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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.
*
1377 -
Pope Gregory XI issues five
papal bulls to denounce the
doctrines of
English theologian John Wycliffe.
*
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 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
transporting of
British convicts to the
New South Wales colony is abolished.
*
1844 -
Persian Prophet The
Báb announces His revelation, founding
Bábism. He announced to the world of the coming of "
He whom God shall make manifest." He is considered the forerunner of
Bahá'u'lláh, the founder of the
Bahá'í Faith.
*
1856 -
Congressman Preston Brooks of
South Carolina beats
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 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".
*
1915 -
Lassen Peak erupts with a powerful force, and is the only mountain to erupt other than
Mount St. Helens in the continental US during the
20th century.
*
1915 - Five trains collide in the
Quintinshill rail crash near
Gretna Green,
Scotland, killing 227 people and injuring 246; the accident is found to be the result of non-standard operating practices during a shift change at a busy junction.
*
1936 -
Aer Lingus (Aer Loingeas) is founded by the Irish government as the national airline of the
Republic of Ireland.
*
1939 -
World War II:
Germany and
Italy sign the
Pact of Steel.
*
1942 -
Mexico enters
World War II on the side of the
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
$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 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 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.
*
1963 -
A.C. Milan wins the
European Cup.
*
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
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 Ortiz Rocasolano.
*2004 - The
U.S. town of
Hallam, Nebraska, is wiped out by a powerful
F4 tornado that broke a width record at an astounding 2.5 miles wide. It also killed one local resident.
*
2006 - Results from the
Montenegrin independence referendum, 2006 are announced. 55.4% of voters voted to become independent from the
Serbia and Montenegro Union.
Births
*
1622 -
Louis de Buade de Frontenac, Governor of New France (d.
1698)
*
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)
*
1823 -
Isabella Glyn Dallas, British Shakepearean actress (d.
1889)
*
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 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)
* 1917 -
Nathan Davis, American actor
*
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, American tenor (d.
2005)
* 1925 -
Jean Tinguely, Swiss artist (d.
1991)
*
1927 -
George Andrew Olah, Hungarian-born chemist,
Nobel Prize laureate
* 1927 -
Phil Tucker, American director
*
1930 -
John Barth, American writer
* 1930 -
Harvey Milk, American politician and civil rights activist (d.
1978)
* 1930 -
Kenny Ball, British musician
*
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, American television journalist
* 1940 -
Michael Sarrazin, Canadian actor
*
1941 -
Paul Winfield, American actor (d.
2004)
* 1941 -
Sir Menzies Campbell, UK Politician, Leader of the
Liberal Democrats*
1942 -
Theodore Kaczynski, American terrorist (The Unabomber)
* 1942 -
Calvin Simon, American musician (
P Funk)
* 1942 -
Barbara Parkins, Canadian actress
*
1943 -
Tommy John, baseball player
* 1943 -
Betty Williams, Irish politician, recipient of the
Nobel Peace Prize*
1946 -
Howard Kendall, English footballer and football manager
*
1946 -
George Best, Northern Irish footballer (d.
2005)
*
1950 -
Bernie Taupin, English songwriter
*
1955 -
Dale Winton, UK radio DJ and television presenter
*
1957 -
Gary Sweet, Australian actor
*
1959 -
Morrissey, English singer
*
1960 -
Hideaki Anno, Japanese director
*
1962 -
Brian Pillman, American professional wrestler (d.
1997)
*
1964 -
Ashley Renee, American fetish model
*
1966 -
Kenny Hickey, American guitarist (
Type O Negative)
* 1966 -
Jose Mesa, Dominican baseball player
*
1968 -
Kevin Carolan, American actor and comedian
*
1970 -
Naomi Campbell, English model and actress
*1970 -
Pedro Diniz, Brazilian Formula 1 Driver
*
1971 -
Manuel Ortiz, Wrestler
*
1972 -
Annabel Chong, Singapore actress
*
1973 -
Danny Tiatto, Australian footballer
*
1974 -
Sean Gunn, American actor
*
1977 -
Alastair Ralphs, Canadian professional wrestler
*
1978 -
Jordan, English model and media personality
* 1978 -
Ginnifer Goodwin, American Actress
* 1980 -
Rhett Fisher, Actor/Musician Lead Singer for Manic Mind
*
1981 -
Bryan Danielson, American professional wrestler
*
1982 -
Apolo Anton Ohno, American short track speed skater
*
1987 -
Novak Đoković, Serbian tennis player
Deaths
*
337 -
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, English Franciscan friar (martyred) (b.
1471)
*
1540 -
Francesco Guicciardini, Italian historian (b.
1483)
*
1666 -
Gaspar Schott, German scientist (b.
1608)
*
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)
*
1910 -
Jules Renard, French author (b.
1864)
*
1932 -
Lady Gregory, Irish playwright (b.
1852)
*
1939 -
Ernst Toller, German author (b.
1893)
* 1939 -
Jiri Mahen, Czech author (b.
1882)
*
1965 -
Christopher Stone, first disc jockey in the United Kingdom (b.
1882)
*
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)
*
1998 -
José Enrique Moyal, mathematical physicist (b.
1910)
*
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)
*
2006 -
Lee Jong-wook, Korean Director-General of the World Health Organisation (b.
1945)
* 2006 -
Heather Crowe, Canadian activist (b.
1945)
Holidays and observances
*
Victoria Day in
Canada (This depends on the year. The majority of the time, the holiday takes place on
May 24, but sometimes, such as in
2006, the date switches to the 22nd.)
*
World Biodiversity Day.
*
Republic of Yemen -
National Day.
*
National Heroes Day in
Sri Lanka.
*
National Maritime Day in the
United States.(
http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode36/usc_sec_36_00000128----000-.html)
===Liturgical
Feast days
saints in the
Roman Catholic Church===
*
Saint Atto*
Saint Emile*
Saint Fulk*
Saint Lupus*
Saint Romanus*
Saint Humilita*
Saint Julia*
Saint Renata of Bavaria*
Saint Rita of CasciaExternal links
*
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/may/22 BBC: On This Day*
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/20060522.html The New York Times: On This Day*
http://www1.sympatico.ca/cgi-bin/on_this_day?mth=May&day=22 On this day in Canada----
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