Page 8: Historical Events In May - 22

1971  On May - 22 norwegian cruise vessel Meteor catches fire in Strait of Georgia; 70 passengers saved, 32 crew members killed.   

1972  On May - 22 ceylon becomes Republic of Sri Lanka as its constitution is ratified   

1972  Ceylon becomes the Republic of Sri Lanka on May - 22.   

1972  On May - 22 ton Sijbrands becomes world checker champion   

1972  US President Nixon begins visit Moscow on this day in history.   

1972  On May - 22 margaret Rutherford, English actress (Murder Ahoy, VIP's), dies at 80   

1973  Emmy News & Documentaries Award presentation on May - 22.   

1973  On this day in history president Nixon confesses his role in Watergate cover-up   

1973  U S President Richard Nixon confesses his role in the Watergate cover-up on this day in history.   

1974  Ruffian begins her racing career as a filly & dies 14 months later on this day in history.   

1974  Soccer team Veendam forms on this day in history.   

1974  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on May - 22.   

1975  Torben Meyer, actor (Viking, Roberta, Sunny), dies at 90 on May - 22.   

1976  On this day in history nASA launches space vehicle S-179   

1977  On this day in history final European scheduled run of the Orient Express (94 years)   

1977  Gijsbert van Hall, banker/mayor of Amsterdam (1957-67), dies at 73 on May - 22.   

1978  Bjarne Brustad, composer, dies at 83 on May - 22.   

1979  On this day in history canadians elect conservatives, Joseph Clark replaces Pierre Trudeau but not for long   

1979  On this day in history commencement of first ICC Trophy (PNG vs East Africa & Singapore vs Argentina)   

1979  On this day in history the first of two McDonnell Douglas AV-8C Harriers arrived at NATC, Patuxent River for service acceptance trials   

1980  On May - 22 marlo Thomas & Phil Donahue marry   

1981  Soyuz 40 returns to Earth on this day in history.   

1984  John Marley, actor (Cat Ballou), dies at 77 following heart surgery on this day in history.   

1985  On May - 22 real Madrid wins 14th UEFA Cup at Madrid   

1985  On this day in history uS sailor Michael L Walker arrested for spying for USSR   

1986  On May - 22 martin Gabel, actor (Thief, Marnie), dies at 63   

1987  30 killed in a Texas tornado on May - 22.   

1987  On May - 22 mario Zafred, composer, dies at 65   

1988  Hungarian Communist Party leader ousted on May - 22.   

1988  Károly Grósz succeeds party leader János Kádár in Hungary on May - 22.   

1988  On May - 22 dennis Day, tenor/comedian (Jack Benny Show, Danny Boy), dies at 71   

1990  On this day in history andre Dawson sets record being intentionally walked 5 times   

1990  On this day in history dow Jones average hits a record 2,852.23   

1990  On May - 22 microsoft releases Windows 3.0(I think there is trend here!)   

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1622  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1715  François-Joachim de Pierre de Bernis, French cardinal and statesman (d. 1794) was born on this day in history.   

1722  Johannes Schmidlin, composer was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1770  On May - 22 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 this day in history 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  On May - 22 death of emperor Go-Reizei of Japan (b. 1025)   

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

1457  On this day in history death of saint Rita of Cascia, Italian saint (b. 1381)   

1501  On this day in history robert Gaguin, French writer/diplomat (Arte Metrificandi), dies at 66   

1538  On May - 22 death of john Forrest, English Franciscan friar (martyred) (b. 1471)   

1540  On this day in history francesco Guicciardini, Italian historian/pres of Romagna, dies at 57