Page 6: Historical Events In May - 22

1940  Premier Winston Churchill flies to Paris on this day in history.   

1940  Dutch Premier De Geer begins working with Nazis on May - 22.   

1940  Bernard Shaw, news correspondant (CBS, CNN) on May - 22.   

1941  British troops attack Baghdad on this day in history.   

1941  On May - 22 second Lieutenant Charles Hazlitt UPHAM 20 th NZ Battalion, won the first of two Victoria Crosses on Crete   

1941  On May - 22 paul Winfield, LA, actor (Star Trek II, Huckleberry Finn, Mars Attack)   

1942  On this day in history méxico declares war on Nazi-Germany & Japan   

1942  Mexico declares war on nazi-Germany & Japan on this day in history.   

1943  RAF scatters first copies of "The Flying Hollander" on this day in history.   

1943  On this day in history stalin disbands Komintern   

1943  On May - 22 the first jet fighter is tested   

1943  1st jet fighter is tested on this day in history.   

1944  On May - 22 two new RCN torpedo boat flotillas start operating off coast of France.   

1945  On this day in history 6th Marine division reaches suburbs of Naha Okinawa   

1945  Barin Road, Solomons, cleared on this day in history.   

1945  On this day in history nSB-Führer Rost van Tonningen attempts & fails at suicide   

1945  On this day in history carel A Lion Cachet, lithographer/wood carver, dies   

1946  On this day in history yankees turn triple-play & defeat Tigers' 5-3   

1947  On May - 22 "Truman Doctrine" goes into effect, aiding Turkey & Greece   

1947  On May - 22 the first US ballistic missile fired   

1948  On this day in history claude McKaye, Jamaican/US author (Banjo, Home to Harlem), dies at 57   

1949  Hans Erich Pfitzner, Russian/German composer, dies at 80 on May - 22.   

1950  Celal Bayar elected president of Turkey on this day in history.   

1950  On this day in history dutch poet Gerrit Achterberg wins PC Hooft prize   

1953  President Eisenhower signs Offshore Oil Bill on May - 22.   

1953  Vaclav Klicka, composer, dies at 70 on May - 22.   

1954  On May - 22 robert Zimmerman aka Bob Dylan is Bar Mitzvahed   

1954  On this day in history 80th Preakness: Johnny Adams aboard Hasty Road wins in 1:57.4   

1955  Oldest man to drive in the Grand Prix (aged 55) finishes 6th on May - 22.   

1956  "Bob Hope Show" last airs on NBC-TV on May - 22.   

1956  On May - 22 "Bob Hope Show," last airs on NBC-TV   

1957  South Africa Government approves race separation in universities on May - 22.   

1957  KBTX TV channel 3 in Bryan, TX (CBS) begins broadcasting on May - 22.   

1957  On this day in history langston Hughes, poet laureate, dies   

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

1671  Abraham Patras, governor-general of East-Indies (1735-37) was born on this day in history.   

1715  François-Joachim de Pierre de Bernis, French cardinal and statesman (d. 1794) was born on this day in history.   

1722  On this day in history birth of johannes Schmidlin, composer   

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 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  On this day in history constantine the Great, emperor of Rome (306-37)/anti semite, dies   

0987  Death of Louis V le Faineant, the Lazy, king of France (986-87), poisoned at 20 on May - 22.   

1068  Death of Emperor Go-Reizei of Japan (b. 1025) on May - 22.   

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

1538  Death of John Forrest, English Franciscan friar (martyred) (b. 1471) on this day in history.   

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