Page 9: Historical Events In May - 22

1990  On May - 22 north & South Yemen merge to form Republic of Yemen   

1990  On May - 22 the final episode of Newhart airs on CBS TV   

1990  Max Wall, actor (Jabberwocky), dies on May - 22.   

1991  On May - 22 inter Milan wins 20th UEFA Cup at Rome   

1991  NFL Owners agree to add 2 teams in 1994 on May - 22.   

1991  Roh Jai Bong resigns as premier of South Korea on this day in history.   

1991  On this day in history lino Brocka, director (Macho Dancer, Jaguar), dies in car crash at 51   

1992  On this day in history california Angels are involved in a bus crash in New Jersey   

1992  On this day in history india launches its Agni rocket   

1992  Johnny Carson's final appearance as host of the Tonight Show on May - 22.   

1993  Riddick Bowe TKOs Jesse Ferguson in 2 for heavyweight boxing title on May - 22.   

1993  Mieczyslaw Horszowski, Polish/US pianist (Carnegie Hall), dies at 100 on May - 22.   

1994  Frederick Hemming McClintock, criminologist, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1995  On May - 22 laverne & Shirley 20th anniversary reunionn special, televised   

1995  Robert Flemyng, actor (Kafka, Rebecca, Funny Face), dies at 83 on this day in history.   

1996  Duncan Montgomery Stewart, academic, dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1998  In Central Bolivia a 6.6 earthquake at least 105 people killed and 150 injured in the Aiquile-Totora area on May - 22.   

2003  On May - 22 ousmane Zongo, Burkinabé shooting victim   

2010  Air India Express Flight 812 overshoots the runway at Mangalore International Airport in India, killing 158 and leaving 8 survivors on this day in history.   

2011  An EF5 Tornado strikes the US city of Joplin, Missouri killing at least 158 people, the single deadliest US tornado since modern record keeping began in 1950 on this day in history.   

2012  14 people die and 30 are injured in train collision in India on May - 22.   

2012  On May - 22 tokyo Skytree, the tallest self-supporting tower in the world at 634 metres high, is opened to public.   

2014  On this day in history the military stage a coup in Thailand, suspending the kingdom's constitution and taking control of the government (Thailand's army has staged eleven coups since 1932)   

2017  Japanese researchers from University of Yamanashi report birth of mice from freeze-dried sperm stored on the International Space Station on this day in history.   

2017  South Africa's Western Cape province declares a drought disaster - worst for 113 years on May - 22.   

2017  Suicide bombing at Manchester Arena, England, after Ariana Grande concert kills 22 and injures 59 on May - 22.   

2017  On May - 22 a terrorist bombing attack at an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester, England kills 22 people and injures over 500.   

2018  On this day in history stacey Abrams is the first black woman to be nominated as US state governor - for Georgia   

2018  On May - 22 facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is questioned by members of the European parliament in Brussels in wake of its security scandal   

2018  On May - 22 outbreak of Nipah virus confirmed to have killed 10 including a nurse in Kozhikode, India   

2018  On May - 22 australian court finds Archbishop of Adelaide Philip Wilson guilty of covering up sexual abuse in 1970s, most senior Catholic priest to be convicted   

2018  On this day in history new York Stock Exchange announces Stacey Cunningham will be its first woman head in its 226-year history   

2020  Flight PK8303, a Pakistan International Airlines passenger aircraft, crashes in a residential area near Karachi, in Pakistan, killing 97 of the 99 total people on board and injuring dozens on the ground on this day in history.   

2020  [COVID-19 pandemic] Brazil overtakes Russia to become the country with the second highest number of COVID-19 cases, with over 330,000 reported. President Jair Bolsonaro continues to dismiss the threat of the virus on May - 22.   

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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 May - 22.   

1715  François-Joachim de Pierre de Bernis, French cardinal and statesman (d. 1794) was born on May - 22.   

1722  On this day in history 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 May - 22.   

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  Death of Louis V le Faineant, the Lazy, king of France (986-87), poisoned at 20 on May - 22.   

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 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 this day in history.   

1540  Francesco Guicciardini, Italian historian/pres of Romagna, dies at 57 on May - 22.