is Tuesday, Sept. 13, the 256th day of 2005. There are 109 days left in the year. On this date in 1788, the Congress of the Confederation authorizes the first national election, and declares New York City the temporary national capital.
In 1759, during the final French and Indian War, the British defeat the French on the Plains of Abraham overlooking Quebec City. In 1803, Commodore John Barry, considered by many the father of the American Navy, dies in Philadelphia. In 1851, American medical pioneer Walter Reed is born in Gloucester County, Va. In 1943, Chiang Kai-shek becomes president of China. In 1948, Republican Margaret Chase Smith of Maine is elected to the U.S. Senate, becoming the first woman to serve in both houses of Congress. In 1949, the Ladies Professional Golf Association of America is formed in New York City, with Patty Berg as its first president. In 1971, a four-day inmates' rebellion at the Attica Correctional Facility in upstate New York ends as police and guards storm the prison; the ordeal and final assault claim 43 lives. In 1990, the combination police-courtroom drama "Law & amp; Order" premieres on NBC television. In 1993, at the White House, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO chairman Yasser Arafat shake hands after signing an accord granting limited Palestinian autonomy. In 1998, former Alabama Gov. George C. Wallace dies at age 79.
September 13, 1980: Vandals uproot one of the two bronze steel workers in the $150,000 Federal Plaza sculpture commemorating the Mahoning Valley's steel making heritage. Police found one of the life-size steel workers lying on the sidewalk near the massive sculpture.
Our Lady of Lourdes Parish in East Palestine observes its 100th anniversary with a Mass by Bishop James W. Malone of the Youngstown Catholic Diocese.
Arson investigators are inspecting what remains of a furniture warehouse that was destroyed in a $25,000 fire behind Van's Furniture, 197 High St. N.E., in Warren.
September 13, 1965: Twenty-five motorists are issued citations to appear before County Judge Edgar Diehm to answer charges that they hindered Boardman police and firemen by following an emergency vehicle too closely and with illegal parking at the scene of a minor fire on Hitchcock Road.
Authorities say about 400 bodies have been counted by law enforcement officers in flooded regions of the New Orleans area following Hurricane Betsy.
An overflow crowd of lawyers, judges and laymen attend the official opening of Mahoning County Common Pleas court, highlighted by a resounding tribute for retiring Judge David G. Jenkins, who gave brief remarks and received a two-minute standing ovation.
September 13, 1955: The city of Youngstown's insurance coverage is "totally inadequate" with only $569,830 worth of insurance in force, compared with recommended coverage of $2.9 million for city-owned buildings and contents, a survey shows.
Youngstown City Engineer James C. Ryan presents a plan to the Board of Control for enlarging concrete ramps at the Youngstown Municipal Airport at a cost of $120,000 with the federal government bearing half the cost.
City Building Inspector Robert L. Findlay gives tentative approval to plans for an extension to McCrory's Five & amp; Ten Cent Store that will include a downtown supermarket fronting on S. Phelps and W. Boardman Sts.
September 13, 1930: Robert Marsteller, 19, is dead and his brother, Jack, 18, is critically injured when the Argo biplane the younger brother was piloting drops into a tailspin during a stunt over Watson Airport and crashes into McKelvey Lake.
The will of Miss Ida Osborne leaves bequests estimated at $175,000 to 14 charities. Her homestead at 3034 Market St. was left to Central Christian Church with the understanding that a new church will eventually be built at the site.