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  On this day in history bernard Shaw, news correspondant (CBS, CNN)   

1941  On this day in history british troops attack Baghdad   

1941  Second Lieutenant Charles Hazlitt UPHAM 20 th NZ Battalion, won the first of two Victoria Crosses on Crete on this day in history.   

1941  Paul Winfield, LA, actor (Star Trek II, Huckleberry Finn, Mars Attack) on this day in history.   

1942  México declares war on Nazi-Germany & Japan on this day in history.   

1942  Mexico declares war on nazi-Germany & Japan on May - 22.   

1943  On May - 22 rAF scatters first copies of "The Flying Hollander"   

1943  On May - 22 stalin disbands Komintern   

1943  On May - 22 the first jet fighter is tested   

1943  On this day in history 1st jet fighter is tested   

1944  On this day in history two new RCN torpedo boat flotillas start operating off coast of France.   

1945  On May - 22 6th Marine division reaches suburbs of Naha Okinawa   

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

1945  On May - 22 nSB-Führer Rost van Tonningen attempts & fails at suicide   

1945  Carel A Lion Cachet, lithographer/wood carver, dies on this day in history.   

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

1947  On this day in history "Truman Doctrine" goes into effect, aiding Turkey & Greece   

1947  The first US ballistic missile fired on May - 22.   

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

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

1950  On May - 22 celal Bayar elected president of Turkey   

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

1953  On May - 22 president Eisenhower signs Offshore Oil Bill   

1953  On this day in history vaclav Klicka, composer, dies at 70   

1954  On this day in history robert Zimmerman aka Bob Dylan is Bar Mitzvahed   

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

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 this day in history "Bob Hope Show," last airs on NBC-TV   

1957  South Africa Government approves race separation in universities on this day in history.   

1957  On this day in history kBTX TV channel 3 in Bryan, TX (CBS) begins broadcasting   

1957  Langston Hughes, poet laureate, dies on May - 22.   

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1622  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of françois-Joachim de Pierre de Bernis, French cardinal and statesman (d. 1794)   

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

1724  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1772  On this day in history birth of ram Mohan Roy, Hindu reformer (d. 1833)   

0337  On this day in history constantine the Great, emperor of Rome (306-37)/anti semite, dies   

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  Death of Saint Rita of Cascia, Italian saint (b. 1381) on May - 22.   

1501  On this day in history robert Gaguin, French writer/diplomat (Arte Metrificandi), dies at 66   

1538  On May - 22 death of john Forrest, English Franciscan friar (martyred) (b. 1471)   

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