Page 6: Historical Events In May - 22

1940  On this day in history premier Winston Churchill flies to Paris   

1940  On May - 22 dutch Premier De Geer begins working with Nazis   

1940  On this day in history bernard Shaw, news correspondant (CBS, CNN)   

1941  British troops attack Baghdad on May - 22.   

1941  On this day in history second Lieutenant Charles Hazlitt UPHAM 20 th NZ Battalion, won the first of two Victoria Crosses on Crete   

1941  Paul Winfield, LA, actor (Star Trek II, Huckleberry Finn, Mars Attack) on May - 22.   

1942  México declares war on Nazi-Germany & Japan on May - 22.   

1942  Mexico declares war on nazi-Germany & Japan on May - 22.   

1943  On May - 22 rAF scatters first copies of "The Flying Hollander"   

1943  Stalin disbands Komintern on this day in history.   

1943  On this day in history the first jet fighter is tested   

1943  1st jet fighter is tested on this day in history.   

1944  On this day in history two new RCN torpedo boat flotillas start operating off coast of France.   

1945  6th Marine division reaches suburbs of Naha Okinawa on May - 22.   

1945  Barin Road, Solomons, cleared on May - 22.   

1945  NSB-Führer Rost van Tonningen attempts & fails at suicide on May - 22.   

1945  Carel A Lion Cachet, lithographer/wood carver, dies on this day in history.   

1946  Yankees turn triple-play & defeat Tigers' 5-3 on this day in history.   

1947  On May - 22 "Truman Doctrine" goes into effect, aiding Turkey & Greece   

1947  On this day in history the first US ballistic missile fired   

1948  On May - 22 claude McKaye, Jamaican/US author (Banjo, Home to Harlem), dies at 57   

1949  Hans Erich Pfitzner, Russian/German composer, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1950  Celal Bayar elected president of Turkey on May - 22.   

1950  On May - 22 dutch poet Gerrit Achterberg wins PC Hooft prize   

1953  President Eisenhower signs Offshore Oil Bill on May - 22.   

1953  Vaclav Klicka, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1954  Robert Zimmerman aka Bob Dylan is Bar Mitzvahed on this day in history.   

1954  On this day in history 80th Preakness: Johnny Adams aboard Hasty Road wins in 1:57.4   

1955  Oldest man to drive in the Grand Prix (aged 55) finishes 6th on this day in history.   

1956  "Bob Hope Show" last airs on NBC-TV on May - 22.   

1956  "Bob Hope Show," last airs on NBC-TV on this day in history.   

1957  On this day in history south Africa Government approves race separation in universities   

1957  On this day in history kBTX TV channel 3 in Bryan, TX (CBS) begins broadcasting   

1957  On this day in history langston Hughes, poet laureate, dies   

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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  Johannes Schmidlin, composer was born on this day in history.   

1724  Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne, French explorer (d. 1772) was born on this day in history.   

1759  On May - 22 birth of gervais-Francois Couperin, composer   

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