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May 22, 2004 Stanley Cup Finals, Tampa Bay Lightnings beat Calgary Flames 4 games to 3 May 22, 1998 Federal rules that the Secret Service must testify in the Lewinsky case May 22, 1996 "Tartuffe: Born Again," opens at Circle in Sq Theater New York City for 29 performances May 22, 1996 Emmy 23rd Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 16th time May 22, 1995 Laverne and Shirley 20th anniversary reunionn special, televised May 22, 1994 Elaine Crosby wins LPGA Lady Keystone Golf Open May 22, 1994 Toronto NBA franchise unveils name "Raptors" and logo May 22, 1993 Riddick Bowe TKOs Jesse Ferguson in 2 for heavyweight boxing title May 22, 1992 California Angels, are involved in a bus crash, in New Jersey May 22, 1992 India launches its Agni rocket May 22, 1992 Johnny Carson's final appearance as host of Tonight Show May 22, 1991 Inter Milan wins 20th UEFA Cup at Rome May 22, 1991 NFL Owners agree to add 2 teams in 1994 May 22, 1991 Roh Jai Bong resigns as premier of South Korea May 22, 1990 Andre Dawson sets record being intentionally walked 5 times May 22, 1990 Dow Jones avg hits a record 2,852.23 May 22, 1990 Final episode of "Newhart" airs May 22, 1990 Microsoft releases Windows 3.0 May 22, 1990 North and South Yemen merge to form Republic of Yemen May 22, 1988 34th LPGA Championship won by Sherri Turner May 22, 1988 Karoly Grosz succeeds party leader Janos Kadar in Hungary May 22, 1987 30 killed in a Texas tornado May 22, 1986 Cher called David Letterman an asshole on Late Night on NBC May 22, 1985 Pete Rose 2,108th run passes Hank Aaron as NL run scoring leader May 22, 1985 Real Madrid wins 14th UEFA Cup at Madrid May 22, 1985 U.S. sailor Michael L. Walker arrested for spying for U.S.S.R. May 22, 1983 Pat Bradley wins LPGA Chrysler-Plymouth Charity Golf Tournament May 22, 1983 Toronto Blue Jay Cliff Johnson hits record 18th pinch hit HR May 22, 1981 Soyuz 40 returns to Earth May 22, 1980 Marlo Thomas and Phil Donahue marry May 22, 1979 Canadians elect conservatives, Joseph Clark replaces Pierre Trudeau May 22, 1979 Commencement of 1st ICC Trophy (PNG vs. E Afr and Singapore vs. Arg) May 22, 1977 Final European scheduled run of Orient Express (94 years) May 22, 1977 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Coca-Cola Golf Classic May 22, 1977 Red Sox (6) and Brewers (5) tie single game HR record of 11 May 22, 1976 NASA launches space vehicle S-179 May 22, 1976 St. Louis Cardinal Reggie Smith hits 3 HR May 22, 1975 8th ABA Championship: Kentucky Colonels beat Ind Pacers, 4 games to 1 May 22, 1974 Ruffian begins her racing career as a filly and dies 14 months later May 22, 1974 Soccer team Veendam forms May 22, 1974 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site May 22, 1973 Emmy News and Documentaries Award presentation May 22, 1973 President Nixon confesses his role in Watergate cover-up May 22, 1972 Ceylon becomes Republic of Sri Lanka as its constitution is ratified May 22, 1972 Ton Sijbrands becomes world checker champion May 22, 1972 U.S. president Nixon begins visit Moscow May 22, 1970 Arab terrorists kill 9 children and 3 adults on a school bus May 22, 1970 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island May 22, 1970 Mel Stottlemyre sets record by walking 11, but wins 2-0 May 22, 1969 Stafford and Cernan pilot Apollo 10 LEM 9.4 mi(15km) above lunar surface May 22, 1968 Pittsburgh Pirate Willie Stargell hits 3 HRs, a double and a single May 22, 1967 "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood," debuts on NET (now PBS) May 22, 1967 Egyptian president Nassar closes Straits of Tiran to Israel May 22, 1967 Fire at L'Innovation department store kills 322 (Brussels, Belgium) May 