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May 22
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'''
May 22''' is the 142nd day of the year in the
Gregorian calendar (143rd in
leap years). There are 223 days remaining.
Events
*
1176 - Murder attempt by the
Hashshashin (Assassins) on
Saladin near
Aleppo.
*
1455 -
Wars of the Roses: At the
First Battle of St Albans,
Richard, Duke of York, defeats and captures King
Henry VI of England.
*
1762 -
Sweden and
Prussia sign the
Treaty of Hamburg.
*
1807 - A grand jury indicts former
Vice President of the United States Aaron Burr on a charge of
treason.
*
1819 - The
SS Savannah SS ''Savannah'' leaves port at
Savannah, Georgia,
United States, on a voyage to become the first
steamship to cross the
Atlantic Ocean. The ship arrived at
Liverpool, England on
June 20.
*
1840 - The
penal transportation transporting of
United Kingdom British convicts to the
New South Wales colony is abolished.
*
1856 -
United States House of Representatives Congressman Preston Brooks of
South Carolina beats
United States Senate Senator Charles Sumner with a cane in the hall of the
United States Senate for a speech Sumner had made attacking Southerners who sympathized with the pro-
slavery violence in
Kansas ("
Bleeding Kansas").
*
1872 -
Reconstruction: U.S. President
Ulysses S. Grant signs the
Amnesty Act of 1872 into law restoring full
civil rights to all but about 500
Confederate States of America Confederate sympathizers.
*
1906 - The
1906 Summer Olympics, not now recognized as part of the official
Olympic Games, opens in
Athens.
*1906 -
Wright brothers are granted U.S. patent number 821,393 for their ''"Flying-Machine"''.
*
1939 -
World War II:
Germany and
Italy sign the
Pact of Steel.
*
1942 -
Mexico enters
World War II on the side of the
Allies of World War II Allies
*
1947 -
Cold War: In an effort to fight the spread of
Communism, U.S. President
Harry S. Truman signs an act into law that will later be called the
Truman Doctrine. The act grants
USD $400 million in military and economic aid to
Turkey and
Greece.
*
1960 - An
earthquake measuring 9.5 on the
Richter scale, now known as the
Great Chilean Earthquake, hits southern
Chile. It is the most powerful earthquake ever recorded.
*
1962 -
Continental Airlines Flight 11 crashes after bombs explode.
*
1964 - U.S. President
Lyndon B. Johnson announces the goals of his
Great Society social reforms to bring an "end to poverty and racial injustice" in America.
*
1967 - The ''Innovation'' department store in the centre of
Brussels,
Belgium, burns down. It is the most devastating fire in Belgian history, which results in 323 dead and missing and 150 injured.
*1967 - ''
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood'', the longest-running children's series on U.S.
television, airs its first episode.
*
1968 - The nuclear-powered
submarine the
USS Scorpion (SSN-589) USS ''Scorpion'' sinks with 99 men aboard 400 miles southwest of the
Azores.
*
1969 -
Apollo 10's lunar module flies within 8.4
nautical miles (16 km) of the
moon's surface.
*
1972 - Ceylon adopts a new constitution, changes its name to
Sri Lanka, and joins the
Commonwealth of Nations.
*
1990 - North and South Yemen are unified to create the
Republic of Yemen.
* 1990 - The
Windows 3.0 operating system is released by
Microsoft.
*
1992 - After 30 years, 66-year-old
Johnny Carson hosts ''
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson The Tonight Show'' for the last time.
*
1997 -
Kelly Flinn,
US Air Force's first female bomber pilot certified for combat, accepts a
general discharge in order to avoid a
court martial.
*
1998 -
Lewinsky scandal: A federal judge rules that
United States Secret Service agents can be compelled to testify before a
grand jury concerning the scandal, involving President
Bill Clinton.
*
2002 - In
Washington, DC, the remains of the missing
Chandra Levy are found in
Rock Creek Park.
