Page 6: Historical Events In May - 22

1940  Premier Winston Churchill flies to Paris on this day in history.   

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

1940  Bernard Shaw, news correspondant (CBS, CNN) on this day in history.   

1941  On this day in history british troops attack Baghdad   

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

1941  On May - 22 paul Winfield, LA, actor (Star Trek II, Huckleberry Finn, Mars Attack)   

1942  On May - 22 méxico declares war on Nazi-Germany & Japan   

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

1943  RAF scatters first copies of "The Flying Hollander" on this day in history.   

1943  On May - 22 stalin disbands Komintern   

1943  The first jet fighter is tested on May - 22.   

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

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

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 May - 22.   

1946  Yankees turn triple-play & defeat Tigers' 5-3 on this day in history.   

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  Claude McKaye, Jamaican/US author (Banjo, Home to Harlem), dies at 57 on this day in history.   

1949  On this day in history hans Erich Pfitzner, Russian/German composer, dies at 80   

1950  Celal Bayar elected president of Turkey on May - 22.   

1950  On May - 22 dutch poet Gerrit Achterberg wins PC Hooft prize   

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

1953  Vaclav Klicka, composer, dies at 70 on May - 22.   

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  On this day in history "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  Langston Hughes, poet laureate, dies on this day in history.   

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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 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  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 this day in history birth of princess Elizabeth of the United Kingdom (d. 1840)   

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

0337  On May - 22 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 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 this day in history.   

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 May - 22.   

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