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  On May - 22 ceylon becomes Republic of Sri Lanka as its constitution is ratified   

1972  On this day in history ceylon becomes the Republic of Sri Lanka   

1972  On this day in history ton Sijbrands becomes world checker champion   

1972  US President Nixon begins visit Moscow on May - 22.   

1972  Margaret Rutherford, English actress (Murder Ahoy, VIP's), dies at 80 on May - 22.   

1973  On May - 22 emmy News & Documentaries Award presentation   

1973  On this day in history president Nixon confesses his role in Watergate cover-up   

1973  U S President Richard Nixon confesses his role in the Watergate cover-up on this day in history.   

1974  Ruffian begins her racing career as a filly & dies 14 months later on this day in history.   

1974  Soccer team Veendam forms on this day in history.   

1974  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on May - 22.   

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

1976  NASA launches space vehicle S-179 on May - 22.   

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

1977  Gijsbert van Hall, banker/mayor of Amsterdam (1957-67), dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1978  On May - 22 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 May - 22.   

1979  On May - 22 the first of two McDonnell Douglas AV-8C Harriers arrived at NATC, Patuxent River for service acceptance trials   

1980  Marlo Thomas & Phil Donahue marry on May - 22.   

1981  On May - 22 soyuz 40 returns to Earth   

1984  John Marley, actor (Cat Ballou), dies at 77 following heart surgery on this day in history.   

1985  On this day in history real Madrid wins 14th UEFA Cup at Madrid   

1985  On this day in history uS sailor Michael L Walker arrested for spying for USSR   

1986  Martin Gabel, actor (Thief, Marnie), dies at 63 on May - 22.   

1987  On May - 22 30 killed in a Texas tornado   

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

1988  Hungarian Communist Party leader ousted on this day in history.   

1988  On this day in history károly Grósz succeeds party leader János Kádár in Hungary   

1988  Dennis Day, tenor/comedian (Jack Benny Show, Danny Boy), dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1990  Andre Dawson sets record being intentionally walked 5 times on May - 22.   

1990  Dow Jones average hits a record 2,852.23 on May - 22.   

1990  Microsoft releases Windows 3.0(I think there is trend here!) on this day in history.   

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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 this day in history.   

1722  On May - 22 birth of johannes Schmidlin, composer   

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  On this day in history birth of princess Elizabeth of the United Kingdom (d. 1840)   

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 May - 22.   

1068  On this day in history 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  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.