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  On this day in history ceylon becomes Republic of Sri Lanka as its constitution is ratified   

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

1972  Ton Sijbrands becomes world checker champion on May - 22.   

1972  US President Nixon begins visit Moscow on this day in history.   

1972  On May - 22 margaret Rutherford, English actress (Murder Ahoy, VIP's), dies at 80   

1973  Emmy News & Documentaries Award presentation on May - 22.   

1973  President Nixon confesses his role in Watergate cover-up on May - 22.   

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 this day in history.   

1974  On May - 22 soccer team Veendam forms   

1974  On this day in history uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

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

1976  On this day in history nASA launches space vehicle S-179   

1977  Final European scheduled run of the Orient Express (94 years) on May - 22.   

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

1978  Bjarne Brustad, composer, dies at 83 on May - 22.   

1979  On May - 22 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 this day in history.   

1979  On this day in history the first of two McDonnell Douglas AV-8C Harriers arrived at NATC, Patuxent River for service acceptance trials   

1980  Marlo Thomas & Phil Donahue marry on May - 22.   

1981  Soyuz 40 returns to Earth on this day in history.   

1984  John Marley, actor (Cat Ballou), dies at 77 following heart surgery on this day in history.   

1985  On this day in history real Madrid wins 14th UEFA Cup at Madrid   

1985  On this day in history uS sailor Michael L Walker arrested for spying for USSR   

1986  On this day in history martin Gabel, actor (Thief, Marnie), dies at 63   

1987  On this day in history 30 killed in a Texas tornado   

1987  On this day in history mario Zafred, composer, dies at 65   

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  Dennis Day, tenor/comedian (Jack Benny Show, Danny Boy), dies at 71 on May - 22.   

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

1990  Dow Jones average hits a record 2,852.23 on this day in history.   

1990  On this day in history microsoft releases Windows 3.0(I think there is trend here!)   

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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  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  Gervais-Francois Couperin, composer was born on this day in history.   

1770  Princess Elizabeth of the United Kingdom (d. 1840) was born on May - 22.   

1772  On May - 22 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  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  On this day in history death of saint Rita of Cascia, Italian saint (b. 1381)   

1501  On May - 22 robert Gaguin, French writer/diplomat (Arte Metrificandi), dies at 66   

1538  On this day in history 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