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May 25, 2010 at 12:00a.m.

Today is Tuesday, May 25, the 145th day of 2010. There are 220 days left in the year.

Associated Press

On this date:

1787: The Constitutional Convention begins meeting in Philadelphia after enough delegates had shown up for a quorum.

1810: Argentina begins its revolt against Spanish rule with the forming of the Primera Junta in Buenos Aires.

1916: The Chicago Tribune publishes an interview with Henry Ford in which the American industrialist is quoted as saying, “History is more or less bunk.”

1935: Babe Ruth hits the 714th and final home run of his career, for the Boston Braves, in a game against the Pittsburgh Pirates.

1961: President John F. Kennedy, addressing Congress, calls on the nation to work toward putting a man on the moon by the end of the decade.

2005: Carrie Underwood is crowned the winner of “American Idol.”

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1985: The Rev. Cynthia Bronson, a native of Minnesota, assumes her duties as associate rector at St. John’s Episcopal Church, the first female priest of her denomination in the Youngstown area 10 years after the General Convention of the church approved ordination of women.

The prospects for students who will graduate from Youngstown area high schools and head directly into the job market are improved, but remain poor, an analyst for the Ohio Bureau of Employment Services says.

Anticipating revenue from a temporary half-cent county sales tax, Trumbull County commissioners earmark $1 million to cover pay raises and the employment of full staff in 1985.

1970: The Piper Rock Festival goes on at a farm near Newton Falls in defiance of a court injunction and draws 8,000 to 10,000 rock fans despite rain and mud.

Leonard Kirtz, president of the Anchor Cigar Co., a state and local leader on behalf of the retarded, is elected senior vice president of the Ohio Association for Retarded Children at its annual convention in Dayton.

1960: “Communists are trained, dedicated zealots, determined to overthrow capitalism,” Rep. Walter H. Judd M.D., Minnesota Republican, warns at the 9th annual spring banquet of the Organization of Protestant Men in Youngstown.

Seventeen Trumbull County students, five Youngstown area and three Ravenna students are among the top 240 Ohio high school students in the final district-state scholarship test.

1935: Speakers for June commencement exercises in Youngstown’s five high schools are announced: Dr. Robert Galbreath, president of Westminster College, Scienceville High School; Dr. C.F. Wishart, president of Wooster College, South High; Dr. W.H. McMaster, president of Mt. Union College, East High; Dr. James S. Thomas, president of Clarkson College, Rayen and Chaney.