YEARS AGO FOR MAY 13

Today is Monday, May 13, the 133rd day of 2019. There are 232 days left in the year. This is Mother’s Day.

ASSOCIATED PRESS

On this date in:

1568: Forces loyal to Mary, Queen of Scots, are defeated by troops under her half-brother and Regent of Scotland, the Earl of Moray, in the Battle of Langside, thwarting Mary’s attempt to regain power almost a year after she was forced to abdicate.

1607: English colonists arrive by ship at the site of what will become the Jamestown settlement in Virginia (the colonists went ashore the next day).

1917: Three shepherd children report seeing a vision of the Virgin Mary near Fatima, Portugal.

1940: In his first speech as British prime minister, Winston Churchill tells Parliament, “I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat.”

1973: In tennis’ first so-called “Battle of the Sexes,” Bobby Riggs defeats Margaret Court 6-2, 6-1 in Ramona, Calif.

1981: Pope John Paul II is shot and seriously wounded in St. Peter’s Square by Turkish assailant Mehmet Ali Agca.

1994: President Bill Clinton nominates federal appeals Judge Stephen G. Breyer to the U.S. Supreme Court to replace retiring Justice Harry A. Blackmun.

2002: President George W. Bush announces that he and Russian President Vladimir Putin will sign a treaty to shrink their countries’ nuclear arsenals by two-thirds.

VINDICATOR FILES

1994: The city of Youngstown will receive $600,000 to hire eight police officers, part of President Bill Clinton’s pledge to put 100,000 police officers on the job nationwide.

The Youngstown Board of Education is asked by auditors to revise its policy regarding contracts with family members after it is found that board member Anthony Julian voted to approve a contract with Special Busing, which is owned by Julian’s son-in-law.

Eugenia Atkinson, assistant to the director of the Youngstown Metropolitan Housing Authority, is appointed by Gov. George Voinovich to a nine-year term on the board of trustees of Youngstown State University.

1979: More than half of Youngstown’s disadvantaged children who need special help with reading or math never see a remedial teacher because the city’s school system can’t afford to fund the programs.

Gasoline shortages and high gas prices are fueling sales of fuel efficient cars, providing job security for some 12,000 employees at the General Motors Lordstown plant, which produces the Chevrolet Citation, Pontiac Phoenix, Oldsmobile Omega and Buick Skylark.

Members of the Uptown Kiwanis Baseball League get the league’s 31st season off to a good start with a parade, opening-day ceremonies and a series of exhibition games.

1969: Dr. Vivian H. Henderson, president of Clark College in Atlanta, keynote speaker for the Youngstown Area United Negro College Fund drive, says while he may disagree with some of the demands being made by today’s students, it should be remembered that students are idealistic.

John M. Graves, former administrative staff director for the Cleveland Social Security office, is named manager of the Youngstown Social Security office, succeeding Rose M. Woodrum.

Thomas E. Davis is installed as president of the Aut Mori Grotto Clown Unit by Monarch Kenneth Little at the Grotto Hall. Davis succeeds Larry Anderson, who was both president and director.

1944: Dr. Paul H. Fall, president of Hiram College, tells 71 graduates of the Youngstown Hospital Association School of Nursing that they must not only minister to the sufferings of the body, but also those of the mind.

Pfc. Chester Strawonski of Youngstown, who was seriously wounded in Italy, receives the Purple Heart. He is at Newton D. Baker General Hospital in Martinsburg, W. Va.

Mr. and Mrs. W. Augen donate property, and $900 is raised at a “Bonds for Building” dinner at Memorial Methodist Church.