Historical Events In May - 22

1924  On this day in history in Chicago, Nathan Leopold & Richard Loeb kidnap Robert Franks   

1924  On May - 22 charles Aznavour, Armenia, French singer (Monsieur Carnavel, Tin Drum)   

1925  On May - 22 jean Tinguely, Swiss sculptor artist (movement objects)   

1925  On May - 22 john [Denton Pinkstone] French, Brit field marshall (WWI), dies at 72   

1926  On this day in history "Five Foot Two, Eyes of Blue" by Gene Austin hits #1   

1926  Chiang Kai-shek replaces communists in Guomindang China on May - 22.   

1926  Dutch Communist Party expels David Wijnkoop on this day in history.   

1927  8.3 earthquake strikes Nan-Shan China, 200,000 killed on this day in history.   

1927  On May - 22 near Xining, China a 8.3 quake caused 200,000 deaths. One of the world's most destructive earthquakes.   

1927  Eric Petrie, cricketer (NZ wicketkeeper of the late 1950's) on this day in history.   

1928  US Congress accept Jones-White Merchant Naval Act on this day in history.   

1928  Roscoe Robinson, US gospel singer on May - 22.   

1928  On this day in history william HT Gairdner, Engl missionary (Nile Mission Press), dies at 54   

1929  Asher Ben-Yohanan, composer on this day in history.   

1930  On this day in history ruth hits 3 consecutive HR (8th-10th of 60 in 1930)   

1930  Dieuwke Y W de Graaff-Nauta, Dutch undersecretary of the Interior on this day in history.   

1931  Canned rattlesnake meat first goes on sale in Florida I'll pass thanks on May - 22.   

1931  Canned rattlesnake meat 1st goes on sale in Florida on this day in history.   

1931  On this day in history kenny Ball, rocker   

1932  On this day in history lady Augusta, [Isabella Gregory], playwright (Gold Apple), dies at 80   

1933  John Mackay makes the first reported sighting of the Loch Ness Monster on May - 22.   

1933  On this day in history loch Ness Monster is first reportedly sighted by John Mackay   

1933  World Trade Day/National Maritime Day first celebrated on this day in history.   

1933  Loch Ness Monster is 1st reportedly sighted by John Mackay on May - 22.   

1933  John Browning, Denver Colorado, pianist (Leventritt Award-1956) on May - 22.   

1934  Peter Nero, NYC, conductor/pianist (A Sunday in NY) on this day in history.   

1935  On this day in history ron Piché, Quebec baseball player   

1936  On May - 22 aer Lingus (Aer Loingeas) is founded by the Irish government as the national airline of the Republic of Ireland.   

1938  Dodgers announce contracts to install lights at Ebbets Field on this day in history.   

1938  On this day in history frank Converse, actor (It's About Time, Dr Cook's Garden, Movin' On)   

1939  Hitler & Mussolini sign "Pact of Steel" on May - 22.   

1939  Ernst Toller, writer, dies at 45 on this day in history.   

1940  Decision to form 8th Division of AIF on May - 22.   

1940  Nazis at Channel trap the Allies at Belgium on May - 22.   

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1622  On May - 22 birth of louis de Buade de Frontenac, Governor of New France (d. 1698)   

1671  Abraham Patras, governor-general of East-Indies (1735-37) was born on May - 22.   

1715  On this day in history birth of françois-Joachim de Pierre de Bernis, French cardinal and statesman (d. 1794)   

1722  Johannes Schmidlin, composer was born on this day in history.   

1724  On May - 22 birth of marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne, French explorer (d. 1772)   

1759  On this day in history birth of gervais-Francois Couperin, composer   

1770  Princess Elizabeth of the United Kingdom (d. 1840) was born on May - 22.   

1772  On this day in history birth of ram Mohan Roy, Hindu reformer (d. 1833)   

0337  Constantine the Great, emperor of Rome (306-37)/anti semite, dies on May - 22.   

0987  Death of Louis V le Faineant, the Lazy, king of France (986-87), poisoned at 20 on May - 22.   

1068  Death of Emperor Go-Reizei of Japan (b. 1025) on May - 22.   

1455  On this day in history death of henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland, English politician (killed in battle)   

1457  Death of Saint Rita of Cascia, Italian saint (b. 1381) on this day in history.   

1501  On May - 22 robert Gaguin, French writer/diplomat (Arte Metrificandi), dies at 66   

1538  On this day in history death of john Forrest, English Franciscan friar (martyred) (b. 1471)   

1540  Francesco Guicciardini, Italian historian/pres of Romagna, dies at 57 on this day in history.