Notable Historical Events on May 22nd
May 22nd Historical Events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
334 |
The Macedonian army of Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of the Granicus |
BC AD | |
760 |
14th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet |
1176 |
Murder attempt by "Assassins" on Saladin near Aleppo |
1200 |
Peace of Goulet |
1370 |
Jews are expelled/massacred from Brussels, Belgium |
1377 |
Pope Gregory XI issues five papal bulls to denounce the doctrines of English theologian John Wycliffe. |
1455 |
Opening battle in England's 30-year War of the Roses. Richard of York takes St Albans, capturing King Henry VI |
1526 |
Pope Clemens VII, France, Genoa, Venice, Florence & Milan form Anti-French League of Cognac |
1570 |
1st atlas 'Theatrum Orbis Terrarum' (Theatre of the World), published by Abraham Ortelius in Antwerp with 70 maps |
1594 |
Earl Mauritius & Willem Louis begins siege of Groningen |
1629 |
Emperor Ferdinand II & Danish King Christian IV sign Peace of Lubeck |
1659 |
France, England & Netherlands sign "Hedges Concerto" treaty |
1712 |
Emperor Karel VI crowned king of Hungary |
1746 |
Russia & Austria sign treaty of cooperation |
1761 |
1st life insurance policy in North America issued in Philadelphia |
1762 |
Sweden & Prussia sign peace treaty |
1784 |
Ceylonese student leader Pieter Quint Ondaatje demands democracy |
1799 |
Napoleon makes statement in support of re-establishing Jerusalem for Jews |
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) |
1826 |
The HMS Beagle departs on its first voyage. |
1836 |
Felix Mendelssohn's oratorium "St Paul" premieres in Dusseldorf |
1840 |
The transporting of British convicts to the New South Wales colony is abolished. |
1842 |
Farmers Lester Howe and Henry Wetsel discover Howe Caverns when they stumble upon a large gaping hole in the ground. |
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 |
Confederación Granadina (now Colombia) forms |
1863 |
General Ulysses S. 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) |
1877 |
3rd Kentucky Derby: Billy Walker aboard Baden-Baden wins in 2:38 |
1883 |
Cubs' Billy Sunday's 1st at bat, begins 14 consecutive strikes out |
1884 |
1-armed pitcher Hugh Daily fanned 13 hitters |
1885 |
13th Preakness: Jim McLaughlin aboard Tecumseh wins in 2:49 |
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 Association beat Ottawa Generals 2-1, in 1st Cup Game |
1897 |
The Blackwall Tunnel under the River Thames was officially opened |
1900 |
Associated Press organizes in NYC as non-profit news cooperative |
1900 |
Edwin S Votey patents pneumatic piano player |
1902 |
36th Belmont: John Bullman aboard Mastermam wins in 2:22.6 |
1902 |
US President Roosevelt signs a treaty with Mexico under which both countries agree to submit a long-standing dispute over interest payments to the Court of Arbitration at The Hague |
1903 |
Launch of the White Star Liner SS Ionic. |
1905 |
Royal Academy in Delft Holland becomes Technical High School |
1906 |
10th anniversary Olympic games close at Athens, Greece |
1906 |
31st Preakness: Walter Miller aboard Whimsical wins in 1:45 |
1906 |
Wright Brothers patent an aeroplane |
1906 |
A British garrison leaves Esquimalt, on the Pacific coast, after a military occupation that began in 1858: these were the last British soldiers stationed in Canada |
1907 |
Albert Trott takes two hat-tricks in an innings, Middlesex v Somerset |
1909 |
1st SF fireboat, David Scannell, launched |
1911 |
Braves pitcher, Cliff Curtis, loses his 23rd game in a row |
1915 |
Local train collides with troop train killing 226 (Gretna, Scotland) |
1915 |
Lassen Peak erupts with a powerful force, and is the only mountain, other than Mount St. Helens, to erupt in the continental US during the 20th century. |
1916 |
French troops occupy parts of Fort Douaumont Verdun |
1919 |
