Page 6: Historical Events In May - 22

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

1940  On this day in history dutch Premier De Geer begins working with Nazis   

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

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

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

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

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 this day in history.   

1943  On May - 22 1st jet fighter is tested   

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

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

1945  On this day in history barin Road, Solomons, cleared   

1945  NSB-Führer Rost van Tonningen attempts & fails at suicide on this day in history.   

1945  On May - 22 carel A Lion Cachet, lithographer/wood carver, dies   

1946  On May - 22 yankees turn triple-play & defeat Tigers' 5-3   

1947  On May - 22 "Truman Doctrine" goes into effect, aiding Turkey & Greece   

1947  The first US ballistic missile fired on May - 22.   

1948  On May - 22 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 this day in history celal Bayar elected president of Turkey   

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

1953  President Eisenhower signs Offshore Oil Bill on May - 22.   

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

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

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

1955  On May - 22 oldest man to drive in the Grand Prix (aged 55) finishes 6th   

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  South Africa Government approves race separation in universities on May - 22.   

1957  On May - 22 kBTX TV channel 3 in Bryan, TX (CBS) begins broadcasting   

1957  Langston Hughes, poet laureate, dies on this day in history.   

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

1671  On this day in history birth of abraham Patras, governor-general of East-Indies (1735-37)   

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

1722  Johannes Schmidlin, composer was born on May - 22.   

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  On May - 22 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 May - 22.   

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

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 May - 22.   

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 May - 22.