Historical Events In May - 22

1940  Premier Winston Churchill flies to Paris on May - 22.   

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

1940  On May - 22 bernard Shaw, news correspondant (CBS, CNN)   

1941  On May - 22 british troops attack Baghdad   

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  On May - 22 paul Winfield, LA, actor (Star Trek II, Huckleberry Finn, Mars Attack)   

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

1942  Mexico declares war on nazi-Germany & Japan on this day in history.   

1943  RAF scatters first copies of "The Flying Hollander" on May - 22.   

1943  On May - 22 stalin disbands Komintern   

1943  The first jet fighter is tested on May - 22.   

1943  On May - 22 1st jet fighter is tested   

1944  On May - 22 two new RCN torpedo boat flotillas start operating off coast of France.   

1945  On this day in history 6th Marine division reaches suburbs of Naha Okinawa   

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

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

1945  On this day in history carel A Lion Cachet, lithographer/wood carver, dies   

1946  Yankees turn triple-play & defeat Tigers' 5-3 on May - 22.   

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

1947  The first US ballistic missile fired on May - 22.   

1948  Claude McKaye, Jamaican/US author (Banjo, Home to Harlem), dies at 57 on this day in history.   

1949  Hans Erich Pfitzner, Russian/German composer, dies at 80 on May - 22.   

1950  On May - 22 celal Bayar elected president of Turkey   

1950  Dutch poet Gerrit Achterberg wins PC Hooft prize on May - 22.   

1953  On this day in history president Eisenhower signs Offshore Oil Bill   

1953  Vaclav Klicka, composer, dies at 70 on May - 22.   

1954  Robert Zimmerman aka Bob Dylan is Bar Mitzvahed on May - 22.   

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 May - 22.   

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

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

1957  South Africa Government approves race separation in universities on this day in history.   

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

1957  On May - 22 langston Hughes, poet laureate, dies   

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1622  On this day in history 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  On May - 22 birth of françois-Joachim de Pierre de Bernis, French cardinal and statesman (d. 1794)   

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  On this day in history 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 May - 22 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  Death of Emperor Go-Reizei of Japan (b. 1025) on this day in history.   

1455  On May - 22 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 May - 22.   

1501  Robert Gaguin, French writer/diplomat (Arte Metrificandi), dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1538  On May - 22 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.