22, 1966 18th Emmy Awards: Fugitive, Dick Van Dyke and Mary Tyler Moore May 22, 1966 Shirley Englehorn wins LPGA Babe Didrikson-Zaharias Golf Open May 22, 1965 "Super-cali-fragil-istic-expi-ali-docious" hits #66 May 22, 1965 Beatles' "Ticket to Ride," single goes #1 May 22, 1965 Mad Dog Vachon beats Igor Vodic in Omaha, to become NWA champ May 22, 1964 Lyndon Baines Johnson presents "Great Society" May 22, 1963 A. C. Milan wins 8th Europe Cup 1 at London May 22, 1963 Greek parliament leader Lambrakis injured May 22, 1963 Mickey Mantle hits a ball off Yankee Stadium's facade May 22, 1962 14th Emmy Awards: Bob Newhart Show, E G Marshall and Shirley Booth May 22, 1962 Netherlands telephone net becomes completely automated May 22, 1962 Robert A. Rushworth, USAF major, takes X-15 to 30,600m May 22, 1962 Roger Maris walks 5 times (record 4 intentionally) in a 9 inn game May 22, 1961 "Mother-In-Law" by Ernie K-Doe hits #1 May 22, 1961 "Touchables In Brooklyn" by Dickie Goodman hits #42 May 22, 1961 1st revolving restaurant (Top Of The Needle in Seattle), opens May 22, 1960 Virtually all coastal towns between 37th and 44th parallels severly damaged by tsunami that strikes Hilo, Hawaii at 01:04 AM May 22, 1959 Benjamin O Davis, Jr. becomes 1st black gen-major in USAF May 22, 1957 KBTexas TV channel 3 in Bryan, Texas (CBS) begins broadcasting May 22, 1957 Red Sox set AL record by smashing 4 home runs in 6th inning in 11-0 win May 22, 1957 South Africa government approves race separation in universities May 22, 1956 "Bob Hope Show," last airs on NBC-TV May 22, 1956 KRIS TV channel 6 in Corpus Christi, Texas (NBC) begins broadcasting May 22, 1955 Oldest man to drive in the Grand Prix (aged 55) finishes 6th May 22, 1954 80th Preakness: Johnny Adams aboard Hasty Road wins in 1:57.4 May 22, 1954 KREX TV channel 5 in Grand Junction, CO (CBS) begins broadcasting May 22, 1954 Robert Zimmerman aka Bob Dylan is Bar Mitzvahed May 22, 1953 President Eisenhower signs Offshore Oil Bill May 22, 1953 Yankee Irv Noren hits into a triple-play, Yanks beat Washington 12-4 May 22, 1950 Celal Bayar elected president of Turkey May 22, 1950 Dutch poet Gerrit Achterberg wins PC Hooft prize May 22, 1950 Richard Strauss' "4 Last Songs" (4 letzte Lieder) in London May 22, 1947 "Truman Doctrine" goes into effect, aiding Turkey and Greece May 22, 1947 1st U.S. ballistic missile fired May 22, 1946 Yankees turn triple-play and defeat Tigers' 5-3 May 22, 1945 6th Marine division reaches suburbs of Naha Okinawa May 22, 1945 NSB-Fuhrer Rost van Tonningen attempts and fails at suicide May 22, 1943 1st jet fighter is tested May 22, 1943 RAF scatters 1st copies of "The Flying Hollander" May 22, 1943 Stalin disbands Komintern May 22, 1942 Mexico declares war on nazi-Germany and Japan May 22, 1941 British troops attack Baghdad May 22, 1940 Dutch Premier De Geer begins working with nazis May 22, 1940 Premier Winston Churchill flies to Paris May 22, 1939 Hitler and Mussolini sign "Pact of Steel" May 22, 1938 Dodgers announce contracts to install lights at Ebbets Field May 22, 1933 Loch Ness Monster is 1st reportedly sighted by John Mackay May 22, 1933 World Trade Day/National Maritime Day 1st celebrated May 22, 1931 Canned rattlesnake meat 1st goes on sale in Florida May 22, 1930 Ruth hits 3 consecutive HR (8th-10th of 60 in 1930) May 22, 1930 Yankee "Bronx Bombers" hit 14 home runs in a game May 22, 1928 U.S. Congress accept Jones-White Merchant Naval Act May 22, 1927 8.3 earthquake strikes Nan-Shan China, 200,000 killed May 22, 1927 Dodgers beat Phillies, 20-4 May 22, 1926 "Five Foot Two, Eyes of Blue" by Gene Austin hits #1 May 22, 1926 Chiang Kai-shek replaces communists in Guomindang China May 22, 1926 Dutch