Page 6: Historical Events In May - 22
Monday, 30 June 2025
1940 Premier Winston Churchill flies to Paris on May - 22.
1940 On this day in history dutch Premier De Geer begins working with Nazis
1940 Bernard Shaw, news correspondant (CBS, CNN) on May - 22.
1941 On May - 22 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 Paul Winfield, LA, actor (Star Trek II, Huckleberry Finn, Mars Attack) on May - 22.
1942 México declares war on Nazi-Germany & Japan on this day in history.
1942 Mexico declares war on nazi-Germany & Japan on this day in history.
1943 RAF scatters first copies of "The Flying Hollander" on May - 22.
1943 On this day in history 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 Two new RCN torpedo boat flotillas start operating off coast of France on this day in history.
1945 On May - 22 6th Marine division reaches suburbs of Naha Okinawa
1945 Barin Road, Solomons, cleared on this day in history.
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 May - 22.
1947 On May - 22 "Truman Doctrine" goes into effect, aiding Turkey & Greece
1947 The first US ballistic missile fired on May - 22.
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 May - 22.
1950 On May - 22 celal Bayar elected president of Turkey
1950 On May - 22 dutch poet Gerrit Achterberg wins PC Hooft prize
1953 President Eisenhower signs Offshore Oil Bill on this day in history.
1953 Vaclav Klicka, composer, dies at 70 on May - 22.
1954 Robert Zimmerman aka Bob Dylan is Bar Mitzvahed on May - 22.
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 "Bob Hope Show" last airs on NBC-TV on this day in history.
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 KBTX TV channel 3 in Bryan, TX (CBS) begins broadcasting on this day in history.
1957 Langston Hughes, poet laureate, dies on May - 22.
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