1501 – Robert Gaguin, French writer/diplomat (Arte Metrificandi), dies at 66
1819 – Jan Hendrik van Kinsbergen, Dutch naval officer and founder of Dutch Marines Corp, dies at 84
1953 – Vaclav Klicka, Czech composer, dies at 70
1965 – Bobby Watson, American comedian (Hitler Gang, Boys Town), dies at 77
1997 – A. D. Hershey, American biologist, worked with bacteriophages (Nobel 1969), dies at 88
2005 – Thurl Ravenscroft, American voice actor (Tony the Tiger), and bass singer (“You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch”), dies from prostate cancer at 91
2006 – Jack Fallon, Canadian-British jazz double and electric bass player, fiddler (The Beatles -“Don’t Pass Me By”), and concert promoter, dies at 90
2012 – Wesley Brown, 1st African American US Naval Academy graduate, dies at 85
2019 – Judith Kerr, British children’s writer and illustrator (The Tiger Who Came to Tea, Mog books), dies at 95
2020 – Ashley Cooper, Australian tennis player (Australian C’ships 1957-58, Wimbledon, US C’ships 1958), dies at 83
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Historical Events for 22nd May 2022
1762 – Sweden and Prussia sign the Treaty of Hamburg, reaffirming the status quo that existed before the Seven Years’ War
1902 – 36th Belmont: John Bullman aboard Mastermam wins in 2:22.6
1931 – Canned rattlesnake meat 1st goes on sale in Florida
1961 – “Touchables In Brooklyn” by Dickie Goodman hits #42
1964 – LBJ presents “Great Society”
1988 – LPGA Championship Women’s Golf, Jack Nicklaus GC: Sherri Turner birdies final 2 holes to win her only major title, 1 stroke ahead of runner-up Amy Alcott
1996 – Emmy 23rd Daytime Award presentation – Susan Lucci loses for 16th time
2004 – English FA Cup Final, Millennium Stadium, Cardiff (71,350): Manchester United beats Millwall, 3-0; Ruud van Nistelrooy scores 2 and Cristiano Ronaldo 1 in Red Devils’ 11th title win
2015 – Netflix announce that Mary-Kate Olsen and Ashley Olsen will not appear on “Full House” revival
2018 – New York Stock Exchange announces Stacey Cunningham will be its first woman head in its 226-year history
Today in History for 22nd May 2022
Historical Events
1176 – Murder attempt by “Assassins” on Saladin near Aleppo
1746 – Russia and Austria sign treaty of cooperation
1766 – Istanbul earthquake with estimated magnitude of 7.1, causes widespread extensive damage, followed by a significant tsunami
1947 – 1st US ballistic missile fired
1960 – Tsunami generated by a magnitude 9.4-9.6 earthquake in Chile strikes Hilo, Hawaii at 01:04 AM, severely damaging virtually all coastal towns between the 37th and 44th parallels
1961 – 1st revolving restaurant (Top Of The Needle in Seattle) opens
Famous Birthdays
1897 – Marcelle Meyer, French contemporary classical (Les Six) and Baroque revivalist (Bach; Rameau) concert pianist, born in Lille, France (d. 1958)
1941 – Martha Langbein, German athlete (Olympic silver 1960), born in Heidelberg, Germany
1955 – Iva Davies, Australian rock guitarist and vocalist (Icehouse), born in Wauchope, New South Wales, Australia
1959 – [Steven] Morrissey, British rock vocalist (The Smiths), born in Davyhulme, Lancashire
1976 – Christian Vande Velde, cyclist (Olympics 1996), born in Chicago, Illinois
1978 – Ginnifer Goodwin, American actress
Famous Deaths
1939 – Ernst Toller, German playwright, commits suicide at 45
1965 – Christopher Stone, first disc jockey in the United Kingdom (b. 1882)
2005 – Julia Randall, American poet (b. 1924)
2011 – Ze’ev Wolfgang Steinberg, Israeli violist and composer, dies at 92
2013 – Henri Dutilleux, French composer (Tout un monde lointain, L’arbre des songes), dies at 97
2017 – (Granville) “Mickey” Roker, American jazz drummer (Art Farmer; Milt Jackson; Dizzy Gillespie), dies suffering from diabetes and lung cancer at 84