Communist Party expels David Wijnkoop May 22, 1924 In Chicago, Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb kidnap Robert Franks May 22, 1923 Stanley Baldwin succeeds Andrew Bonar Law as British premier May 22, 1916 French troops occupy parts of Fort Douaumont Verdun May 22, 1915 Local train collides with troop train killing 226 (Gretna Scotland) May 22, 1911 Braves pitcher, Cliff Curtis, loses his 23rd game in a row May 22, 1909 1st San Francisco fireboat, David Scannell, launched May 22, 1907 Albert Trott takes two hat-tricks in an innings, Mddx vs. Somerset May 22, 1906 10th anniversary Olympic games close at Athens, Greece May 22, 1906 31st Preakness: Walter Miller aboard Whimsical wins in 1:45 May 22, 1906 Wright Brothers patent the aeroplane May 22, 1905 Royal Academy in Delft Holland becomes Technical High School May 22, 1902 36th Belmont: John Bullman aboard Mastermam wins in 2:22.6 May 22, 1900 Associated Press organizes in New York City as non-profit news cooperative May 22, 1900 Edwin S Votey patents pneumatic piano player May 22, 1893 Montreal Athletic Association beat Ottawa Generals 2-1, in 1st Cup Game May 22, 1892 Dr. Washington Sheffield invents toothpaste tube May 22, 1891 1st motion picture shown to National Federation of Women's Clubs May 22, 1888 Leroy Buffington patents a system to build skyscrapers May 22, 1885 13th Preakness: Jim McLaughlin aboard Tecumseh wins in 2:49 May 22, 1884 1-armed pitcher Hugh Daily fanned 13 hitters May 22, 1883 Cub's Billy Sunday's 1st at bat, begins 14 consecutive strikes out May 22, 1877 3rd Kentucky Derby: Billy Walker aboard Baden-Baden wins in 2:38 May 22, 1872 Amnesty Act restores civil rights to Southerners (except for 500) May 22, 1868 Great Train Robbery-7 men (Reno Brother) make off with $98,000 in cash May 22, 1864 Battle of N Anna River, Virginia (Totopotamy River, Haw's Shop, Hanovertown) May 22, 1863 General Grant begins siege on Vicksburg May 22, 1863 War Department establishes Bureau of Colored Troops May 22, 1858 Confederacion Granadina (now Colombia) forms May 22, 1856 Violence in Senate, South Carolina rep Brooks used a cane on Mass Sen Sumner May 22, 1849 Abraham Lincoln patents a buoying device May 22, 1843 1st wagon train, 1000+ depart Independence Missouri for Oregon May 22, 1836 Felix Mendelssohn's oratorium "St. Paul," premieres in Dusseldorf May 22, 1819 1st steam propelled vessel to cross Atlantic (Savannah leaves Ga) May 22, 1807 Former VP Aaron Burr is tried for treason in Richmond Virginia (acquitted) May 22, 1807 Townsend Speakman 1st sells fruit-flavored carbonated drinks (Phila) May 22, 1803 1st public library opens (Connecticut) May 22, 1784 Ceylonese student leader Pieter Quint Ondaatje demands democracy May 22, 1762 Sweden and Prussia sign peace treaty May 22, 1761 1st life insurance policy in U.S., issued in Philadelphia May 22, 1746 Russia and Austria signs treaty of cooperation May 22, 1712 Emperor Karel VI crowned king of Hungary May 22, 1659 France, England and Netherlands sign "Hedges Concerto" treaty May 22, 1629 Emperor Ferdinand II and Danish King Christian IV sign Peace of Lubeck May 22, 1594 Earl Mauritius and Willem Louis begins siege of Groningen May 22, 1570 1st atlas, with 70 maps, published May 22, 1526 Pope Clemens VII, France, Genoa, Venice, Florence and Milan form Anti-French League of Cognac May 22, 1455 Open battle in England's 30-year War of the Roses (St. Albans) May 22, 1455 Richard of York takes St. Albans, kidnapping King Henry VI May 22, 1370 Jews are expelled/massacred from Brussels Belgium May 22, 1200 Peace of Goulet May 22, 1176 Murder attempt by "Assassins" on Saladin near Aleppo May 22, 760 14th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet |