Page 8: 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  On May - 22 ceylon becomes the Republic of Sri Lanka   

1972  On this day in history ton Sijbrands becomes world checker champion   

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  Emmy News & Documentaries Award presentation on May - 22.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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 May - 22.   

1976  NASA launches space vehicle S-179 on May - 22.   

1977  Final European scheduled run of the Orient Express (94 years) on this day in history.   

1977  On this day in history gijsbert van Hall, banker/mayor of Amsterdam (1957-67), dies at 73   

1978  On May - 22 bjarne Brustad, composer, dies at 83   

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 this day in history.   

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

1980  Marlo Thomas & Phil Donahue marry on May - 22.   

1981  Soyuz 40 returns to Earth on May - 22.   

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

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

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

1987  On this day in history mario Zafred, composer, dies at 65   

1988  Hungarian Communist Party leader ousted on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1990  On May - 22 andre Dawson sets record being intentionally walked 5 times   

1990  On May - 22 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  Louis de Buade de Frontenac, Governor of New France (d. 1698) was born on May - 22.   

1671  On this day in history birth of abraham Patras, governor-general of East-Indies (1735-37)   

1715  On May - 22 birth of françois-Joachim de Pierre de Bernis, French cardinal and statesman (d. 1794)   

1722  Johannes Schmidlin, composer was born on May - 22.   

1724  Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne, French explorer (d. 1772) was born on this day in history.   

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

1770  On May - 22 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  Death of Louis V le Faineant, the Lazy, king of France (986-87), poisoned at 20 on May - 22.   

1068  On this day in history death of emperor Go-Reizei of Japan (b. 1025)   

1455  Death of Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland, English politician (killed in battle) on May - 22.   

1457  Death of Saint Rita of Cascia, Italian saint (b. 1381) on this day in history.   

1501  Robert Gaguin, French writer/diplomat (Arte Metrificandi), dies at 66 on May - 22.   

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