Page 6: Historical Events In May - 22

1940  On this day in history premier Winston Churchill flies to Paris   

1940  Dutch Premier De Geer begins working with Nazis on May - 22.   

1940  Bernard Shaw, news correspondant (CBS, CNN) on May - 22.   

1941  British troops attack Baghdad on May - 22.   

1941  On May - 22 second Lieutenant Charles Hazlitt UPHAM 20 th NZ Battalion, won the first of two Victoria Crosses on Crete   

1941  On this day in history paul Winfield, LA, actor (Star Trek II, Huckleberry Finn, Mars Attack)   

1942  México declares war on Nazi-Germany & Japan on May - 22.   

1942  On this day in history mexico declares war on nazi-Germany & Japan   

1943  RAF scatters first copies of "The Flying Hollander" on May - 22.   

1943  On May - 22 stalin disbands Komintern   

1943  The first jet fighter is tested on this day in history.   

1943  1st jet fighter is tested on this day in history.   

1944  On May - 22 two new RCN torpedo boat flotillas start operating off coast of France.   

1945  6th Marine division reaches suburbs of Naha Okinawa on this day in history.   

1945  Barin Road, Solomons, cleared on May - 22.   

1945  On May - 22 nSB-Führer Rost van Tonningen attempts & fails at suicide   

1945  Carel A Lion Cachet, lithographer/wood carver, dies on this day in history.   

1946  On this day in history yankees turn triple-play & defeat Tigers' 5-3   

1947  On this day in history "Truman Doctrine" goes into effect, aiding Turkey & Greece   

1947  The first US ballistic missile fired on this day in history.   

1948  On this day in history claude McKaye, Jamaican/US author (Banjo, Home to Harlem), dies at 57   

1949  Hans Erich Pfitzner, Russian/German composer, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1950  On May - 22 celal Bayar elected president of Turkey   

1950  On this day in history dutch poet Gerrit Achterberg wins PC Hooft prize   

1953  On May - 22 president Eisenhower signs Offshore Oil Bill   

1953  Vaclav Klicka, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1954  Robert Zimmerman aka Bob Dylan is Bar Mitzvahed on this day in history.   

1954  80th Preakness: Johnny Adams aboard Hasty Road wins in 1:57.4 on this day in history.   

1955  Oldest man to drive in the Grand Prix (aged 55) finishes 6th on this day in history.   

1956  "Bob Hope Show" last airs on NBC-TV on May - 22.   

1956  On May - 22 "Bob Hope Show," last airs on NBC-TV   

1957  On May - 22 south Africa Government approves race separation in universities   

1957  KBTX TV channel 3 in Bryan, TX (CBS) begins broadcasting on May - 22.   

1957  Langston Hughes, poet laureate, dies on May - 22.   

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1622  Louis de Buade de Frontenac, Governor of New France (d. 1698) was born on May - 22.   

1671  Abraham Patras, governor-general of East-Indies (1735-37) was born on this day in history.   

1715  François-Joachim de Pierre de Bernis, French cardinal and statesman (d. 1794) was born on May - 22.   

1722  On this day in history birth of johannes Schmidlin, composer   

1724  Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne, French explorer (d. 1772) was born on May - 22.   

1759  Gervais-Francois Couperin, composer was born on this day in history.   

1770  On May - 22 birth of princess Elizabeth of the United Kingdom (d. 1840)   

1772  On May - 22 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 this day in history.   

1068  Death of Emperor Go-Reizei of Japan (b. 1025) on this day in history.   

1455  Death of Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland, English politician (killed in battle) on this day in history.   

1457  Death of Saint Rita of Cascia, Italian saint (b. 1381) on May - 22.   

1501  On this day in history robert Gaguin, French writer/diplomat (Arte Metrificandi), dies at 66   

1538  Death of John Forrest, English Franciscan friar (martyred) (b. 1471) on May - 22.   

1540  On this day in history francesco Guicciardini, Italian historian/pres of Romagna, dies at 57