Historical Events In May - 22

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

1940  On May - 22 dutch Premier De Geer begins working with Nazis  

1940  On May - 22 bernard Shaw, news correspondant (CBS, CNN)  

1941  On this day in history british troops attack Baghdad  

1941  Second Lieutenant Charles Hazlitt UPHAM 20 th NZ Battalion, won the first of two Victoria Crosses on Crete on this day in history.  

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

1942  On this day in history méxico declares war on Nazi-Germany & Japan  

1942  Mexico declares war on nazi-Germany & Japan on this day in history.  

1943  On May - 22 rAF scatters first copies of "The Flying Hollander"  

1943  On this day in history stalin disbands Komintern  

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

1943  On this day in history 1st jet fighter is tested  

1944  Two new RCN torpedo boat flotillas start operating off coast of France on this day in history.  

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

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

1945  NSB-Führer Rost van Tonningen attempts & fails at suicide on May - 22.  

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  On this day in history the first US ballistic missile fired  

1948  Claude McKaye, Jamaican/US author (Banjo, Home to Harlem), dies at 57 on May - 22.  

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  Dutch poet Gerrit Achterberg wins PC Hooft prize on May - 22.  

1953  On this day in history president Eisenhower signs Offshore Oil Bill  

1953  On this day in history vaclav Klicka, composer, dies at 70  

1954  On May - 22 robert Zimmerman aka Bob Dylan is Bar Mitzvahed  

1954  On May - 22 80th Preakness: Johnny Adams aboard Hasty Road wins in 1:57.4  

1955  Oldest man to drive in the Grand Prix (aged 55) finishes 6th on May - 22.  

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

1956  On this day in history "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  On this day in history langston Hughes, poet laureate, dies  

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1622  Louis de Buade de Frontenac, Governor of New France (d. 1698) was born on this day in history.  

1671  On May - 22 birth of abraham Patras, governor-general of East-Indies (1735-37)  

1715  On May - 22 birth of françois-Joachim de Pierre de Bernis, French cardinal and statesman (d. 1794)  

1722  On May - 22 birth of johannes Schmidlin, composer  

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

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

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

1772  Ram Mohan Roy, Hindu reformer (d. 1833) was born on May - 22.  

0337  On this day in history constantine the Great, emperor of Rome (306-37)/anti semite, dies  

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

1068  On May - 22 death of emperor Go-Reizei of Japan (b. 1025)  

1455  Death of Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland, English politician (killed in battle) on May - 22.  

1457  On May - 22 death of saint Rita of Cascia, Italian saint (b. 1381)  

1501  Robert Gaguin, French writer/diplomat (Arte Metrificandi), dies at 66 on this day in history.  

1538  Death of John Forrest, English Franciscan friar (martyred) (b. 1471) on this day in history.  

1540  On May - 22 francesco Guicciardini, Italian historian/pres of Romagna, dies at 57