May, 22nd in History

[Spiritus Temporis]

Events

Saturday 22, 2004:
The U.S. town of Hallam, Nebraska, is wiped out by a powerful F4 tornado that broke a width record at an astounding 2.5 miles wide. It also killed one local resident.

Thursday 22, 2003:
In Fort Worth, Texas, Annika Sörenstam becomes the first woman to play the PGA Tour in 58 years.

Wednesday 22, 2002:
American civil rights movement: A jury in Birmingham, Alabama, convicts former Ku Klux Klan member Bobby Frank Cherry of the 1963 murders of four girls in the bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church.

Friday 22, 1998:
Lewinsky scandal: A federal judge rules that United States Secret Service agents can be compelled to testify before a grand jury concerning the scandal, involving President Bill Clinton.

Thursday 22, 1997:
Kelly Flinn, US Air Force's first female bomber pilot certified for combat, accepts a general discharge in order to avoid a court martial.

Friday 22, 1992:
After 30 years, 66-year-old Johnny Carson hosts The Tonight Show for the last time.

Tuesday 22, 1990:
The Windows 3.0 operating system is released by Microsoft.

Monday 22, 1972:
Ceylon adopts a new constitution, changes its name to Sri Lanka, and joins the British Commonwealth.

Thursday 22, 1969:
Apollo 10's lunar module flies within 8.4 nautical miles (16 km) of the moon's surface.

Wednesday 22, 1968:
The nuclear-powered submarine the USS Scorpion sinks with 99 men aboard 400 miles southwest of the Azores.

Monday 22, 1967:
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, the longest-running children's series on U.S. television, airs its first episode.

Friday 22, 1964:
U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson announces the goals of his Great Society social reforms to bring an "end to poverty and racial injustice" in America.

Tuesday 22, 1962:
Continental Airlines Flight 11 crashes after bombs explode.

Sunday 22, 1960:
An earthquake measuring 9.5 on the Richter scale, now known as the Great Chilean Earthquake, hits southern Chile. It is the most powerful earthquake ever recorded.

Thursday 22, 1947:
Cold War: In an effort to fight the spread of Communism, U.S. President Harry S. Truman signs an act into law that will later be called the Truman Doctrine. The act grants $400 million in military and economic aid to Turkey and Greece.

Monday 22, 1939:
World War II: Germany and Italy sign the Pact of Steel.

Friday 22, 1908:
The Wright Brothers patent their aircraft.

Tuesday 22, 1906:
The 1906 Summer Olympics, not now recognized as part of the official Olympic Games, opens in Athens.

Wednesday 22, 1872:
Reconstruction: U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant signs the Amnesty Act of 1872 into law restoring full civil rights to all but about 500 Confederate sympathizers.

Thursday 22, 1856:
Congressman Preston Brooks of South Carolina beats Senator Charles Sumner with a cane in the hall of the United States Senate for a speech Sumner had made attacking Southerners who sympathized with the pro-slavery violence in Kansas ("Bleeding Kansas").

Friday 22, 1840:
The transporting of British convicts to the New South Wales colony is abolished.

Saturday 22, 1819:
The SS Savannah leaves port at Savannah, Georgia, United States, on a voyage to become the first steamship to cross the Atlantic Ocean. The ship arrived at Liverpool, England on June 20.

Friday 22, 1807:
A grand jury indicts former Vice President of the United States Aaron Burr on a charge of treason.

Saturday 22, 1762:
Sweden and Prussia sign the Treaty of Hamburg.

Tuesday 22, 1455:
Wars of the Roses: At the First Battle of St Albans, Richard, Duke of York, defeats and captures King Henry VI of England.

Saturday 22, 1176:
Murder attempt by the Hashshashin (Assassins) on Saladin near Aleppo.

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/22-may/on-this-day.html


People born on May 22

1978:
Jordan, English model and media personality (b: May 22, 1978) (Biography of Jordan (model))

1972:
Annabel Chong, Singapore actress (b: May 22, 1972) (Biography of Annabel Chong)

1970:
Naomi Campbell, English model and actress (b: May 22, 1970) (Biography of Naomi Campbell)

1966:
Kenny Hickey, American guitarist (Type O Negative) (b: May 22, 1966) (Biography of Kenny Hickey)

1960:
Hideaki Anno, Japanese director (b: May 22, 1960) (Biography of Hideaki Anno)

1959:
Morrissey, English singer (b: May 22, 1959) (Biography of Steven Morrissey)

1957:
Gary Sweet, Australian actor (b: May 22, 1957) (Biography of Gary Sweet)