Andrew E. Douglass establishes the relative dates of two archaeological sites using ancient wood samples, marking a major step forward in the dating of archaeological sites |
1923 |
Stanley Baldwin succeeds Andrew Bonar Law as British premier |
1924 |
In Chicago, Nathan Leopold & Richard Loeb kidnap Robert Franks |
1926 |
"Five Foot Two, Eyes of Blue" by Gene Austin hits #1 |
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) |
1930 |
Yankee "Bronx Bombers" hit 14 HRs in a game |
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 |
1936 |
Aer Lingus (Aer Loingeas) is founded by the Irish government as the national airline of the Republic of Ireland. |
1938 |
Dodgers announce contracts to install lights at Ebbets Field |
1939 |
Hitler & Benito Mussolini sign "Pact of Steel" |
1940 |
Dutch Premier De Geer begins working with nazis |
1940 |
UK Premier Winston Churchill flies to Paris to decide with General Maxime Weygand a strategy to save the city |
1941 |
British troops attack Baghdad |
1942 |
Mexico declares war on Nazi-Germany & Japan |
1942 |
The Steel Workers Organizing Committee disbands, and a new trade union, the United Steelworkers, is formed. |
1943 |
1st jet fighter is tested |
1943 |
RAF scatters 1st copies of "The Flying Hollander" |
1943 |
Stalin disbands Komintern |
1945 |
6th US Marine division reaches suburbs of Naha Okinawa |
1945 |
NSB-Fuhrer Rost van Tonningen makes failed suicide attempt |
1946 |
Yankees turn triple-play & defeat Tigers 5-3 |
1946 |
First US rocket (WAC Corporal) to reach edge of space fired from White Sands Missile Range New Mexico |
1947 |
"Truman Doctrine" goes into effect, aiding Turkey & Greece |
1947 |
1st US ballistic missile fired |
1950 |
Celal Bayar elected president of Turkey |
1950 |
Dutch poet Gerrit Achterberg wins PC Hooft prize |
1950 |
Richard Strauss' "4 Last Songs" (4 letzte Lieder) in London |
1953 |
US President Eisenhower signs Offshore Oil Bill |
1953 |
Yankee Irv Noren hits into a triple-play, Yanks beat Wash 12-4 |
1954 |
80th Preakness: Johnny Adams aboard Hasty Road wins in 1:57.4 |
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 government approves race separation in universities |
1959 |
Benjamin O Davis Jr becomes 1st black major general in US Air Force |
1960 |
Virtually all coastal towns between 37th & 44th parallels severly damaged by tsunami that strikes Hilo, Hawaii at 01:04 AM |
1961 |
"Mother-In-Law" by Ernie K-Doe hits #1 |
1961 |
"Touchables In Brooklyn" by Dickie Goodman hits #42 |
1961 |
1st revolving restaurant (Top Of The Needle in Seattle) opens |
1962 |
14th Emmy Awards: Bob Newhart Show, E G Marshall & Shirley Booth win |
1962 |
Netherlands telephone network becomes completely automated |
1962 |
Major Robert A Rushworth, USAF, takes X-15 to 30,600m |
1962 |
Roger Maris walks 5 times (record 4 intentionally) in a 9 inn game |
1962 |
Continental Airlines Flight 11 crashes after bombs explode on board. |
1963 |
A C Milan wins 8th Europe Cup 1 at London |
1963 |
Greek parliament leader Lambrakis injured |
1963 |
Mickey Mantle hits a ball off Yankee Stadium's facade |
1964 |
LBJ presents "Great Society" |
1965 |
"Super-cali-fragil-istic-expi-ali-docious" hits #66 |
1965 |
Beatles' "Ticket to Ride" single goes #1 |
1965 |
Mad Dog Vachon beats Igor Vodic in Omaha, to become NWA champ |
1966 |
18th Emmy Awards: Fugitive, Dick Van Dyke & Mary Tyler Moore win |
1966 |
Shirley Englehorn wins LPGA Babe Didrikson-Zaharias Golf Open |
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 |
1970 |
Mel Stottlemyre sets record by walking 11, but wins 2-0 |
1971 |
A British soldier is killed by members of the Official Irish Republican Army in Belfast |
1972 |
Ceylon becomes Republic of Sri Lanka as its constitution is ratified |
1972 |
Ton Sijbrands becomes world checkers champion |
1972 |
US president Nixon begins visit to Moscow |
1972 |
