Historical Events In May - 22

1990  On this day in history north & South Yemen merge to form Republic of Yemen  

1990  On this day in history the final episode of Newhart airs on CBS TV  

1990  Max Wall, actor (Jabberwocky), dies on May - 22.  

1991  On this day in history inter Milan wins 20th UEFA Cup at Rome  

1991  NFL Owners agree to add 2 teams in 1994 on this day in history.  

1991  Roh Jai Bong resigns as premier of South Korea on this day in history.  

1991  On May - 22 lino Brocka, director (Macho Dancer, Jaguar), dies in car crash at 51  

1992  California Angels are involved in a bus crash in New Jersey on this day in history.  

1992  On May - 22 india launches its Agni rocket  

1992  On May - 22 johnny Carson's final appearance as host of the Tonight Show  

1993  Riddick Bowe TKOs Jesse Ferguson in 2 for heavyweight boxing title on this day in history.  

1993  On May - 22 mieczyslaw Horszowski, Polish/US pianist (Carnegie Hall), dies at 100  

1994  On May - 22 frederick Hemming McClintock, criminologist, dies at 68  

1995  Laverne & Shirley 20th anniversary reunionn special, televised on May - 22.  

1995  On this day in history robert Flemyng, actor (Kafka, Rebecca, Funny Face), dies at 83  

1996  On this day in history duncan Montgomery Stewart, academic, dies at 66  

1998  On May - 22 in Central Bolivia a 6.6 earthquake at least 105 people killed and 150 injured in the Aiquile-Totora area.  

2003  Ousmane Zongo, Burkinabé shooting victim on this day in history.  

2010  On May - 22 air India Express Flight 812 overshoots the runway at Mangalore International Airport in India, killing 158 and leaving 8 survivors.  

2011  On this day in history an EF5 Tornado strikes the US city of Joplin, Missouri killing at least 158 people, the single deadliest US tornado since modern record keeping began in 1950.  

2012  On May - 22 14 people die and 30 are injured in train collision in India  

2012  On this day in history tokyo Skytree, the tallest self-supporting tower in the world at 634 metres high, is opened to public.  

2014  The military stage a coup in Thailand, suspending the kingdom's constitution and taking control of the government (Thailand's army has staged eleven coups since 1932) on May - 22.  

2017  On May - 22 japanese researchers from University of Yamanashi report birth of mice from freeze-dried sperm stored on the International Space Station  

2017  On May - 22 south Africa's Western Cape province declares a drought disaster - worst for 113 years  

2017  Suicide bombing at Manchester Arena, England, after Ariana Grande concert kills 22 and injures 59 on this day in history.  

2017  On May - 22 a terrorist bombing attack at an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester, England kills 22 people and injures over 500.  

2018  Stacey Abrams is the first black woman to be nominated as US state governor - for Georgia on May - 22.  

2018  On May - 22 facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is questioned by members of the European parliament in Brussels in wake of its security scandal  

2018  Outbreak of Nipah virus confirmed to have killed 10 including a nurse in Kozhikode, India on May - 22.  

2018  On this day in history australian court finds Archbishop of Adelaide Philip Wilson guilty of covering up sexual abuse in 1970s, most senior Catholic priest to be convicted  

2018  New York Stock Exchange announces Stacey Cunningham will be its first woman head in its 226-year history on May - 22.  

2020  Flight PK8303, a Pakistan International Airlines passenger aircraft, crashes in a residential area near Karachi, in Pakistan, killing 97 of the 99 total people on board and injuring dozens on the ground on May - 22.  

2020  [COVID-19 pandemic] Brazil overtakes Russia to become the country with the second highest number of COVID-19 cases, with over 330,000 reported. President Jair Bolsonaro continues to dismiss the threat of the virus on May - 22.  

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1622  On May - 22 birth of louis de Buade de Frontenac, Governor of New France (d. 1698)  

1671  On May - 22 birth of abraham Patras, governor-general of East-Indies (1735-37)  

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 May - 22 birth of marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne, French explorer (d. 1772)  

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

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 this day in history 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 May - 22 robert Gaguin, French writer/diplomat (Arte Metrificandi), dies at 66  

1538  On this day in history death of john Forrest, English Franciscan friar (martyred) (b. 1471)  

1540  Francesco Guicciardini, Italian historian/pres of Romagna, dies at 57 on this day in history.