*2002 -
American civil rights movement: A jury in
Birmingham, Alabama, convicts former
Ku Klux Klan member
Bobby Frank Cherry of the
1963 murders of four girls in the
16th Street Baptist Church bombing bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church.
*
2003 - In
Fort Worth, Texas,
Annika Sörenstam becomes the first woman to play the
PGA Tour in 58 years.
*
2004 -
Felipe, Prince of Asturias, of the
Spanish Royal Family marries
Letizia, Princess of Asturias Letizia Ortiz Rocasolano.
*2004 - The U.S. town of
Hallam, Nebraska, is wiped out by a powerful
Fujita scale F4 tornado that broke a width record at an astounding 2.5 miles wide. It also killed one local resident.
Births
*
1622 -
Louis de Buade de Frontenac, Governor of New France (d.
1698)
*
1688 -
Alexander Pope, English poet (d.
1744)
*
1715 -
François-Joachim de Pierre de Bernis, French cardinal and statesman (d.
1794)
*
1772 -
Ram Mohan Roy, Hindu reformer (d.
1833)
*
1808 -
Gérard de Nerval, French writer (d.
1855)
*
1813 -
Richard Wagner, German composer (d.
1883)
*
1841 -
Catulle Mendès, French poet (d.
1909)
*
1844 -
Mary Cassatt, American artist (d.
1926)
*
1849 -
Louis Perrier, Swiss politician (d.
1913)
*
1859 - Sir
Arthur Conan Doyle, British physician and writer (d.
1930)
*
1874 -
Daniel François Malan,
Prime Minister of South Africa (d.
1959)
*
1879 -
Warwick Armstrong, Australian cricketer (d.
1947)
*1879 -
Alla Nazimova, Ukrainian-born actress, scriptwriter, and producer (d.
1945)
*
1885 -
Giacomo Matteotti, Italian politician (d.
1924)
*1885 -
Toyoda Soemu, Japanese admiral (d.
1957)
*
1891 -
Eddie Edwards, American jazz trombonist (d.
1963)
*
1902 -
Al Simmons, baseball player (d.
1956)
*
1903 -
Yves Rocard, French physicist (d.
1992)
*
1907 -
Hergé, Belgian comic book creator (d.
1983)
*1907 - Sir
Laurence Olivier, English actor and director (d.
1989)
*
1910 -
Johnny Olson, American game show announcer (d.
1985)
*
1911 -
Anatol Rapoport, Russian-born mathematical psychologist, and pianist
*
1912 -
Herbert C. Brown, English-born chemist,
Nobel Prize in Chemistry Nobel Prize laureate (d.
2004)
*
1914 -
Vance Packard, American author (d.
1996)
*1914 -
Sun Ra, American musician (d.
1993)
*
1917 -
Georg Tintner, Austrian-born conductor (d.
1999)
*
1920 -
Thomas Gold, Austrian astrophysicist (d.
2004)
*
1922 -
Quinn Martin, American television producer (d.
1987)
*
1924 -
Charles Aznavour, French singer, actor, and composer
*
1925 -
James King (tenor) James King, American tenor (d.
2005)
*1925 -
Jean Tinguely, Swiss artist (d.
1991)
*
1927 -
George Andrew Olah, Hungarian-born chemist,
Nobel Prize in Chemistry Nobel Prize laureate
*
1930 -
John Barth, American writer
*1930 -
Harvey Milk, American politician and civil rights activist (d.
1978)
*
1934 -
Peter Nero, American musician
*
1936 -
M. Scott Peck, American psychiatrist and writer (d.
2005)
*
1938 -
Richard Benjamin, American actor
*1938 -
Susan Strasberg, American actress (d.
1999)
*
1940 -
Bernard Shaw (journalist) Bernard Shaw, American television journalist
*
1941 -
Paul Winfield, American actor (d.
