May 22
1455 - The first battle in the 30-year War of the Roses took place at St. Albans.
1761 - The first life insurance policy in the United States was issued in Philadelphia.
1849 - Abraham Lincoln received patent No. 6469 for his floating dry dock.
1868 - The Great Train Robbery took place near Marshfield, Ind., as seven members of the Reno gang made off with $96,000 in cash, gold and bonds.
1927 - An estimated 8.3 magnitude earthquake near Xining, China killed approximately 200,000 people.
1947 - President Harry S. Truman's Doctrine brought aid to Greece and Turkey to combat the spread of Communism.
1960 - A magnitude 9.5 earthquake, the strongest ever recorded, struck southern Chile, claiming 1,655 lives.
1962 - Continental Airlines Flight 11, en route from Chicago to Kansas City, Missouri, crashed after a bomb apparently brought on board by a passenger exploded, killing all 45 occupants of the Boeing 707.
1964 - President Lyndon B. Johnson, speaking at the University of Michigan, outlined the goals of his “Great Society,” saying that it “rests on abundance and liberty for all” and “demands an end to poverty and racial injustice.”
1968 - The nuclear-powered submarine USS Scorpion, with 99 men aboard, sank in the Atlantic Ocean. (The remains of the sub were later found on the ocean floor 400 miles southwest of the Azores.)
1969 - The lunar module of Apollo 10, with Thomas P. Stafford and Eugene Cernan aboard, flew to within nine miles of the moon’s surface in a dress rehearsal for the first lunar landing.
1972 - President Richard Nixon arrived in Moscow, becoming the first U.S. president to visit the Soviet Union.
1981 - "Yorkshire Ripper" Peter Sutcliffe was convicted in London of murdering 13 women and was sentenced to life in prison.
1990 - North Yemen and South Yemen merged to form the Republic of Yemen.
1992 - Johnny Carson hosted his final episode of The Tonight Show on NBC after serving as host for nearly 30 years.
1998 - Voters in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland cast ballots giving resounding approval to a Northern Ireland peace accord.
2003 - The U.N. Security Council approved a resolution lifting the economic sanctions against Iraq and supporting the U.S.-led administration in Iraq.
2011 - At least 140 people are killed and hundreds more injured as a three-quarter-mile-wide tornado hits Joplin, Missouri. The tornado is among the deadliest in the nation's history, destroying nearly a third of the city and damaging about 8,000 homes and businesses, including water treatment and sewage plants.
2012 - Tokyo Skytree, which at 634 meters high is the tallest tower in the world, opened to the public.
2016 - President Barack Obama arrived in Vietnam, making him the third sitting president to visit the country since the end of the war.
2017 - A suicide bomber set off an improvised explosive device that killed 22 people at the end of an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester, England.
2020 - President Donald Trump labeled houses of worship as “essential” and called on governors to let them reopen; he threatened to “override” governors who defied him.
2020 - In a radio interview, Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden suggested that African Americans who backed President Donald Trump “ain’t black”; he later said he “should not have been so cavalier.”
2020 - “Full House” star Lori Loughlin and her fashion designer husband, Mossimo Giannulli, pleaded guilty to paying half a million dollars into the University of Southern California as part of a college admissions bribery scheme. (Loughlin would spend two months behind bars; Giannulli began a five-month sentence in November 2020 and was released to home confinement in April 2021.)
Birthdays
22 - Camren Bicondova (actress)
29 - Anna Baryshnikov (actress)
34 - Novak Djokovic (tennis player)
35 - Molly Ephraim (actress)
39 - Apolo Anton Ohno (speed skater)
40 - Daniel Bryan (professional wrestler)
42 - Maggie Q (actress)
42 - Vivian Green (singer)
43 - Katie Price (model)
43 - Ginnifer Goodwin (actress)
47 - Sean Gunn (actor)
49 - Alison Eastwood (actress)
49 - Anna Belknap (actress)
51 - Naomi Campbell (model)
52 - Michael Kelly (actor)
54 - Brooke Smith (actress)
57 - Mark Christopher Lawrence (actor)
60 - Dana Williams (country musician)
60 - Ann Cusack (actress)
78 - Tommy John (baseball player)
79 - Barbara Parkins (actress)
83 - Frank Converse (actor)
83 - Richard Benjamin (actor)
87 - Peter Nero (conductor)
94 - Michael Constantine (actor)
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Today in Sports History - May 22
1970 - The Buffalo Sabres and Vancouver Canucks were officially granted NHL franchises for the 1970-71 season.
1975 - The Kentucky Colonels defeat the Indiana Pacers in five games to win the ABA championship.
1975 - Joe Namath refused $4 million offer to play for Chicago in the World Football League.
1977 - Janet Guthrie set the fastest time of the second weekend of qualifying, becoming the first woman to earn a starting spot in the Indianapolis 500 since its inception in 1911.
1985 - Pete Rose passed Hank Aaron as the National League's all-time leader in runs scored with 2,108.
1991 - NFL owners voted to expand by two teams in the 1994-95 season.
1994 - The NBA's new franchise in Toronto unveils the "Raptors" nickname and logo.
2002 - Mark Prior became only the 14th Chicago Cubs player since 1920 to win his major league debut. The Cubs beat the Pirates 7-4.
2002 - Barry Bonds (San Francisco Giants) hit his 583rd home run. He tied Mark McGwire for fifth on the all-time list.
2003 - At the Colonial in Fort Worth, TX, Annika Sorenstam became the first woman to play on the PGA tour in 58 years. She ended the day at 1-over par.
2003 - High school basketball star LeBron James signed a $90 million endorsement deal with Nike.
