Hisdates•ComPage 9: Historical Events In May - 22
Wednesday, 25 December 2024
1990 North & South Yemen merge to form Republic of Yemen on this day in history. 
1990 The final episode of Newhart airs on CBS TV on this day in history.
1990 Max Wall, actor (Jabberwocky), dies on May - 22.
1991 Inter Milan wins 20th UEFA Cup at Rome on May - 22.
1991 NFL Owners agree to add 2 teams in 1994 on this day in history.
1991 Roh Jai Bong resigns as premier of South Korea on May - 22.
1991 Lino Brocka, director (Macho Dancer, Jaguar), dies in car crash at 51 on May - 22.
1992 California Angels are involved in a bus crash in New Jersey on May - 22.
1992 India launches its Agni rocket on May - 22.
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 this day in history.
1994 On May - 22 frederick Hemming McClintock, criminologist, dies at 68
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 this day in history.
2003 Ousmane Zongo, Burkinabé shooting victim on this day in history.
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 this day in history.
2012 On this day in history tokyo Skytree, the tallest self-supporting tower in the world at 634 metres high, is opened to public.
2014 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) on May - 22.
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 this day in history.
2017 On this day in history suicide bombing at Manchester Arena, England, after Ariana Grande concert kills 22 and injures 59
2017 On this day in history a terrorist bombing attack at an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester, England kills 22 people and injures over 500.
2018 Stacey Abrams is the first black woman to be nominated as US state governor - for Georgia on this day in history.
2018 Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is questioned by members of the European parliament in Brussels in wake of its security scandal on May - 22.
2018 On May - 22 outbreak of Nipah virus confirmed to have killed 10 including a nurse in Kozhikode, India
2018 Australian court finds Archbishop of Adelaide Philip Wilson guilty of covering up sexual abuse in 1970s, most senior Catholic priest to be convicted on May - 22.
2018 New York Stock Exchange announces Stacey Cunningham will be its first woman head in its 226-year history on May - 22.
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 On this day in history [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.
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