Today is Sunday, May 25, the 145th day of 2003. There are 220 days left in the year. On this date in

Today is Sunday, May 25, the 145th day of 2003. There are 220 days left in the year. On this date in 1803, American essayist and poet Ralph Waldo Emerson is born in Boston.
In 1787, the Constitutional Convention is convened in Philadelphia after enough delegates had shown up for a quorum. In 1810, Argentina begins its revolt against Spain. In 1895, playwright Oscar Wilde is convicted of a morals charge in London; he is sentenced to prison. In 1935, Babe Ruth hits the 714th and final homerun of his career, for the Boston Braves, in a game against the Pittsburgh Pirates. In 1946, Transjordan -- now Jordan -- becomes a kingdom as it proclaims its new monarch, King Abdullah Ibn Ul-Hussein. In 1961, President Kennedy asks the nation to work toward putting a man on the moon by the end of the decade. In 1963, the Organization of African Unity is founded, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. In 1968, the Gateway Arch, part of the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial in St. Louis, is dedicated. In 1979, 275 people die when an American Airlines DC-10 crashes on takeoff from Chicago's O'Hare airport. In 1981, daredevil Daniel Goodwin, wearing a "Spiderman" costume, scales the outside of Chicago's Sears Tower in 71/2 hours.
May 25, 1978: The future of the American steel industry is inescapably tied to "greenfield" steel plants such as the proposed $3.5 billion Conneaut plant rather than revitalizing aging facilities, Edgar B. Speer, chairman of the American Iron and Steel Institute, says during the institute's 86th annual meeting being held in New York.
Six Niles city employees file suit in Trumbull County Common Pleas Court seeking to enjoin the city from conducting civil service exams for some unclassified positions. The employees claim the jobs are not covered by civil service.
Athletes are angry and parents are fuming because the Brookfield school district is not holding its annual spring football training session. Seven assistant coaches refused to take part because their supplemental contracts have not been approved by the board of education.
May 25, 1963: Warmer temperatures are due in Youngstown on the heels of a record-breaking cold snap that caused an estimated half million dollars damage to area crops and other plants.
"The demand for educated talent is greater than ever," John P. Gillespie, dean of men at Youngstown University, tells 16 area valedictorians honored by the downtown Kiwanis Club during a luncheon at the YMCA.
Consulting engineers tell the Youngstown Area Chamber of Commerce that top priority projects in the recently completed downtown traffic plan must be completed to satisfy existing traffic demands in the central business district and provide for future growth.
A 1926 Model T and a shiny 1960 sedan collide in Lisbon. The tow-truck driver who responded to the accident estimated damage to the Model T at $400; to the late model, $500.
May 25, 1953: A squad of police rush to the Hotel Pick-Ohio on reports that gunshots were heard coming from a 10th floor room. Officers entering the room found two men throwing lighted firecrackers out of a window at the rear of the hotel. The men, one from Akron, the other from New York, were fined $5 and costs after appearing before Judge Forrest J. Cavalier.
For the second time in five days there has been an attack on the homes of Negroes living in the same Cleveland neighborhood as whites. A dynamite bomb shatters windows and bows walls at the home of the Rev. Smith E. Ware.
The Army fires the nation's first atomic shell from a 280-mm. Cannon dubbed "Atomic Annie" in the Nevada desert. Within five minutes, the customary atomic cloud formed and was visible in the resort-gambling town of Las Vegas, 75 miles away.
May 25, 1928: Merger of two secretarial and business training schools is announced by Leonard T. Skeggs, general secretary of the YMCA, and C.C. Short and J.B. Williams of the Hall Business University. The two schools will be known as the YMCA Business and Secretarial Training School.
Investigation into the disappearance of Beatrice Rosenbaum, age 10, from her South Side home enters its 12th day with police searching for six men, five of who are known to have been arrested in the past on charges of having annoyed young girls.
The Patricians Club -- the club that years ago brought fame to Youngstown with its world champion professional football team, has been reorganized. Meeting in the basement of St. Patrick Church, members of the Father Elliot Society and remaining members of the old Patrician Club, combine their organizations under the Patrician name.