1950:
Bernie Taupin, English songwriter (b: May 22, 1950) (Biography of Bernie Taupin)

1946:
George Best, Irish footballer (b: May 22, 1946) (Biography of George Best)

1943:
Betty Williams, Irish politician, recipient of the Nobel Prize for Peace (b: May 22, 1943) (Biography of Betty Williams (Northern Irish))
Tommy John, baseball player (b: May 22, 1943) (Biography of Tommy John)

1942:
Theodore Kaczynski, American bomber (b: May 22, 1942) (Biography of Theodore Kaczynski)
Calvin Simon, American musician (P Funk) (b: May 22, 1942) (Biography of Calvin Simon)

1941:
Paul Winfield, American actor (b: May 22, 1941 ; d: March 7, 2004) (Biography of Paul Winfield)

1940:
Bernard Shaw, American television journalist (b: May 22, 1940) (Biography of Bernard Shaw (journalist))

1938:
Susan Strasberg, American actress (b: May 22, 1938 ; d: January 21, 1999) (Biography of Susan Strasberg)
Richard Benjamin, American actor (b: May 22, 1938) (Biography of Richard Benjamin)

1936:
M. Scott Peck, American psychiatrist and writer (b: May 22, 1936 ; d: September 25, 2005) (Biography of M. Scott Peck)

1934:
Peter Nero, American musician (b: May 22, 1934) (Biography of Peter Nero)

1930:
Harvey Milk, American politician and civil rights activist (b: May 22, 1930 ; d: November 27, 1978) (Biography of Harvey Milk)

1925:
Jean Tinguely, Swiss artist (b: May 22, 1925 ; d: August 30, 1991) (Biography of Jean Tinguely)

1924:
Charles Aznavour, French singer, actor, and composer (b: May 22, 1924) (Biography of Charles Aznavour)

1922:
Quinn Martin, American television producer (b: May 22, 1922) (Biography of Quinn Martin)

1920:
Thomas Gold, Austrian astrophysicist (b: May 22, 1920) (Biography of Thomas Gold)

1917:
Georg Tintner, Austrian-born conductor (b: May 22, 1917) (Biography of Georg Tintner)

1914:
Vance Packard, American author (b: May 22, 1914 ; d: December 12, 1996) (Biography of Vance Packard)
Sun Ra, American musician (b: May 22, 1914 ; d: May 30, 1993) (Biography of Sun Ra)

1912:
Herbert C. Brown, English-born chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b: May 22, 1912) (Biography of Herbert C. Brown)

1911:
Anatol Rapoport, Russian-born mathematical psychologist, and pianist (b: May 22, 1911) (Biography of Anatol Rapoport)

1910:
Johnny Olson, American game show announcer (b: May 22, 1910 ; d: October 12, 1985) (Biography of Johnny Olson)

1907:
Hergé, Belgian comic book creator (b: May 22, 1907 ; d: March 3, 1983) (Biography of Hergé)
Sir Laurence Olivier, English actor and director (b: May 22, 1907 ; d: July 11, 1989) (Biography of Laurence Olivier)

1902:
Al Simmons, baseball player (b: May 22, 1902) (Biography of Al Simmons)

1891:
Eddie Edwards, American jazz trombonist (b: May 22, 1891 ; d: April 9, 1963) (Biography of Eddie Edwards)

1885:
Giacomo Matteotti, Italian politician (b: May 22, 1885) (Biography of Giacomo Matteotti)
Toyoda Soemu, Japanese admiral (b: May 22, 1885 ; d: September 22, 1957) (Biography of Toyoda Soemu)

1879:
Alla Nazimova, Ukrainian-born actress, scriptwriter, and producer (b: May 22, 1879) (Biography of Alla Nazimova)
Warwick Armstrong, Australian cricketer (b: May 22, 1879) (Biography of Warwick Armstrong)

1874:
Daniel François Malan, Prime Minister of South Africa (b: May 22, 1874) (Biography of Daniel François Malan)

1859:
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, British physician and writer (b: May 22, 1859 ; d: July 7, 1930) (Biography of Arthur Conan Doyle)

1849:
Louis Perrier, Swiss politician (b: May 22, 1849) (Biography of Louis Perrier)

1844:
Mary Cassatt, American artist (b: May 22, 1844 ; d: June 14, 1926) (Biography of Mary Cassatt)

1841:
Catulle Mendès, French poet (b: May 22, 1841) (Biography of Catulle Mendès)

