Today is Saturday, May 10, the 130th day of 2003. There are 235 days left in the year. On this date

Today is Saturday, May 10, the 130th day of 2003. There are 235 days left in the year. On this date in 1869, a golden spike is driven at Promontory, Utah, marking the completion of the first transcontinental railroad in the United States.
In 1774, Louis XVI ascends the throne of France. In 1775, Ethan Allen and his Green Mountain Boys capture the British-held fortress at Ticonderoga, N.Y. In 1865, Union forces capture Confederate President Jefferson Davis in Irwinville, Georgia. In 1899, movie musical star Fred Astaire is born in Omaha, Neb. In 1924, J. Edgar Hoover is given the job of FBI director. In 1933, the Nazis stage massive public book burnings in Germany. In 1940, British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain resigns, and Winston Churchill forms a new government.In 1978, Britain's Princess Margaret and the Earl of Snowdon announce they are divorcing after 18 years of marriage.
May 10, 1978: The Committee of 100, a group of prominent business, labor and civic leaders from Mahoning and Trumbull counties, forms to support the work of the Ecumenical Coalition of the Mahoning Valley.
The U.S. Postal Service says it is losing $25 million to $75 million a year because people reuse canceled stamps from mail they receive. The high number of uncanceled stamps is attributed to mechanized mail handling adopted in recent years by the post office. Reusing stamps is a violation of federal law.
The Warren Board of Education names a commission that will recommend a plan for desegregating the school district.
May 10, 1963: Soaring temperatures send four Niles youngsters to a pond near Morain Coating on Salt Spring Road, where two of the children, John Strah, 9, and his sister, Mary, 10, drown. Two younger sisters who stayed at the water's edge said neither John nor Mary was a strong swimmer and that while the day was warm, the water was very cold.
Youngstown district steel mill operations advance another point or so, to about 79 percent of capacity, with 12 blast furnaces, 49 open hearths, a Bessemer plant and a basic oxygen converter making iron and steel.
Word is received from Nepal that James W. Whittaker of Redmond, Wash., became the first American to reach the top of Mount Everest, doing so on May 1.
Two investigator from the U.S. Department of Labor arrive in Youngstown to probe the January election of Teamsters Local 377. Harry Altman, a defeated candidate for recording secretary, filed a complaint alleging a number of irregularities and requesting a new election.
May 10, 1953: Marine Pfc. Joseph M. Lamberto, son of Mrs. Adeline Frazzinni, is awarded the bonze star with combat V for heroism with units of the First Marine Division in Korea.
More than 50 Jewish religious and ritual objects, dating back as far as 400 years, are on display at the Butler Art Institute. The objects were brought to Youngstown by Anshe Emeth Temple congregation in conjunction with the fifth anniversary of the Jewish Museum at the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York City.
Mary Ann McKee of New Castle is elected May Queen by her classmates at Westminster College. Her aunt, Mary McKee, was May Queen at the college in 1910. Members of her court are Peggy Jones, Carol Shiels, Peggy Geuther, Jeannine Spangler, Mary Armstrong and Ollie Adams.
May 10, 1928: Fire destroys a garage and plumbing shop and damages a department store, the post office and a private residence in the Girard business district. The loss is estimated at $60,000.
Three Youngstown women are elected to positions of responsibility at the second annual convention of the Cleveland Diocesan National Council of Catholic Women. Mrs. Hugh H. Wickham is re-elected second vice president, and Mrs. S.J. Slifka and Miss Sara Warley are re-elected board members.