Page 6: Historical Events In May - 22

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

1940  On this day in history 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 May - 22 second Lieutenant Charles Hazlitt UPHAM 20 th NZ Battalion, won the first of two Victoria Crosses on Crete   

1941  On this day in history paul Winfield, LA, actor (Star Trek II, Huckleberry Finn, Mars Attack)   

1942  México declares war on Nazi-Germany & Japan on this day in history.   

1942  On May - 22 mexico declares war on nazi-Germany & Japan   

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

1943  On this day in history stalin disbands Komintern   

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 May - 22 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  On this day in history barin Road, Solomons, cleared   

1945  On this day in history nSB-Führer Rost van Tonningen attempts & fails at suicide   

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

1946  On May - 22 yankees turn triple-play & defeat Tigers' 5-3   

1947  "Truman Doctrine" goes into effect, aiding Turkey & Greece on this day in history.   

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

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

1949  On this day in history hans Erich Pfitzner, Russian/German composer, dies at 80   

1950  On May - 22 celal Bayar elected president of Turkey   

1950  On this day in history 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  On this day in history robert Zimmerman aka Bob Dylan is Bar Mitzvahed   

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

1955  On this day in history oldest man to drive in the Grand Prix (aged 55) finishes 6th   

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

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

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

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1622  Louis de Buade de Frontenac, Governor of New France (d. 1698) was born on May - 22.   

1671  On this day in history birth of abraham Patras, governor-general of East-Indies (1735-37)   

1715  On this day in history birth of françois-Joachim de Pierre de Bernis, French cardinal and statesman (d. 1794)   

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  Gervais-Francois Couperin, composer was born on May - 22.   

1770  Princess Elizabeth of the United Kingdom (d. 1840) was born on this day in history.   

1772  Ram Mohan Roy, Hindu reformer (d. 1833) was born on May - 22.   

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  On this day in history death of emperor Go-Reizei of Japan (b. 1025)   

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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1540  On this day in history francesco Guicciardini, Italian historian/pres of Romagna, dies at 57