1813:
Richard Wagner, German composer (b: May 22, 1813 ; d: February 13, 1883) (Biography of Richard Wagner)

1808:
Gérard de Nerval, French writer (b: May 22, 1808 ; d: January 26, 1855) (Biography of Gérard de Nerval)

1772:
Ram Mohan Roy, Hindu reformer (b: May 22, 1772) (Biography of Ram Mohan Roy)

1715:
François-Joachim de Pierre de Bernis, French cardinal and statesman (b: May 22, 1715) (Biography of François-Joachim de Pierre de Bernis)

1688:
Alexander Pope, English poet (b: May 22, 1688 ; d: May 30, 1744) (Biography of Alexander Pope)

1622:
Louis de Buade de Frontenac, Governor of New France (b: May 22, 1622 ; d: November 28, 1698) (Biography of Louis de Buade de Frontenac)

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/22-may/births.html

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People who died on May 22

2005:
Thurl Ravenscroft, American voice actor (b: February 6, 1914 ; d: May 22, 2005) (Biography of Thurl Ravenscroft)
Charilaos Florakis (d: May 22, 2005) (Biography of Charilaos Florakis)
Julia Randall (d: May 22, 2005) (Biography of Julia Randall)

2004:
Richard Biggs, American actor (b: March 18, 1960 ; d: May 22, 2004) (Biography of Richard Biggs)
Mikhail Voronin, Russian gymnist (b: March 26, 1945 ; d: May 22, 2004) (Biography of Mikhail Voronin)

1992:
Zellig Harris, American linguist (b: October 23, 1909 ; d: May 22, 1992) (Biography of Zellig Harris)

1990:
Rocky Graziano, American boxer (b: January 1, 1922 ; d: May 22, 1990) (Biography of Rocky Graziano)

1988:
Giorgio Almirante (d: May 22, 1988) (Biography of Giorgio Almirante)

1972:
Cecil Day-Lewis, Irish poet and writer (b: April 27, 1904 ; d: May 22, 1972) (Biography of Cecil Day-Lewis)
Margaret Rutherford, English actress (b: May 11, 1892 ; d: May 22, 1972) (Biography of Margaret Rutherford)

1967:
Langston Hughes American writer (b: February 1, 1902 ; d: May 22, 1967) (Biography of Langston Hughes)

1966:
Tom Goddard, English cricketer (b: October 1, 1900 ; d: May 22, 1966) (Biography of Tom Goddard)

1949:
Klaus Mann, German writer (b: November 18, 1906 ; d: May 22, 1949) (Biography of Klaus Mann)

1939:
Ernst Toller (d: May 22, 1939) (Biography of Ernst Toller)
Jiri Mahen (d: May 22, 1939) (Biography of Jiri Mahen)

1885:
Victor Hugo, French writer (b: February 26, 1802 ; d: May 22, 1885) (Biography of Victor Hugo)

1868:
Julius Plücker, German mathematician and physicist (b: June 16, 1801 ; d: May 22, 1868) (Biography of Julius Plücker)

1859:
Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies (d: May 22, 1859) (Biography of Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies)

1772:
Durastante Natalucci, Italian historian (b: September 17, 1687 ; d: May 22, 1772) (Biography of Durastante Natalucci)

1760:
Israel ben Eliezer (d: May 22, 1760) (Biography of Israel ben Eliezer)

1746:
Thomas Southerne (d: May 22, 1746) (Biography of Thomas Southerne)

1745:
François-Marie, 1st duc de Broglie, French military leader (b: January 11, 1671 ; d: May 22, 1745) (Biography of François-Marie, 1st duc de Broglie)

1667:
Pope Alexander VII (b: February 13, 1599 ; d: May 22, 1667) (Biography of Pope Alexander VII)

1540:
Francesco Guicciardini, Italian statesman and historian (b: March 6, 1483 ; d: May 22, 1540) (Biography of Francesco Guicciardini)

1538:
John Forrest (friar) (d: May 22, 1538) (Biography of John Forrest (friar))

1457:
Saint Rita of Cascia (d: May 22, 1457) (Biography of Saint Rita of Cascia)

1455:
Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland (d: May 22, 1455) (Biography of Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland)
Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset (d: May 22, 1455) (Biography of Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset)

1068:
Emperor Go-Reizei, emperor of Japan (b: August 28, 1025 ; d: May 22, 1068) (Biography of Emperor Go-Reizei)

337:
Constantine I of the Roman Empire (d: May 22, 337) (Biography of Constantine I of the Roman Empire)

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/22-may/deaths.html