Today is Wednesday, May 27, the 147th day of 2009. There are 218 days left in the year. On this date
Today is Wednesday, May 27, the 147th day of 2009. There are 218 days left in the year. On this date in 1937, the newly completed Golden Gate Bridge connecting San Francisco and Marin County, Calif., is opened to pedestrian traffic. (Vehicular traffic begins crossing the bridge the next day.)
In 1818, American reformer Amelia Jenks Bloomer, who popularized the garment that bears her name — “bloomers” — is born in Homer, N.Y. In 1896, 255 people are killed when a tornado strikes St. Louis and East St. Louis, Ill. In 1929, Charles A. Lindbergh Jr. marries Anne Morrow in Englewood, N.J. In 1933, Walt Disney’s Academy Award-winning animated short “The Three Little Pigs” is first released. In 1935, the Supreme Court strikes down the National Industrial Recovery Act. In 1936, the Cunard liner RMS Queen Mary leaves England on its maiden voyage to New York. In 1941, amid rising world tensions, President Franklin D. Roosevelt proclaims an “unlimited national emergency.” The British navy sinks the German battleship Bismarck off France, with a loss of more than 2,100 lives. In 1964, independent India’s first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, dies.
May 27, 1984: Sheriff James A. Traficant Jr. suspends Lt. Phil Chance for one day after Chance booked a seminar on motorcycle safety into a North Lima motel that is operated, at least in part, by men who have been identified in federal affidavits describing organized crime activity in the area.
Paul N. Wigton, head of the tubular products division of LTV Steel Corp., says the merger of Republic Steel and LTV Corp.’s Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp. has created a surplus of white collars workers in the new company.
Bettie Krauss, 62, of Howland is honored for nearly two decades of running an organization that sends goods to the poor in Appalachia.
May 27, 1969: The Youngstown Park and Recreation Commission will open its new 400-foot beach on the east shore of Lake Milton, replacing the public beach at Craig Beach, which will be closed because of inadequate restroom facilities.
Atty. Albert H. Sealy of Dayton, speaking to the Delegate Assembly of the Community Chest in Youngstown, urges development of a fairer taxing and distribution system in Ohio, which would shift the burden from property taxes to income tax. Sealy is a Republican candidate for governor.
A bold bandit terrorizes an East Side housewife in her Thorn Hill Avenue home, tying her to a chair and threatening her with a butcher knife before fleeing with $3 and various valuables in a box.
May 27, 1959: A Youngstown group headed by Edward J. DeBartolo, local supermarket builder, offers $5 million for ThistleDown and Cranwood race tracks in Cleveland.
Harvey Haddix, 33-year-old Pittsburgh Pirate left-hander, pitches 12 innings of perfect ball against Milwaukee Braves, but loses, 1-0, in the 13th inning.
Supplemental unemployment benefits are not subject to city income tax, Law Director Felix S. Mika rules.
May 27, 1934: William J. Gutknecht is named president of the Youngstown Rotary Club annual president’s dinner at the Southern Hills Country Club. He succeeds Lloyd Wallis.
Youngstown Councilman A.T. Kryzan says city police “are tolerating widespread lottery activities which they could prohibit.”