Page 6: Historical Events In May - 22

1940  Premier Winston Churchill flies to Paris on May - 22.   

1940  On this day in history dutch Premier De Geer begins working with Nazis   

1940  On this day in history bernard Shaw, news correspondant (CBS, CNN)   

1941  British troops attack Baghdad on this day in history.   

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

1941  Paul Winfield, LA, actor (Star Trek II, Huckleberry Finn, Mars Attack) on May - 22.   

1942  México declares war on Nazi-Germany & Japan on May - 22.   

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

1943  RAF scatters first copies of "The Flying Hollander" on May - 22.   

1943  On May - 22 stalin disbands Komintern   

1943  On May - 22 the first jet fighter is tested   

1943  On May - 22 1st jet fighter is tested   

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

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

1945  On this day in history barin Road, Solomons, cleared   

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

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

1946  Yankees turn triple-play & defeat Tigers' 5-3 on May - 22.   

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

1947  The first US ballistic missile fired on this day in history.   

1948  Claude McKaye, Jamaican/US author (Banjo, Home to Harlem), dies at 57 on May - 22.   

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 this day in history president Eisenhower signs Offshore Oil Bill   

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

1954  Robert Zimmerman aka Bob Dylan is Bar Mitzvahed on May - 22.   

1954  On May - 22 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 this day in history.   

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

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

1957  On May - 22 south Africa Government approves race separation in universities   

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 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  François-Joachim de Pierre de Bernis, French cardinal and statesman (d. 1794) was born on May - 22.   

1722  On May - 22 birth of johannes Schmidlin, composer   

1724  Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne, French explorer (d. 1772) was born on May - 22.   

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

1770  Princess Elizabeth of the United Kingdom (d. 1840) was born on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history death of henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland, English politician (killed in battle)   

1457  Death of Saint Rita of Cascia, Italian saint (b. 1381) on May - 22.   

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  Francesco Guicciardini, Italian historian/pres of Romagna, dies at 57 on May - 22.