Today is Sunday, May 22, the 142nd day of 2005. There are 223 days left in the year. On this date in
Today is Sunday, May 22, the 142nd day of 2005. There are 223 days left in the year. On this date in 1868, the "Great Train Robbery" takes place near Marshfield, Ind., as seven members of the Reno gang make off with $96,000 in loot.
In 1761, the first life insurance policy in the United States is issued, in Philadelphia. In 1813, composer Richard Wagner is born in Leipzig, Germany. In 1819, the first steam-propelled vessel to attempt a trans-Atlantic crossing, the Savannah, departs from Savannah, Ga. (It arrives in Liverpool, England, on June 20.) In 1939, Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini sign a Pact of Steel committing Germany and Italy to a military alliance. In 1969, the lunar module of Apollo 10 flies to within nine miles of the moon's surface in a dress rehearsal for the first lunar landing. In 1972, President Nixon begins a visit to the Soviet Union, during which he and Kremlin leaders sign the SALT One arms limitation treaty. In 1972, the island nation of Ceylon becomes the republic of Sri Lanka. In 1979, Canadians vote in parliamentary elections that put the Progressive Conservatives in power, ending the 11-year tenure of Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau. In 1992, after a reign lasting nearly 30 years, Johnny Carson hosts NBC's "Tonight Show" for the last time.
May 22, 1980: A state drivers license examiner admits in Youngstown Municipal Court that he accepted about $250 in bribes from a North Side grocery store for filling out license applications without requiring the applicants to take the written or driving tests.
Youngstown City Council approves two belt-tightening ordinances, one that establishes a policy whereby any vacancies created by termination, death or retirements will not be filled and the other that creates a personnel contingency account for money saved by not filling vacancies.
The Public Librarians Association and the Public Library of Youngstown and Mahoning County reach an agreement ending a 10-week strike by librarians. The new pact will increase wages for librarians by 19.5 percent over two years.
May 22, 1965: A protest against alleged discrimination in the apprenticeship training programs of the AFL-CIO against the administration and operation of Youngstown anti-poverty program is outlined by the Youngstown Chapter of Negro American Labor Council.
Democratic strategists believe they have more than the 67 votes necessary to end debate on President Johnson's voting rights bill. Democratic leaders believe they have 47 votes and GOP Leader Everett M. Dirksen says he can deliver 24 votes.
A special convention of more than 450 clergymen and lay delegates meeting in Cleveland pick Dr. John B. Coburn, a dean of the Episcopal Theological Seminary at Cambridge, Mass., to be coadjutor bishop in the Ohio Episcopal Diocese.
Some 1,600 members of Youngstown area school safety patrols board a train at the Erie-Lackawanna terminal for a trip to the Cleveland Indians baseball game.
May 22, 1955: George E. Jennings, Mahoning County deputy treasurer, dies in South Side Hospital after falling from a ladder while putting up an awning on the front porch of his E. Evergreen Avenue home.
The steel industry's big pick-up and summery weather are combining to boost the Youngstown district's employment to the highest level and unemployment compensation payments to the lowest level in two years.
Two WFMJ-TV personalities, Susie Sidesaddle (Janie Bailey) and Marjorie Mariner, director of women's activities at WFMJ, are presented achievement awards by TV Guide, a national trade publication.
May 22, 1930: Work is nearing completion on construction of the Meander Dam and Gale Dixon, assistant chief engineer, predicts that the gates will be closed and water will begin to accumulate in the 11 billion gallon basin by July 1.
Judge David G. Jenkins sentences a Youngstown man to 1 to 15 years in the state penitentiary for robbing a man of a 25-cent pocketbook that contained 12 cents.
Strong pressure in favor of the continuance of women's Olympic track and field events in the 1932 games at Los Angeles are brought to bear by the International Amateur Athletic Federation during a meeting in Berlin. Athletes threatened to boycott the games if the women's events were dropped.
A clean-up campaign is opened in Youngstown by the Progressive League of Mahoning County and 15 other community groups. Over 5,000 circulars are distributed urging everyone to clean up yards and beautify their grounds with flowers.