May 22

Saturday 22, 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 killed one local resident.

Thursday 22, 2003:

In Fort Worth, Texas, Annika Sörenstam becomes the first woman to play the PGA Tour in 58 years.

Wednesday 22, 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.

Friday 22, 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.

Thursday 22, 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.

Friday 22, 1992:

After 30 years, 66-year-old Johnny Carson hosts The Tonight Show for the last time.

Tuesday 22, 1990:

The Windows 3.0 operating system is released by Microsoft.

Monday 22, 1972:

Ceylon adopts a new constitution, changes its name to Sri Lanka, and joins the British Commonwealth.

Thursday 22, 1969:

Apollo 10's lunar module flies within 8.4 nautical miles (16 km) of the moon's surface.

Wednesday 22, 1968:

The nuclear-powered submarine the USS Scorpion sinks with 99 men aboard 400 miles southwest of the Azores.

Monday 22, 1967:

Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, the longest-running children's series on U.S. television, airs its first episode.

Friday 22, 1964:

U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson announces the goals of his Great Society social reforms to bring an "end to poverty and racial injustice" in America.

Tuesday 22, 1962:

Continental Airlines Flight 11 crashes after bombs explode.

Sunday 22, 1960:

An earthquake measuring 9.5 on the Richter scale, now known as the Great Chilean Earthquake, hits southern Chile. It is the most powerful earthquake ever recorded.

Thursday 22, 1947:

Cold War: In an effort to fight the spread of Communism, U.S. President Harry S. Truman signs an act into law that will later be called the Truman Doctrine. The act grants $400 million in military and economic aid to Turkey and Greece.

Monday 22, 1939:

World War II: Germany and Italy sign the Pact of Steel.

Friday 22, 1908:

The Wright Brothers patent their aircraft.

Tuesday 22, 1906:

The 1906 Summer Olympics, not now recognized as part of the official Olympic Games, opens in Athens.

Wednesday 22, 1872:

Reconstruction: U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant signs the Amnesty Act of 1872 into law restoring full civil rights to all but about 500 Confederate sympathizers.

Thursday 22, 1856:

Congressman Preston Brooks of South Carolina beats Senator Charles Sumner with a cane in the hall of the United States Senate for a speech Sumner had made attacking Southerners who sympathized with the pro-slavery violence in Kansas ("Bleeding Kansas").

Friday 22, 1840:

The transporting of British convicts to the New South Wales colony is abolished.

Saturday 22, 1819:

The SS Savannah leaves port at Savannah, Georgia, United States, on a voyage to become the first steamship to cross the Atlantic Ocean. The ship arrived at Liverpool, England on June 20.

Friday 22, 1807:

A grand jury indicts former Vice President of the United States Aaron Burr on a charge of treason.

Saturday 22, 1762:

Sweden and Prussia sign the Treaty of Hamburg.

Tuesday 22, 1455:

Wars of the Roses: At the First Battle of St Albans, Richard, Duke of York, defeats and captures King Henry VI of England.

Saturday 22, 1176:

Murder attempt by the Hashshashin (Assassins) on Saladin near Aleppo.

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