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 this day in history.   

1940  On this day in history 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  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  On May - 22 mexico declares war on nazi-Germany & Japan   

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

1943  Stalin disbands Komintern on May - 22.   

1943  On this day in history the first jet fighter is tested   

1943  1st jet fighter is tested on May - 22.   

1944  On May - 22 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 this day in history.   

1945  On this day in history nSB-Führer Rost van Tonningen attempts & fails at suicide   

1945  On this day in history carel A Lion Cachet, lithographer/wood carver, dies   

1946  Yankees turn triple-play & defeat Tigers' 5-3 on May - 22.   

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

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

1953  President Eisenhower signs Offshore Oil Bill on this day in history.   

1953  On May - 22 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  On May - 22 oldest man to drive in the Grand Prix (aged 55) finishes 6th   

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

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

1957  South Africa Government approves race separation in universities on this day in history.   

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

1957  On this day in history langston Hughes, poet laureate, dies   

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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 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  On this day in history birth of marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne, French explorer (d. 1772)   

1759  Gervais-Francois Couperin, composer was born on May - 22.   

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

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

0337  On May - 22 constantine the Great, emperor of Rome (306-37)/anti semite, dies   

0987  On this day in history death of louis V le Faineant, the Lazy, king of France (986-87), poisoned at 20   

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

1455  On May - 22 death of henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland, English politician (killed in battle)   

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  Francesco Guicciardini, Italian historian/pres of Romagna, dies at 57 on May - 22.