Today is Saturday, May 17, the 137th day of 2003. There are 228 days left in the year. This is Armed

Today is Saturday, May 17, the 137th day of 2003. There are 228 days left in the year. This is Armed Forces Day in the United States. On this date in 1973, the Senate opens its hearings into the Watergate scandal.
In 1792, the New York Stock Exchange is founded by brokers meeting under a tree located on what is now Wall Street. In 1875, the first Kentucky Derby is run; the winner is Aristides. In 1938, Congress passes the Vinson Naval Act, providing for a two-ocean navy. In 1939, Britain's King George VI and Queen Elizabeth arrive in Quebec on the first visit to Canada by reigning British sovereigns. In 1940, the Nazis occupy Brussels, Belgium, during World War II. In 1946, President Truman seizes control of the nation's railroads, delaying a threatened strike by engineers and trainmen. In 1948, the Soviet Union recognizes the new state of Israel. In 1954, the Supreme Court rules in its "Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka" decision that racially segregated public schools are inherently unequal. In 1980, rioting that claims 18 lives erupts in Miami's Liberty City after an all-white jury in Tampa acquits four former Miami police officers of fatally beating black insurance executive Arthur McDuffie. In 1987, 37 American sailors are killed when an Iraqi warplane attacks the U.S. Navy frigate Stark in the Persian Gulf. Iraq and the U.S. calls the attack a mistake.
May 17, 1978: Dr. Joseph P. Sternstein, president of the Zionist Organization of America, speaking at Rodef Sholom Temple in Youngstown, says that the U.S. Senate's ratification of the sale of aircraft to Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Israel amounted to "a betrayal of the moral credibility of the United States."
The Mahoning Valley Sanitary District's court of jurisdiction approves an increase of 1.1 cents per 1,000 gallons of wholesale water sold to Niles and Youngstown.
Ohio Gov. James A Rhodes, irritated by an accusation from a U.S. Environmental Protection official that the governor has been inconsistent in enforcing environmental regulations, says the EPA is guilty of "bureaucratic overkill" that has cost places like Youngstown thousands of steel industry jobs.
May 17, 1963: Gov. James A. Rhodes, U.S. Rep. Michael J. Kirwan and Raymond J. Wean, president of Wean Engineering Co., will receive honorary degrees at the 41st annual commencement of Youngstown University.
U.S. Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper completes a record 22 orbits of the earth in 34 hours, 20 minutes. The flight ends with a pinpoint splashdown in the Pacific Ocean.
Cmdr. John N.. Nicholson, one of the Navy's top nuclear submarine specialists, speaks at Youngstown's Armed Forces Day luncheon at the Elks Club in downtown Youngstown.
May 17, 1953: The Youngstown District's 55,000 basic steel workers and an additional 25,000 employees in fabricating plants stand a good chance of winning pay raises of $4 to $5 a week, added to their present weekly pay of about $90.
More than 10,000 people visit the Youngstown Air Force Base for an open house marking Armed Forces Day. A number of planes were parked on the apron in front of the main hangar for the crowd to examine.
Youngstown's new telephone exchanges are in effect. They are: STerling, RIverside, PLaza and SWeetbrier. Boardman is SKyline, Girard is LIberty, Hubbard is KEllog and Canfield is LEnox.
May 17, 1928: Youngstown Mayor Joseph Heffernan and Police Chief J.J. McNicholas announce a reward of $250 for information leading to the return of Beatrice Rosenbaum, 10, who was kidnapped from her Marion Ave. home.
Andrews Hollow -- a "little Mill Creek Park" as some folks call it -- is in danger of degenerating into a dump heap and bog unless the city transforms it into a park. The area covers just 5 acres, stretching from Ohio to Kensington Avenues.
Janice Congdon, 15, an East Orwell High School student, is killed and eight other young people injured in an automobile collision on Warren-Newton Falls Road, near Center of the World.