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Events from History on May 22

1176 : Murder attempt by "Assassins" on Saladin near Aleppo
1200 : Peace of Goulet
1370 : Jews are expelled/massacred from Brussels Belgium
1455 : Richard of York takes St Albans, kidnapping King Henry VI
1526 : Anti-French League of Cognac
1526 : Pope Clemens VII, France, Genoa, Venice, Florence & Milan form
1570 : 1st atlas, with 70 maps, published
1594 : Earl Mauritius & Willem Louis begins siege of Groningen
1629 : Emperor Ferdinand II & Danish King Christian IV sign Peace of Lbeck
1659 : France, England & Netherlands sign "Hedges Concerto" treaty
1712 : Emperor Karel VI crowned king of Hungary
1746 : Russia & Austria signs treaty of cooperation
1761 : 1st life insurance policy in US, issued in Phila
1762 : Sweden & Prussia sign peace treaty
1784 : Ceylonese student leader Pieter Quint Ondaatje demands democracy
1803 : 1st public library opens (Connecticut)
1807 : Former VP Aaron Burr is tried for treason in Richmond Va (acquitted)
1807 : Townsend Speakman 1st sells fruit-flavored carbonated drinks (Phila)
1819 : 1st steam propelled vessel to cross Atlantic (Savannah leaves Ga)
1836 : Felix Mendelssohn's oratorium "St Paul," premieres in Dsseldorf
1843 : 1st wagon train, 1000+ depart Independence Missouri for Oregon
1849 : Abraham Lincoln patents a buoying device
1856 : Violence in Senate, SC rep Brooks used a cane on Mass Sen Sumner
1858 : Confederaci¢n Granadina (now Colombia) forms
1863 : General Grant begins siege on Vicksburg
1863 : War Dept establishes Bureau of Colored Troops
1864 : Battle of N Anna River, VA (Totopotamy River, Haw's Shop, Hanovertown)
1868 : Great Train Robbery-7 men (Reno Brother) make off with $98,000 in cash
1872 : Amnesty Act restores civil rights to Southerners (except for 500)
1883 : Cub's Billy Sunday's 1st at bat, begins 14 consecutive strikes out
1884 : 1-armed pitcher Hugh Daily fanned 13 hitters
1888 : Leroy Buffington patents a system to build skyscrapers
1891 : 1st motion picture shown to Natl Federation of Women's Clubs
1892 : Dr Washington Sheffield invents toothpaste tube
1893 : Montreal Athletic Assn beat Ottawa Generals 2-1, in 1st Cup Game
1900 : Associated Press organizes in NYC as non-profit news cooperative
1900 : Edwin S Votey patents pneumatic piano player
1905 : Royal Academy in Delft Holland becomes Technical High School
1906 : Wright Brothers patents an aeroplane
1907 : Albert Trott takes two hat-tricks in an innings, Mddx v Somerset
1909 : 1st SF fireboat, David Scannell, launched
1915 : Local train collides with troop train killing 226 (Gretna Scotland)
1916 : French troops occupy parts of Fort Douaumont Verdun
1923 : Stanley Baldwin succeeds Andrew Bonar Law as British premier
1924 : In Chicago, Nathan Leopold & Richard Loeb kidnap Robert Franks
1926 : Chiang Kai-shek replaces communists in Guomindang China
1926 : Dutch Communist Party expels David Wijnkoop
1927 : 8.3 earthquake strikes Nan-Shan China, 200,000 killed
1927 : Dodgers beat Phillies, 20-4
1928 : US Congress accept Jones-White Merchant Naval Act
1930 : Ruth hits 3 consecutive HR (8th-10th of 60 in 1930)
1931 : Canned rattlesnake meat 1st goes on sale in Florida
1933 : Loch Ness Monster is 1st reportedly sighted by John Mackay
1933 : World Trade Day/National Maritime Day 1st celebrated
1938 : Dodgers announce contracts to install lights at Ebbets Field
1939 : Hitler & Mussolini sign "Pact of Steel"
1940 : Dutch Premier De Geer begins working with nazis
1940 : Premier Winston Churchill flies to Paris
1941 : British troops attack Baghdad
1942 : Mexico declares war on nazi-Germany & Japan
1943 : 1st jet fighter is tested
1943 : RAF scatters 1st copies of "The Flying Hollander"
1943 : Stalin disbands Komintern
1945 : 6th Marine division reaches suburbs of Naha Okinawa
1945 : NSB-Fhrer Rost van Tonningen attempts & fails at suicide
1946 : Yankees turn triple-play & defeat Tigers' 5-3
1947 : "Truman Doctrine" goes into effect, aiding Turkey & Greece
1947 : 1st US ballistic missile fired
1950 : Celal Bayar elected president of Turkey
1950 : Richard Strauss' "4 Last Songs" (4 letzte Lieder) in London
1953 : President Eisenhower signs Offshore Oil Bill
1953 : Yankee Irv Noren hits into a triple-play, Yanks beat Wash 12-4