2004)
*
1942 -
Theodore Kaczynski, American bomber
*
1942 -
Calvin Simon, American musician (
P Funk)
*
1943 -
Tommy John, baseball player
*
1943 -
Betty Williams (Northern Irish) Betty Williams, Irish politician, recipient of the
Nobel Peace Prize
*
1946 -
George Best, Northern Irish footballer (d.
2005)
*
1950 -
Bernie Taupin, English songwriter
*
1957 -
Gary Sweet, Australian actor
*
1959 -
Steven Morrissey Morrissey, English singer
*
1960 -
Hideaki Anno, Japanese director
*
1964 -
Ashley Renee, American fetish model
*
1966 -
Kenny Hickey, American guitarist (
Type O Negative)
*
1970 -
Naomi Campbell, English model and actress
*
1972 -
Annabel Chong, Singapore actress
*
1978 -
Jordan (model) Jordan, English model and media personality
*
1981 -
Bryan Danielson, American professional wrestler
Deaths
*
337 -
Constantine I of the Roman Empire Constantine the Great,
Roman Emperor (b.
272)
*
1068 -
Emperor Go-Reizei of Japan (b.
1025)
*
1455 -
Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland, English politician (killed in battle)
*1455 -
Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset, English commander (killed in battle) (b.
1406)
*
1457 -
Saint Rita of Cascia, Italian saint (b.
1381)
*
1538 -
John Forrest (friar) John Forrest, English Franciscan friar (martyred) (b.
1471)
*
1540 -
Francesco Guicciardini, Italian historian (b.
1483)
*
1667 -
Pope Alexander VII (b.
1599)
*
1745 -
François-Marie, 1st duc de Broglie, French military leader (b.
1671)
*
1746 -
Thomas Southerne, Irish dramatist (b.
1660)
*
1760 -
Israel ben Eliezer, Polish-born mystical rabbi (b.
1700)
*
1772 -
Durastante Natalucci, Italian historian (b.
1687)
*
1795 -
Ewald Friedrich, Count von Hertzberg, Prussian statesman (b.
1725)
*
1859 - King
Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies (b.
1810)
*
1868 -
Julius Plücker, German mathematician and physicist (b.
1801)
*
1885 -
Victor Hugo, French author (b.
1802)
*
1932 -
Lady Gregory, Irish playwright (b.
1852)
*
1939 -
Ernst Toller, German author (b.
1893)
*1939 -
Jiri Mahen, Czech author (b.
1882)
*
1949 -
Klaus Mann, German writer (b.
1906)
*
1966 -
Tom Goddard, English cricketer (b.
1900)
*
1967 -
Langston Hughes, American writer (b.
1902)
*
1972 -
Cecil Day-Lewis, Irish poet and writer (b.
1904)
*1972 -
Margaret Rutherford, English actress (b.
1892)
*
1983 -
Albert Claude, Belgian biologist, recipient of the
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b.
1899)
*
1988 -
Giorgio Almirante, Italian politician (b.
1914)
*
1990 -
Rocky Graziano, American boxer (b.
1922)
*
1992 -
Zellig Harris, American linguist (b.
1909)
*
1997 -
Alfred Hershey, American biochemist, recipient of the
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b.
1908)
*
2004 -
Richard Biggs, American actor (b.
1960)
*2004 -
Mikhail Voronin, Russian gymnast (b.
1945)
*
2005 -
Charilaos Florakis, Greek politician (b.
1914)
*2005 -
Julia Randall, American poet (b.
1924)
*2005 -
Thurl Ravenscroft, American voice actor and singer (b.
1914)
Holidays and observances
*
Feast day of the following
saints in the
Roman Catholic Church:
**
Saint Julia
**
Saint Rita
**
Saint Lupus
**
Saint Atto
**
Saint Fulk
**
Humilita
**
Saint Romanus
* World
Biodiversity Day
*
Republic of Yemen National Day
*
Trinity Sunday in
Catholicism (
2005)
*
National Heroes Day in
Sri Lanka
External links
-
BBC: On This Day
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April 22 -
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historical anniversaries listing of all days
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