Today is Tuesday, Nov. 22, the 326th day of 2005. There are 39 days left in the year. On this date

Today is Tuesday, Nov. 22, the 326th day of 2005. There are 39 days left in the year. On this date in 1963, President Kennedy is shot to death while riding in a motorcade in Dallas. Texas. Gov. John B. Connally, in the same limousine as Kennedy, is seriously wounded. Suspect Lee Harvey Oswald is arrested.
In 1906, the "SOS" distress signal is adopted at the International Radio Telegraphic Convention in Berlin. In 1928, "Bolero" by Maurice Ravel makes its debut in Paris. In 1935, a flying boat, the China Clipper, takes off from Alameda, Calif., carrying more than 100,000 pieces of mail on the first trans-Pacific airmail flight. In 1943, President Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Chinese leader Chiang Kai-shek meet in Cairo to discuss measures for defeating Japan. In 1943, lyricist Lorenz Hart dies in New York at age 48. In 1955, comic Shemp Howard of "Three Stooges" fame dies in Hollywood at age 60. In 1975, Juan Carlos is proclaimed King of Spain.
November 22, 1980: Six members of a bridge group from Brookfield and Sharon are among the guests who escaped a fire at the MGM Grand Hotel that killed at least 82 people. One of the women, Elaine Palisin of Hermitage, remains hospitalized for smoke inhalation.
Edward H. Butcher of Salem, director of purchasing and traffic at Youngstown's YBM Corp., is named president of the Builders Association of Eastern Ohio and Western Pennsylvania.
Youngstowner Ronald Daniels is organizing the National Independent Freedom Party, a black independent political party being organized at a three-day convention in Philadelphia.
November 22, 1965: A letter urging a complete study and investigation of all proposals before awarding a community antenna television contract in Youngstown is sent to city council by the Youngstown Area Chamber of Commerce. The action came after city council came close to approving a CATV contract with Youngstown Cable TV of Holidaysburg, Pa.
Dr. Harold H. Teitelbaum, 57, superintendent of the Mahoning County Tuberculosis Sanatorium since 1950, dies in St. Elizabeth Hospital of coronary artery disease and congestive heart failure.
Tickets are on sale at the Warner Theater in Youngstown for a television broadcast of the Cassius Clay-Floyd Patterson Heavyweight Championship fight.
November 22, 1955: The Youngstown Board of Education informs the Boardman Board of Education that it will make available the Bancroft School building for pupils in the New England Lane district. Superintendent of Schools Paul C. Bunn says the building is only half occupied and a waste of taxpayers' money.
The Youngstown Police Department announces it will fingerprint anyone arrested in the future, no matter how trivial the charge. Among those subject to arrest will be jaywalkers, especially during the holidays, in an effort to reduce pedestrian accidents.
Col. H. E. Sprague, district engineer for U.S. Army Pittsburgh District, assures officials of Ravenna, Kent and other Portage County areas that they will benefit from construction of a West Branch Reservoir.
November 22, 1930: Police and city school officials begin an investigation of a clearing-house pool being sold to Youngstown school students, particularly to pupils in the high and junior high schools. J.J. Richeson, superintendent of schools, says any numbers salesmen -- student or nonstudent -- will be prosecuted if caught.
Republic Steel Corp. announces that the Trumbull plant in Warren will work on four six-hour shifts in an effort to reduce unemployment.
Ten reputed Niles bootleggers and gamblers are arrested on charges of bribery as an investigation continues into events that have led to the firing and indictment of seven Niles policemen.