Today is Monday, May 19, the 139th day of 2003. There are 226 days left in the year. On this date in

Today is Monday, May 19, the 139th day of 2003. There are 226 days left in the year. On this date in 1935, T.E. Lawrence, also known as Lawrence of Arabia, dies in England from injuries sustained in a motorcycle crash.
In 1643, delegates from four New England colonies meet in Boston to form a confederation. In 1906, the Federated Boys' Clubs, forerunner of the Boys' Clubs of America, is organized. In 1921, Congress passes the Emergency Quota Act, which establishes national quotas for immigrants. In 1943, in an address to the U.S. Congress, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill pledges his country's full support in the war against Japan. In 1958, the United States and Canada formally establish the North American Air Defense Command. In 1962, during a Democratic fund-raiser at New York's Madison Square Garden, actress Marilyn Monroe performs a sultry rendition of "Happy Birthday to You" for the guest of honor, President Kennedy. In 1964, the State Department discloses that 40 hidden microphones had been found in the U.S. embassy in Moscow. In 1967, the Soviet Union ratifies a treaty with the United States and Britain banning nuclear weapons from outer space. In 1992, the 27th Amendment to the Constitution, which prohibits Congress from giving itself midterm pay raises, goes into effect. In 1994, former first lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis dies in New York at age 64.
May 19, 1978: J.A. Anderson, chairman of the Taylor-Winfield Corp. in Warren, announces the termination of the 90-year-old manufacturing operations at the Mahoning Avenue plant. About 200 employees struck the plant 11 months ago. The company will maintain engineering and office activities in Warren.
A fifth car, the Oldsmobile Firenza, is added to General Motors Corp.'s booming Lordstown complex. The Lordstown line also assembles the Chevrolet Monza, Pontiac Sunbird, Olds Starfire and Buick Skyhawk.
An 18-year-old Poland High School senior is released after treatment at St. Elizabeth Hospital for a hand wound suffered when an M-80 firecracker went off in his hand outside the school.
May 19, 1963: Donald D. Cook, Ohio liquor director, says that local objections to the issuance of liquor permits will receive closer attention under a revised plan adopted by the Department of Liquor Control.
Trumbull New Theatre stages an original musical, "Tom Jones," based on the Henry Fielding 18th century masterpiece and written by Austin C. Pendleton, son of Mr. and Mrs. Thorn Pendleton, who are among the founders of TNT.
Youngstown Police Chief William R. Golden says he hopes a bloodstained .38 caliber revolver found near the body of Sebastian Pieton may explain the mysterious death of the elderly East Side found dead in his machine shop.
Al Wagner, known in the Youngstown district as an automobile dealer, relaxes weekends at his 1,000-acre family-operated farm east of Williamsfield. The farm furnishes regular employment to 12 men, many more during the harvest and ships 800 gallons of milk daily to Dean's Dairy in Cleveland.
May 19, 1953: Federal Judge Charles J. McNamee rules that deposition hearings in Cleveland in connection with a lawsuit filed by the New American Library of World Literature against Youngstown Police Chief Edward J. Allen will be closed to the public. The suit seeks to block Allen from enforcing a city ordinance against obscene literature.
More than $2.5 million worth of major construction is brought to a virtual standstill in the Mahoning Valley by a walkout of five AFL building trades unions. About 1,500 workers are idle.
May 19, 1928: Judges in The Vindicator's contest to suggest a title for the new Edgar A. Guest book have been swamped with 1,200 entries.
Youngstown police have released all the suspects they had been holding for questioning in the kidnapping of Beatrice Rosenbaum, age 10. Police have built a wall of secrecy around their on-going investigation.
Administration of the Youngstown city schools in the year ended Dec. 31, 1926, was more economical than that of other cities in the Mahoning Valley and compares favorably with results of other large cities in Ohio.
The greatest one-year road building program in Trumbull County history is under way, with 19 major road jobs on the calendar. All will be hard-surfaced roads. Nearly a score of cinder roads will also be improved.