Famous Deaths for 21st May 2022
1607 – John Rainolds, English scholar (b. 1549)
1812 – Joseph Wolfl, Austrian composer, dies at 38
1973 – Carlo E. Gadda, Italian engineer and writer (War Diary), dies at 79
1978 – Jo Spier [Joseph Spier], Dutch cartoonist and water color painter, dies at 77
1988 – Sammy Davis Sr., American vaudeville dancer (Mr. Wonderful), dies at 87
1993 – John Frost, English soldier who led the defence of Arnhem Bridge during Operation Market Garden, dies at 80
1994 – Cliff Wilson, snooker player, dies at 60
1996 – Bobby Tulloch, ornithologist, dies at 67
2000 – Mark R. Hughes, American entrepreneur (b. 1956)
2013 – Frank Comstock, American arranger (Les Brown), and theme composer (Rocky and His Friends), dies at 90
Historical Events for 21st May 2022
878 – Syracuse is captured by the Muslim sultan of Sicily
1907 – 32nd Preakness: G Mountain aboard Don Enrique wins in 1:45.4
1925 – George Lloyd, Baron Lloyd of Dolobran, becomes British High Commissioner in Egypt
1933 – Mount Davidson Cross, San Francisco, lit by FDR via telegraph
1959 – “Gypsy” opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 702 performances
1960 – Leontyne Price becomes the first African American to sing the lead at Teatro alla Scala in Milan in “Aida”
1971 – Marvin Gaye’ eleventh album “What’s Going On” is released; considered the best album off all-time by critic surveys in Rolling Stone (2020); The Guardian (1997); and New Music Express (1985)
1993 – Robin Smith scores 167 in England Texaco Trophy loss v Australia
2004 – Sherpa Pemba Dorjie climbs Mount Everest in 8 hours 10 minutes, breaking his rival Sherpa Lakpa Gelu’s record from the previous year.
2018 – Former US president Barack Obama and Michelle Obama sign deal with Netflix to produce films and series
Today in History for 21st May 2022
Historical Events
1881 – American Red Cross founded by Clara Barton
1886 – 14th Preakness: S Fisher aboard Bard wins in 2:45
1943 – Fastest 9 inning AL baseball night game (89 mins), Chicago White Sox beat visiting Washington Senators, 1-0
1968 – Nuclear-powered sub USS Scorpion, with 99 men, reported missing and is later found at the bottom of the ocean off Azores
1971 – Chelsea win 11th European Cup Winner’s Cup against Real Madrid 2-1 in Athens (replay)
1987 – Xignals PC Board BBS begins in Alabama
Famous Birthdays
1680 – Frederich Karl Erbach, German composer, born in Odenwald (d. 1731)
1850 – Giuseppe Mercalli, Italian volcanologist (d. 1914)
1903 – Pedro Aramburu, Argentine army leader, President and Dictator of Argentina (1955-58), born in Río Cuarto, Argentina (d. 1970)
1923 – Bettye Danoff, American golfer (co- founder LPGA Tour), born in Dallas, Texas (d. 2011)
1941 – Ronald Isley, American singer (Isley Brothers – “Twist and Shout”; “This Old Heart Of Mine”), born in Cincinnati, Ohio
1985 – Mark Cavendish MBE, British road cyclist (UCI Road World C’ships 2011; Points classification winner Tour de France 2011, 21; Giro d’Italia 2013; Vuelta a España 2010), born in Douglas, Isle of Man
Famous Deaths
1254 – Conrad IV, King of Germany, Jerusalem and Sicily, dies at 26
1481 – Christian I, king of Denmark, Norway and Sweden, dies at 55
1719 – Pierre Poiret, French mystic, dies at 73
1790 – Thomas Warton, English critic and poet (Pleasures of Melancholy) British Poet Laureate (1785-90), dies at 62
1915 – Leonid Gobyato, Russian general (designed the portable mortar), dies in combat at 40
1996 – Mary Perot Nichols, American journalist, dies at 79
Famous Deaths for 20th May 2022
1444 – Bernardino of Siena, Italian priest and Franciscan missionary, dies at 63
1825 – Papaflessas, Greek priest and government official (b. 1788)
1917 – Valentine Fleming, Scottish politician (b. 1887)
