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 May - 22.   

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

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

1973  On May - 22 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 this day in history ruffian begins her racing career as a filly & dies 14 months later   

1974  On this day in history soccer team Veendam forms   

1974  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on this day in history.   

1975  Torben Meyer, actor (Viking, Roberta, Sunny), dies at 90 on May - 22.   

1976  NASA launches space vehicle S-179 on this day in history.   

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

1977  On May - 22 gijsbert van Hall, banker/mayor of Amsterdam (1957-67), dies at 73   

1978  On this day in history bjarne Brustad, composer, dies at 83   

1979  Canadians elect conservatives, Joseph Clark replaces Pierre Trudeau but not for long on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history marlo Thomas & Phil Donahue marry   

1981  Soyuz 40 returns to Earth on May - 22.   

1984  John Marley, actor (Cat Ballou), dies at 77 following heart surgery on May - 22.   

1985  On May - 22 real Madrid wins 14th UEFA Cup at Madrid   

1985  US sailor Michael L Walker arrested for spying for USSR on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1988  On May - 22 hungarian Communist Party leader ousted   

1988  Károly Grósz succeeds party leader János Kádár in Hungary on this day in history.   

1988  On May - 22 dennis Day, tenor/comedian (Jack Benny Show, Danny Boy), dies at 71   

1990  On May - 22 andre Dawson sets record being intentionally walked 5 times   

1990  On this day in history dow Jones average hits a record 2,852.23   

1990  On May - 22 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  On May - 22 birth of abraham Patras, governor-general of East-Indies (1735-37)   

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 this day in history birth of marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne, French explorer (d. 1772)   

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 May - 22.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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  Francesco Guicciardini, Italian historian/pres of Romagna, dies at 57 on this day in history.