Today is Wednesday, Sept. 14, the 257th day of 2005. There are 108 days left in the year. On this

Today is Wednesday, Sept. 14, the 257th day of 2005. There are 108 days left in the year. On this date in 1814, Francis Scott Key writes his poem "The Star-Spangled Banner" after witnessing the British bombardment of Fort McHenry in Maryland during the War of 1812.
In 1901, President McKinley dies in Buffalo, N.Y., of gunshot wounds inflicted by an assassin. Vice President Theodore Roosevelt succeeds him. In 1927, modern dance pioneer Isadora Duncan dies in Nice, France, when her scarf becomes entangled in a wheel of her sports car. In 1940, Congress passes the Selective Service Act, providing for the first peacetime draft in U.S. history. In 1959, the Soviet space probe Luna 2 becomes the first manmade object to reach the moon as it crashes onto the lunar surface. In 1965, the situation comedy "My Mother the Car" premieres on NBC-TV. In 1975, Pope Paul VI declares Mother Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton the first U.S.-born saint. In 1982, Princess Grace of Monaco, formerly actress Grace Kelly, dies at age 52 of injuries from a car crash the day before. In 1982, Lebanon's president-elect, Bashir Gemayel, are killed by a bomb. In 1985, Shiite Muslim kidnappers in Lebanon release the Rev. Benjamin Weir after holding him captive for 16 months. In 1985, the situation comedy "The Golden Girls" premieres on NBC.
September 14, 1980: An anticipated $400,000 deficiency in Youngstown's income tax collection means the general fund deficit will be $800,000, twice the amount discussed in recent weeks, says Tax Commissioner Dominic Conti.
The student population in Mercer County's 12 public school districts drops by 1,000, the largest single-year decline in more than a decade. Total enrollment is 22,826.
A stamp display entitled "Hawaii Postal History" wins Boardman resident W.C. Clatterbuck the MAVEX-80 Grand Award at the 34th annual Mahoning Valley Stamp Club exhibition and bourse.
September 14, 1965: The Ohio Board of Education allots $545,400 for the expansion of C.C. Choffin Vocational School in Youngstown. Plans call for a building parallel and east of the present Choffin Center at Wood and Walnut streets.
Robert E. Hagan, chairman of the Trumbull County commissioners, says the prime location of the 512-acre Lordstown Military Reservation makes it an ideal site for a tri-county airport.
Thousands more Army infantry men are expected to be shipped to Vietnam in a continuing build-up beyond the 125,000 troop level announced by President Johnson.
September 14, 1955: The fifth polio death in Youngstown hospitals of 1955 is recorded at St. Elizabeth Hospital, where Mrs. Dorothy Solomon, 30, of Salem, dies. The district has had 102 polio cases.
About 400 volunteers attend a kickoff dinner for a campaign to add 4,000 members to the rolls of the Youngstown YMCA.
A wildcat strike idles about 600 traffic and maintenance workers of the Ohio Bell Telephone Co. in Youngstown and Niles, disrupting long-distance communications for four hours.
September 14, 1930: For every 30 serious crimes -- killings, auto thefts, burglaries and stick-ups, knife fights -- reported in Youngstown, one man goes to the Ohio Penitentiary, reformatory or county jail. Police say inadequate criminal laws leave big loopholes through which criminals may crawl, especially those that hire good lawyers.
Walter Fleming, 25, of Oil City, Pa., well-known dirt-track driver, is killed when his racing car crashes through a fence at the New Castle Fair Grounds.
Youngstown Mayor Joseph L. Heffernan, who has been indisposed for some time and absent from his office for several days, is resting in St. Elizabeth Hospital. His condition is not considered serious.