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1990 On this day in history north & South Yemen merge to form Republic of Yemen 
1990 The final episode of Newhart airs on CBS TV on this day in history.
1990 Max Wall, actor (Jabberwocky), dies on May - 22.
1991 On May - 22 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 May - 22.
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 May - 22.
1992 India launches its Agni rocket on this day in history.
1992 On this day in history 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 Mieczyslaw Horszowski, Polish/US pianist (Carnegie Hall), dies at 100 on May - 22.
1994 Frederick Hemming McClintock, criminologist, dies at 68 on May - 22.
1995 Laverne & Shirley 20th anniversary reunionn special, televised on this day in history.
1995 On this day in history robert Flemyng, actor (Kafka, Rebecca, Funny Face), dies at 83
1996 Duncan Montgomery Stewart, academic, dies at 66 on this day in history.
1998 In Central Bolivia a 6.6 earthquake at least 105 people killed and 150 injured in the Aiquile-Totora area on May - 22.
2003 On this day in history ousmane Zongo, Burkinabé shooting victim
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 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 on this day in history.
2012 On May - 22 14 people die and 30 are injured in train collision in India
2012 On May - 22 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 this day in history.
2017 On this day in history japanese researchers from University of Yamanashi report birth of mice from freeze-dried sperm stored on the International Space Station
2017 South Africa's Western Cape province declares a drought disaster - worst for 113 years on this day in history.
2017 Suicide bombing at Manchester Arena, England, after Ariana Grande concert kills 22 and injures 59 on May - 22.
2017 A terrorist bombing attack at an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester, England kills 22 people and injures over 500 on May - 22.
2018 Stacey Abrams is the first black woman to be nominated as US state governor - for Georgia on this day in history.
2018 Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is questioned by members of the European parliament in Brussels in wake of its security scandal on May - 22.
2018 Outbreak of Nipah virus confirmed to have killed 10 including a nurse in Kozhikode, India on May - 22.
2018 Australian court finds Archbishop of Adelaide Philip Wilson guilty of covering up sexual abuse in 1970s, most senior Catholic priest to be convicted on this day in history.
2018 On this day in history new York Stock Exchange announces Stacey Cunningham will be its first woman head in its 226-year history
2020 On May - 22 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.
2020 On May - 22 [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.
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