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 this day in history.   

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

1941  On this day in history british troops attack Baghdad   

1941  On May - 22 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 this day in history.   

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

1942  On May - 22 mexico declares war on nazi-Germany & Japan   

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

1943  Stalin disbands Komintern on this day in history.   

1943  The first jet fighter is tested on May - 22.   

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

1945  On May - 22 barin Road, Solomons, cleared   

1945  NSB-Führer Rost van Tonningen attempts & fails at suicide on May - 22.   

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

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

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

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  On May - 22 hans Erich Pfitzner, Russian/German composer, dies at 80   

1950  Celal Bayar elected president of Turkey on May - 22.   

1950  On May - 22 dutch poet Gerrit Achterberg wins PC Hooft prize   

1953  On this day in history president Eisenhower signs Offshore Oil Bill   

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

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

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

1957  On this day in history 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  Louis de Buade de Frontenac, Governor of New France (d. 1698) was born on this day in history.   

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

1715  On May - 22 birth of françois-Joachim de Pierre de Bernis, French cardinal and statesman (d. 1794)   

1722  On May - 22 birth of johannes Schmidlin, composer   

1724  On May - 22 birth of marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne, French explorer (d. 1772)   

1759  On May - 22 birth of gervais-Francois Couperin, composer   

1770  On May - 22 birth of princess Elizabeth of the United Kingdom (d. 1840)   

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 May - 22 death of louis V le Faineant, the Lazy, king of France (986-87), poisoned at 20   

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 May - 22 death of saint Rita of Cascia, Italian saint (b. 1381)   

1501  Robert Gaguin, French writer/diplomat (Arte Metrificandi), dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1538  Death of John Forrest, English Franciscan friar (martyred) (b. 1471) on May - 22.   

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