Historical Events In May - 22

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

1972  Ceylon becomes Republic of Sri Lanka as its constitution is ratified on May - 22.   

1972  Ceylon becomes the Republic of Sri Lanka on this day in history.   

1972  Ton Sijbrands becomes world checker champion on May - 22.   

1972  On this day in history uS President Nixon begins visit Moscow   

1972  Margaret Rutherford, English actress (Murder Ahoy, VIP's), dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1973  On this day in history emmy News & Documentaries Award presentation   

1973  President Nixon confesses his role in Watergate cover-up on May - 22.   

1973  U S President Richard Nixon confesses his role in the Watergate cover-up on May - 22.   

1974  Ruffian begins her racing career as a filly & dies 14 months later on May - 22.   

1974  On this day in history soccer team Veendam forms   

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

1975  On May - 22 torben Meyer, actor (Viking, Roberta, Sunny), dies at 90   

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  On this day in history gijsbert van Hall, banker/mayor of Amsterdam (1957-67), dies at 73   

1978  Bjarne Brustad, composer, dies at 83 on this day in history.   

1979  On May - 22 canadians elect conservatives, Joseph Clark replaces Pierre Trudeau but not for long   

1979  Commencement of first ICC Trophy (PNG vs East Africa & Singapore vs Argentina) on May - 22.   

1979  On May - 22 the first of two McDonnell Douglas AV-8C Harriers arrived at NATC, Patuxent River for service acceptance trials   

1980  On this day in history marlo Thomas & Phil Donahue marry   

1981  Soyuz 40 returns to Earth on May - 22.   

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

1985  On this day in history real Madrid wins 14th UEFA Cup at Madrid   

1985  On May - 22 uS sailor Michael L Walker arrested for spying for USSR   

1986  Martin Gabel, actor (Thief, Marnie), dies at 63 on this day in history.   

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

1987  Mario Zafred, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

1988  On May - 22 hungarian Communist Party leader ousted   

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

1988  Dennis Day, tenor/comedian (Jack Benny Show, Danny Boy), dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1990  Andre Dawson sets record being intentionally walked 5 times on May - 22.   

1990  Dow Jones average hits a record 2,852.23 on this day in history.   

1990  Microsoft releases Windows 3.0(I think there is trend here!) on May - 22.   

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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 May - 22.   

1724  On this day in history birth of marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne, French explorer (d. 1772)   

1759  On May - 22 birth of gervais-Francois Couperin, composer   

1770  On this day in history birth of princess Elizabeth of the United Kingdom (d. 1840)   

1772  Ram Mohan Roy, Hindu reformer (d. 1833) was born on this day in history.   

0337  Constantine the Great, emperor of Rome (306-37)/anti semite, dies on May - 22.   

0987  On May - 22 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 this day in history 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  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  On this day in history francesco Guicciardini, Italian historian/pres of Romagna, dies at 57