Page 8: Historical Events In May - 22

1971  Norwegian cruise vessel Meteor catches fire in Strait of Georgia; 70 passengers saved, 32 crew members killed on May - 22.   

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

1972  Ceylon becomes the Republic of Sri Lanka on this day in history.   

1972  On this day in history ton Sijbrands becomes world checker champion   

1972  On this day in history uS President Nixon begins visit Moscow   

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

1973  On May - 22 emmy News & Documentaries Award presentation   

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

1973  On May - 22 u S President Richard Nixon confesses his role in the Watergate cover-up   

1974  On May - 22 ruffian begins her racing career as a filly & dies 14 months later   

1974  On this day in history soccer team Veendam forms   

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

1975  On May - 22 torben Meyer, actor (Viking, Roberta, Sunny), dies at 90   

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

1977  On this day in history final European scheduled run of the Orient Express (94 years)   

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

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

1979  Canadians elect conservatives, Joseph Clark replaces Pierre Trudeau but not for long on May - 22.   

1979  On May - 22 commencement of first ICC Trophy (PNG vs East Africa & Singapore vs Argentina)   

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

1980  Marlo Thomas & Phil Donahue marry on this day in history.   

1981  Soyuz 40 returns to Earth on May - 22.   

1984  On this day in history john Marley, actor (Cat Ballou), dies at 77 following heart surgery   

1985  On May - 22 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 May - 22 30 killed in a Texas tornado   

1987  Mario Zafred, composer, dies at 65 on May - 22.   

1988  Hungarian Communist Party leader ousted on May - 22.   

1988  On this day in history 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 May - 22.   

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  François-Joachim de Pierre de Bernis, French cardinal and statesman (d. 1794) was born on this day in history.   

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

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  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  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  On May - 22 death of henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland, English politician (killed in battle)   

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  Death of John Forrest, English Franciscan friar (martyred) (b. 1471) on this day in history.   

1540  On May - 22 francesco Guicciardini, Italian historian/pres of Romagna, dies at 57