1954 : KREX TV channel 5 in Grand Junction, CO (CBS) begins broadcasting
1954 : Robert Zimmerman aka Bob Dylan is Bar Mitzvahed
1955 : Oldest man to drive in the Grand Prix (aged 55) finishes 6th
1956 : "Bob Hope Show," last airs on NBC-TV
1956 : KRIS TV channel 6 in Corpus Christi, TX (NBC) begins broadcasting
1957 : KBTX TV channel 3 in Bryan, TX (CBS) begins broadcasting
1957 : Red Sox set AL record by smashing 4 HRs in 6th inning in 11-0 win
1957 : South Africa govt approves race separation in universities
1959 : Benjamin O Davis Jr becomes 1st black gen-major in USAF
1960 : Virtually all coastal towns between 37th & 44th parallels severly
1960 : damaged by tsunami that strikes Hilo, Hawaii at 01:04 AM
1961 : 1st revolving restaurant (Top Of The Needle in Seattle), opens
1962 : 14th Emmy Awards: Bob Newhart Show, E G Marshall & Shirley Booth
1962 : Neth telephone net becomes completely automated
1962 : Robert A Rushworth, USAF major, takes X-15 to 30,600m
1963 : Greek parliament leader Lambrakis injured
1963 : Mickey Mantle hits a ball off Yankee Stadium's facade
1964 : LBJ presents "Great Society"
1965 : Mad Dog Vachon beats Igor Vodic in Omaha, to become NWA champ
1966 : 18th Emmy Awards: Fugitive, Dick Van Dyke & Mary Tyler Moore
1967 : "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood," debuts on NET (now PBS)
1967 : Egyptian president Nassar closes Straits of Tiran to Israel
1967 : Fire at L'Innovation dept store kills 322 (Brussels, Belgium)
1968 : Pitts Pirate Willie Stargell hits 3 HRs, a double & a single
1969 : Stafford & Cernan pilot Apollo 10 LEM 9.4 mi(15km) above lunar surface
1970 : Arab terrorists kill 9 children & 3 adults on a school bus
1970 : France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1972 : Ceylon becomes Republic of Sri Lanka as its constitution is ratified
1972 : Ton Sijbrands becomes world checker champion
1972 : US president Nixon begins visit Moscow
1973 : Emmy News & Documentaries Award presentation
1973 : President Nixon confesses his role in Watergate cover-up
1974 : Ruffian begins her racing career as a filly & dies 14 months later
1974 : Soccer team Veendam forms
1974 : US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1976 : NASA launches space vehicle S-179
1976 : St Louis Cardinal Reggie Smith hits 3 HR
1977 : Final European scheduled run of Orient Express (94 years)
1979 : Canadians elect conservatives, Joseph Clark replaces Pierre Trudeau
1979 : Commencement of 1st ICC Trophy (PNG v E Afr & Singapore v Arg)
1980 : Marlo Thomas & Phil Donahue marry
1981 : Soyuz 40 returns to Earth
1983 : Toronto Blue Jay Cliff Johnson hits record 18th pinch hit HR
1985 : Pete Rose 2,108th run passes Hank Aaron as NL run scoring leader
1985 : US sailor Michael L Walker arrested for spying for USSR
1986 : Cher called David Letterman an asshole on Late Night on NBC
1987 : 30 killed in a Texas tornado
1988 : 34th LPGA Championship won by Sherri Turner
1988 : K roly Gr¢sz succeeds party leader J nos K d r in Hungary
1990 : Andre Dawson sets record being intentionally walked 5 times
1990 : Dow Jones avg hits a record 2,852.23
1990 : Final episode of "Newhart" airs
1990 : Microsoft releases Windows 3.0
1990 : North & South Yemen merge to form Republic of Yemen
1991 : Roh Jai Bong resigns as premier of South Korea
1992 : Calif Angels, are involved in a bus crash, in NJ
1992 : India launches its Agni rocket
1992 : Johnny Carson's final appearance as host of Tonight Show
1993 : Riddick Bowe TKOs Jesse Ferguson in 2 for heavyweight boxing title
1994 : Toronto NBA franchise unveils name "Raptors" & logo
1995 : Laverne & Shirley 20th anniversary reunionn special, televised
1996 : "Tartuffe: Born Again," opens at Circle in Sq Theater NYC for 29 perfs
1996 : Emmy 23rd Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 16th time
2002 : West Indies seal test series 2-1 against India with 155-run win at the final Jamaica test.
2002 : Indian Prime Minister visits Line of Control (LoC) in Kashmir.
2002 : Funeral of Ghani Lone held.
2002 : Britain closed its Visa section in Pakistan and warned its citizens to be careful.
2002 : Pakistan court sentences former Prime Minister Ms. Benazir Bhutto for 3 years RI.

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