Page 8: Historical Events In May - 22

1971  On this day in history norwegian cruise vessel Meteor catches fire in Strait of Georgia; 70 passengers saved, 32 crew members killed.   

1972  Ceylon becomes Republic of Sri Lanka as its constitution is ratified on May - 22.   

1972  Ceylon becomes the Republic of Sri Lanka on May - 22.   

1972  Ton Sijbrands becomes world checker champion on this day in history.   

1972  On May - 22 uS President Nixon begins visit Moscow   

1972  Margaret Rutherford, English actress (Murder Ahoy, VIP's), dies at 80 on May - 22.   

1973  Emmy News & Documentaries Award presentation on this day in history.   

1973  On this day in history president Nixon confesses his role in Watergate cover-up   

1973  U S President Richard Nixon confesses his role in the Watergate cover-up on this day in history.   

1974  Ruffian begins her racing career as a filly & dies 14 months later on May - 22.   

1974  Soccer team Veendam forms on May - 22.   

1974  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on May - 22.   

1975  Torben Meyer, actor (Viking, Roberta, Sunny), dies at 90 on this day in history.   

1976  NASA launches space vehicle S-179 on May - 22.   

1977  On May - 22 final European scheduled run of the Orient Express (94 years)   

1977  On this day in history gijsbert van Hall, banker/mayor of Amsterdam (1957-67), dies at 73   

1978  On May - 22 bjarne Brustad, composer, dies at 83   

1979  On this day in history canadians elect conservatives, Joseph Clark replaces Pierre Trudeau but not for long   

1979  Commencement of first ICC Trophy (PNG vs East Africa & Singapore vs Argentina) on May - 22.   

1979  On May - 22 the first of two McDonnell Douglas AV-8C Harriers arrived at NATC, Patuxent River for service acceptance trials   

1980  On May - 22 marlo Thomas & Phil Donahue marry   

1981  Soyuz 40 returns to Earth on May - 22.   

1984  On May - 22 john Marley, actor (Cat Ballou), dies at 77 following heart surgery   

1985  Real Madrid wins 14th UEFA Cup at Madrid on this day in history.   

1985  On May - 22 uS sailor Michael L Walker arrested for spying for USSR   

1986  On May - 22 martin Gabel, actor (Thief, Marnie), dies at 63   

1987  On May - 22 30 killed in a Texas tornado   

1987  Mario Zafred, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

1988  On this day in history hungarian Communist Party leader ousted   

1988  On May - 22 károly Grósz succeeds party leader János Kádár in Hungary   

1988  On this day in history dennis Day, tenor/comedian (Jack Benny Show, Danny Boy), dies at 71   

1990  Andre Dawson sets record being intentionally walked 5 times on this day in history.   

1990  On May - 22 dow Jones average hits a record 2,852.23   

1990  Microsoft releases Windows 3.0(I think there is trend here!) on this day in history.   

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

1671  On this day in history birth of abraham Patras, governor-general of East-Indies (1735-37)   

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 this day in history.   

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 May - 22.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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  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 May - 22.