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 this day in history.  

1972  On this day in history ceylon becomes the Republic of Sri Lanka  

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

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

1972  On this day in history margaret Rutherford, English actress (Murder Ahoy, VIP's), dies at 80  

1973  On May - 22 emmy News & Documentaries Award presentation  

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 May - 22.  

1974  On May - 22 ruffian begins her racing career as a filly & dies 14 months later  

1974  On May - 22 soccer team Veendam forms  

1974  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on this day in history.  

1975  Torben Meyer, actor (Viking, Roberta, Sunny), dies at 90 on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history bjarne Brustad, composer, dies at 83  

1979  On this day in history 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 this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1984  On this day in history john Marley, actor (Cat Ballou), dies at 77 following heart surgery  

1985  Real Madrid wins 14th UEFA Cup at Madrid on this day in history.  

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

1986  Martin Gabel, actor (Thief, Marnie), dies at 63 on May - 22.  

1987  On this day in history 30 killed in a Texas tornado  

1987  Mario Zafred, composer, dies at 65 on May - 22.  

1988  On this day in history hungarian Communist Party leader ousted  

1988  On May - 22 károly Grósz succeeds party leader János Kádár in Hungary  

1988  Dennis Day, tenor/comedian (Jack Benny Show, Danny Boy), dies at 71 on May - 22.  

1990  Andre Dawson sets record being intentionally walked 5 times on this day in history.  

1990  Dow Jones average hits a record 2,852.23 on May - 22.  

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

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1622  Louis de Buade de Frontenac, Governor of New France (d. 1698) was born on May - 22.  

1671  Abraham Patras, governor-general of East-Indies (1735-37) was born on May - 22.  

1715  On this day in history 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 May - 22 birth of marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne, French explorer (d. 1772)  

1759  Gervais-Francois Couperin, composer was born on this day in history.  

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  Constantine the Great, emperor of Rome (306-37)/anti semite, dies on this day in history.  

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

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

1501  On May - 22 robert Gaguin, French writer/diplomat (Arte Metrificandi), dies at 66  

1538  Death of John Forrest, English Franciscan friar (martyred) (b. 1471) on May - 22.  

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