Today is Monday, May 2, the 122nd day of 2005. There are 243 days left in the year. On this date in

Today is Monday, May 2, the 122nd day of 2005. There are 243 days left in the year. On this date in 1945, the Soviet Union announces the fall of Berlin, and the Allies announce the surrender of Nazi troops in Italy and parts of Austria.
In 1670, the Hudson Bay Company is chartered by England's King Charles II. In 1863, Confederate Gen. Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson is accidentally wounded by his own men at Chancellorsville, Va.; he dies eight days later. In 1890, the Oklahoma Territory is organized. In 1936, "Peter and the Wolf," a symphonic tale for children by Sergei Prokofiev, has its world premiere in Moscow. In 1957, Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy, the controversial Republican senator from Wisconsin, dies at Bethesda Naval Hospital in Maryland. In 1960, convicted sex offender and best-selling author Caryl Chessman is executed at San Quentin Prison in California. In 1965, the "Early Bird" satellite is used to transmit television pictures across the Atlantic. In 1972, after serving 48 years as head of the FBI, J. Edgar Hoover dies in Washington at age 77.
May 2, 1980: Nearly 1,000 Youngstown municipal employees belonging to six unions strike after Mayor George Vukovich stands firm on his refusal to negotiate pay raises.
David Roderick, chairman of U. S. Steel Corp., rejects an offer of $20 million of U.S. Steel's Mahoning Valley mills and complains that the steelworkers who made the offer as part of a worker-community ownership plan are obstructing the company as it attempts to dispose of the mills to other interests.
The nation's unemployment rate shoots up from 6.2 to 7 percent in April, the highest level in almost three years and a powerful sign that the economy is in the grips of a recession.
About 150 persons gather on Federal Plaza West to celebrate Loyalty Day and living in America. Meanwhile, at the Mahoning County Courthouse, 35 county residents are sworn in as U.S. citizens.
B & amp;R Wholesale Tire Co. on Oak St. is destroyed by a two-alarm fire. An assistant fire chief and three captains suffer minor injuries.
May 2, 1965: The automatic steel mill, a highly efficient combination of basic oxygen converters, continuous castes, vacuum degassing and computerized rolling mills could transform the Youngstown district, which now ranks as the nation's fourth largest producer of steel .
The annual Junior-Senior Prom at Brookfield High School will be held in the gymnasium with a setting and them of "Cinderella at the Ball." Del Sinchak and his orchestra will play at the prom and Mike Roncone and his orchestra will play at the after prom party.
May 2, 1955: Speaking at the second annual workshop of Yo-Mah-O Chapter of the National Secretaries Association, Marjorie Clough, executive assistant to Rep. Frances P. Bolton, says that more women are needed in the government's foreign service.
A one-act play, "Balcony Scene," written and directed by Prof. Donald Elser of the English faculty at Youngstown College, is presented by college students on WKBN-TV. Members of the cast include James Shaffer, Jim Kish, Eleanore Hartshorn and Pat Beacom.
May 2, 1930: The city of Campbell sues the Campbell Board of Education for $5,311 that the city says the school district owes on its water bill.
Ohio Secretary of State Clarence J. Brown orders two investigators to Youngstown where they will investigate alleged irregularities in the poll book tabulations for Rural School District No. 1 in Beaver Township.