Over 400 women in Derry attack the offices of Official Sinn Féin in Derry, North Ireland, following the shooting of William Best by the Official Irish Republican Army |
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 |
1975 |
8th ABA Championship: Kentucky Colonels beat Ind Pacers, 4 games to 1 |
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) |
1977 |
Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Coca-Cola Golf Classic |
1977 |
Red Sox (6) & Brewers (5) tie single game HR record of 11 |
1979 |
Canadians elect conservatives, Joseph Clark replaces Pierre Trudeau as the 16th Prime Minister of Canada |
1979 |
Commencement of 1st ICC Trophy (PNG v E Afr & Singapore v Arg) |
1979 |
1st ACE Cable Awards: "Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas" by Jim Henson and HBO |
1981 |
Soyuz 40 returns to Earth |
1983 |
Pat Bradley wins LPGA Chrysler-Plymouth Charity Golf Tournament |
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 |
Real Madrid wins 14th UEFA Cup at Madrid |
1985 |
US sailor Michael L Walker arrested for spying for USSR |
1986 |
Cher calls 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 |
Károly Grósz succeeds party leader Janos Kádár in Hungary |
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 |
1990 |
Andre Dawson receives a record 5 intentional walks in a game |
1990 |
Deion Sanders becomes involved in a dispute with Chicago White Sox catcher Carlton Fisk, one of the most infamous incidents of Sanders' baseball career |
1991 |
Inter Milan wins 20th UEFA Cup at Rome |
1991 |
NFL Owners agree to add 2 teams in 1994 |
1991 |
Roh Jai Bong resigns as premier of South Korea |
1992 |
California 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 |
Elaine Crosby wins LPGA Lady Keystone Golf Open |
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 |
1997 |
Kelly Flinn, US Air Force's first female bomber pilot certified for combat, accepts a general discharge in order to avoid a court martial. |
1998 |
Lewinsky scandal: a federal judge rules that United States Secret Service agents can be compelled to testify before a grand jury concerning the scandal, involving President Bill Clinton. |
2002 |
37th Academy of Country Music Awards: Brooks & Dunn, Martina McBride & Alan Jackson wins |
2002 |
In Washington, DC, the remains of the missing Chandra Levy are found in Rock Creek Park. |
2002 |
American civil rights movement: a jury in Birmingham, Alabama, convicts former Ku Klux Klan member Bobby Frank Cherry of the 1963 murders of four girls in the bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church. |
2002 |
Mike Babcock is named head coach of the Anaheim Mighty Ducks |
2003 |
In Fort Worth, Texas, Annika Sörenstam becomes the first woman to play the PGA Tour in 58 years. |
2004 |
The U.S. town of Hallam, Nebraska, is wiped out by a powerful F4 tornado that broke a width record at an astounding 2.5 miles wide. It also kills one local resident. |
2006 |
Results from the Montenegrin independence referendum, 2006 are announced. 55.4% of voters vote to become independent from the Serbia and Montenegro Union. |
2010 |
Polish astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus' remains are reburied in Frombork Cathedral, Poland after a 200 year search for his tomb., |
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. |
2011 |
19th Billboard Music Awards: Eminem, Recovery win |
2012 |
14 people die and 30 are injured in train collision in India |
2012 |
Philip Philips is crowned the eleventh American Idol |
2014 |
Royal Thai Armed Forces launch a coup d'état against the caretaker government of Thailand |
2016 |
Horse racing: Exaggerator wins Preakness, Nyquist finishes third |
2016 |
Obama, bound for Vietnam, seeks to turn old foe into new partner |
2016 |
Afghan Taliban leader Mansour 'probably killed' in US air strike |
2017 |
Drake wins record 13 Billboard Music awards |
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