Today is Saturday, May 7, the 127th day of 2005. There are 238 days left in the year. On this date

Today is Saturday, May 7, the 127th day of 2005. There are 238 days left in the year. On this date in 1945, Germany signs an unconditional surrender at Allied headquarters in Rheims, France.
In 1789, the first inaugural ball is held in New York in honor of President and Mrs. Washington. In 1847, the American Medical Association is founded in Philadelphia. In 1915, nearly 1,200 people die when a German torpedo sinks the British liner Lusitania off the Irish coast. In 1939, Germany and Italy announce a military and political alliance known as the Rome-Berlin Axis. In 1954, the 55-day Battle of Dien Bien Phu in Vietnam ends with Vietnamese insurgents overrunning French forces. In 1963, the United States launches the "Telstar 2" communications satellite. In 1975, President Ford formally declares an end to the "Vietnam era." In Ho Chi Minh City -- formerly Saigon -- the Viet Cong celebrate its takeover. In 1977, Seattle Slew wins the Kentucky Derby, the first of its Triple Crown victories. In 1984, a $180 million out-of-court settlement is announced in the Agent Orange class-action suit brought by Vietnam veterans who charge they have suffered injury from exposure to the defoliant. In 2002, Seattle Slew dies in Lexington, Ky., at age 28.
May 7, 1980: Johnny Carson signs a three-year contract to do "The Tonight Show" on NBC, which will be shortened to one-hour. His salary is said to be more than $5 million a year.
The executive director of the Northern Ohio Gasoline Dealers' Association predicts that gasoline prices may rise to $1.60 to $1.75 a gallon by the end of 1980.
Contract talks between Youngstown and five city unions continue as a strike by most municipal employees enters its sixth day. Only police have returned to work.
May 76, 1965: The first full crew returns to work after Copperweld Steel Co. and the United Steelworkers of America reach an agreement ending a six-day strike.
Randall L. Phipps, 13, the son of a well known Mahoning County deputy sheriff becomes the county's first swimming tragedy victim of the year. He drowned while swimming in a private lake in North Jackson.
May 7, 1955: A 47-year-old Hillcrest Ave. man, an employee at Valley Mould in Hubbard, is given a suspended 30-day jail sentence after being found guilty of failing to pay the city income tax. The suspension is contingent on him paying the $103 he owes for 1948 through 1954.
Youngstown's first polio victim of the year is in St. Elizabeth Hospital. The 12-year-old South Side girl had not received the Salk vaccine, hospital officials said.
The Youngstown Board of Control awards a contract to Heller-Murray Co. as the general contractor for the new Division Street Bridge. The Youngstown company submitted the low bid of $315,376.
May 7, 1930: The U.S. Senate rejects confirmation of Judge John J. Parker of North Carolina as an associate justice of the Supreme Court by a vote of 41 to 39. President Hoover's nominee was attacked by organized labor and Negroes as unfit for the high court.
Based on the amount of malt extract sold by Youngstown malt distributors and stores, it is calculated that thirsty Youngstowners consume an average of 10,000 gallons of beer a day.