1455 - The first battle in the 30-year War of the Roses took place at St. Albans.
1761 - The first life insurance policy in the United States was issued in Philadelphia.
1849 - Abraham Lincoln received patent No. 6469 for his floating dry dock.
1868 - The Great Train Robbery took place near Marshfield, Ind., as seven members of the Reno gang made off with $96,000 in cash, gold and bonds.
1927 - An estimated 8.3 magnitude earthquake near Xining, China killed approximately 200,000 people.
1947 - President Harry S. Truman's Doctrine brought aid to Greece and Turkey to combat the spread of Communism.
1960 - A magnitude 9.5 earthquake, the strongest ever recorded, struck southern Chile, claiming 1,655 lives.
1962 - Continental Airlines Flight 11, en route from Chicago to Kansas City, Missouri, crashed after a bomb apparently brought on board by a passenger exploded, killing all 45 occupants of the Boeing 707.
1964 - President Lyndon B. Johnson, speaking at the University of Michigan, outlined the goals of his “Great Society,” saying that it “rests on abundance and liberty for all” and “demands an end to poverty and racial injustice.”
1968 - The nuclear-powered submarine USS Scorpion, with 99 men aboard, sank in the Atlantic Ocean. (The remains of the sub were later found on the ocean floor 400 miles southwest of the Azores.)
1969 - The lunar module of Apollo 10, with Thomas P. Stafford and Eugene Cernan aboard, flew to within nine miles of the moon’s surface in a dress rehearsal for the first lunar landing.
1972 - President Richard Nixon arrived in Moscow, becoming the first U.S. president to visit the Soviet Union.
1981 - "Yorkshire Ripper" Peter Sutcliffe was convicted in London of murdering 13 women and was sentenced to life in prison.
1990 - North Yemen and South Yemen merged to form the Republic of Yemen.
1992 - Johnny Carson hosted his final episode of The Tonight Show on NBC after serving as host for nearly 30 years.
1998 - Voters in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland cast ballots giving resounding approval to a Northern Ireland peace accord.
2003 - The U.N. Security Council approved a resolution lifting the economic sanctions against Iraq and supporting the U.S.-led administration in Iraq.
2011 - At least 140 people are killed and hundreds more injured as a three-quarter-mile-wide tornado hits Joplin, Missouri. The tornado is among the deadliest in the nation's history, destroying nearly a third of the city and damaging about 8,000 homes and businesses, including water treatment and sewage plants.
2012 - Tokyo Skytree, which at 634 meters high is the tallest tower in the world, opened to the public.
2016 - President Barack Obama arrived in Vietnam, making him the third sitting president to visit the country since the end of the war.
2017 - A suicide bomber set off an improvised explosive device that killed 22 people at the end of an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester, England.
2020 - President Donald Trump labeled houses of worship as “essential” and called on governors to let them reopen; he threatened to “override” governors who defied him.
2020 - In a radio interview, Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden suggested that African Americans who backed President Donald Trump “ain’t black”; he later said he “should not have been so cavalier.”
2020 - “Full House” star Lori Loughlin and her fashion designer husband, Mossimo Giannulli, pleaded guilty to paying half a million dollars into the University of Southern California as part of a college admissions bribery scheme. (Loughlin would spend two months behind bars; Giannulli began a five-month sentence in November 2020 and was released to home confinement in April 2021.)
Birthdays
22 - Camren Bicondova (actress)
29 - Anna Baryshnikov (actress)
34 - Novak Djokovic (tennis player)
35 - Molly Ephraim (actress)
39 - Apolo Anton Ohno (speed skater)
40 - Daniel Bryan (professional wrestler)
42 - Maggie Q (actress)
42 - Vivian Green (singer)
43 - Katie Price (model)
43 - Ginnifer Goodwin (actress)
47 - Sean Gunn (actor)
49 - Alison Eastwood (actress)
49 - Anna Belknap (actress)
51 - Naomi Campbell (model)
52 - Michael Kelly (actor)
54 - Brooke Smith (actress)
57 - Mark Christopher Lawrence (actor)
60 - Dana Williams (country musician)
60 - Ann Cusack (actress)
78 - Tommy John (baseball player)
79 - Barbara Parkins (actress)
83 - Frank Converse (actor)
83 - Richard Benjamin (actor)
87 - Peter Nero (conductor)
94 - Michael Constantine (actor)
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Today in Sports History - May 22
1970 - The Buffalo Sabres and Vancouver Canucks were officially granted NHL franchises for the 1970-71 season.
1975 - The Kentucky Colonels defeat the Indiana Pacers in five games to win the ABA championship.
1975 - Joe Namath refused $4 million offer to play for Chicago in the World Football League.
1977 - Janet Guthrie set the fastest time of the second weekend of qualifying, becoming the first woman to earn a starting spot in the Indianapolis 500 since its inception in 1911.
1985 - Pete Rose passed Hank Aaron as the National League's all-time leader in runs scored with 2,108.
1991 - NFL owners voted to expand by two teams in the 1994-95 season.
1994 - The NBA's new franchise in Toronto unveils the "Raptors" nickname and logo.
2002 - Mark Prior became only the 14th Chicago Cubs player since 1920 to win his major league debut. The Cubs beat the Pirates 7-4.
2002 - Barry Bonds (San Francisco Giants) hit his 583rd home run. He tied Mark McGwire for fifth on the all-time list.
2003 - At the Colonial in Fort Worth, TX, Annika Sorenstam became the first woman to play on the PGA tour in 58 years. She ended the day at 1-over par.
2003 - High school basketball star LeBron James signed a $90 million endorsement deal with Nike.