1940 – Amar Singh, Indian cricket all-rounder (7 Tests, 28 wickets; India’s first half-century in Test cricket), dies of pneumonia at 29
1940 – Joris van Severen, Flemish politician and founder of the Alliance of Dietsche National Solidarists, dies at 45
1949 – Randolph West, American biochemist, known for the Dakin-West reaction (b. 1890)
1976 – Syd Howe, Canadian Hockey HOF left wing (Stanley Cup 1936, 37, 43 Detroit Red Wings), dies from throat cancer at 64
1991 – Julian Orbon De Soto, Cuban composer, dies at 65
1998 – Robert Normann, Norwegian jazz guitar pioneer, accordionist, and composer, dies at 81
2009 – Arthur Erickson, Canadian architect (b.1924)
Historical Events for 20th May 2022
1864 – Spotsylvania campaign in US Civil War ends after 10,920 killed or injured
1868 – Republican National Convention, meets in Chicago, nominates Grant
1891 – 1st public display of Thomas Edison’s prototype kinetoscope to members of the National Federation of Women’s Club
1902 – United States withdraws its troops from Cuba as the first Cuban president, Tomas Estrada Palma takes power
1926 – Congress passes Air Commerce Act, licensing of pilots and planes
1961 – Henzes opera “Elegy for Young Lovers,” premieres in Schwetzingen
1985 – Indians-Brewers game at Cleve Stadium is 1st rain-out of 1985, ends record string of 458 ML games since Opening Day without a rain-out
1991 – Soviet parliament approves law allowing citizens to travel abroad
1994 – Sony Theaters and Cineplex (NYC) hike movie ticket prices to $8.00
2012 – 6.0 magnitude earthquake kills 6 and injures dozens in northern Italy
Today in History for 20th May 2022
Historical Events
1972 – “Different Times” closes at ANTA Theater NYC after 24 performances
1978 – 3 PFLP members kill a police officer near El Al airlines in Orly Airport, Paris
1980 – Drummer Peter Criss quits rock band Kiss
1989 – 114th Preakness: Pat Valenzuela aboard Sunday Silence wins in 1:53.8
1990 – Hubble Space Telescope sends its 1st photographs from space
1995 – CBS News fires co-anchor Connie Chung
Famous Birthdays
1547 – Melchior Bischoff, German composer, born in Pößneck, Germany (d. 1614)
1883 – Paul Arntzenius, Dutch painter, graphic artist and etcher, born in The Hague, Netherlands (d. 1965)
1905 – Harry Campion, statistician/founder (British Central Statistical Office)
1911 – Annie M G Schmidt, writer (Fam Doorsnee, Jip and Janneke)
1930 – Robert Bunyard, Commandant (British Police Staff College)
1990 – Josh O’Connor, English actor (The Crown), born in Southampton, England
Famous Deaths
1648 – Władysław IV Vasa, King of Poland (1632-48), dies of kidney stones at 52
1713 – Thomas Sprat, English writer (b. 1635)
1782 – William Emerson, British mathematician (b. 1701)
1961 – Josef “Pips” Priller, German fighter ace (b. 1915)
1988 – Harry Babasin, American jazz bassist and cellist (Dodo Marmarosa Trio), and archivist (Los Angeles Theaseum), dies of emphysema at 67
1999 – Robert Rhodes James, British politician historian (Gallipoli), dies at 66
Famous Deaths for 19th May 2022
1531 – Jan Łaski, Polish statesman and diplomat (b. 1456)
1821 – Camille Jordan, French politician (b. 1771)
1885 – Peter W. Barlow, English engineer (b. 1809)
1901 – Marthinus Wessels Pretorius, 1st president of the Republic South Africa, dies at 81
1915 – Bob Ferguson, Scottish golfer (British Open 1880-82), dies at 69
1944 – Godfrey Wilson, British Anthropologist of social change and colonial problems in Africa, commits suicide as a conscientious objector in WW II
1958 – Ronald Colman, British actor (Lost Horizon, The Prisoner of Zenda, Phantom Shot), dies at 67
1997 – Millie, dog of US President George H. W. Bush (Millie’s Book), dies at 12
2009 – Herbert York, American physicist (b. 1921)
2021 – Lee Evans, American athlete (Olympic gold men’s 400m, 4x400m relay 1968), dies from stroke complications at 74