What Happened on May 22?
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EVENTS ON MAY 22
American Civil War
Year:
1863
American Civil War: Union forces begin the Siege of Port Hudson which lasts 48 days, the longest siege in U.S. military history.
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Union army
Year:
1864
American Civil War: After ten weeks, the Union Army's Red River Campaign ends in failure.
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Oliver Winchester
Year:
1866
Oliver Winchester founded the Winchester Repeating Arms.
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United States House of Representatives
Year:
1856
Congressman Preston Brooks of South Carolina severely beats Senator Charles Sumner of Massachusetts with a cane in the hall of the United States Senate for a speech Sumner had made regarding Southerners and slavery.
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President of the United States
Year:
1849
Future U.S. President Abraham Lincoln is issued a patent for an invention to lift boats, making him the only U.S. president to ever hold a patent.
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HMS Beagle
Year:
1826
HMS Beagle departs on its first voyage.
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Penal transportation
Year:
1840
The penal transportation of British convicts to the New South Wales colony is abolished.
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Associated Press
Year:
1846
The Associated Press is formed in New York City as a non-profit news cooperative.
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Reconstruction era
Year:
1872
Reconstruction Era: President Ulysses S. Grant signs the Amnesty Act into law, restoring full civil and political rights to all but about 500 Confederate sympathizers.
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Requiem (Verdi)
Year:
1874
Verdi's Requiem was first performed at San Marco in Milan on the first anniversary of Manzoni's death.
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BIRTHS ON MAY 22
Jean-Louis Curtis
Year of birth:
1917
Jean-Louis Curtis, French author (died 1995)
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Max Kohnstamm
Year of birth:
1914
Max Kohnstamm, Dutch historian and diplomat (died 2010)
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Sun Ra
Year of birth:
1914
Sun Ra, American pianist, composer, bandleader, poet (died 1993)
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Rafael Gil
Year of birth:
1913
Rafael Gil, Spanish director and screenwriter (died 1986)
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Paul Vanden Boeynants
Year of birth:
1919
Paul Vanden Boeynants, Belgian businessman and politician, 55th Prime Minister of Belgium (died 2001)
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Thomas Gold
Year of birth:
1920
Thomas Gold, Austrian-American astrophysicist and academic (died 2004)
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George Andrew Olah
Year of birth:
1927
George Andrew Olah, Hungarian-American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2017)
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Jean Tinguely
Year of birth:
1925
Jean Tinguely, Swiss painter and sculptor (died 1991)
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Charles Aznavour
Year of birth:
1924
Charles Aznavour, French-Armenian singer-songwriter and actor (died 2018)
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George S. Hammond
Year of birth:
1921
George S. Hammond, American scientist (died 2005)
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DEATHS ON MAY 22
Jules Renard
Year of death:
1910
Jules Renard, French author and playwright (born 1864)
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Lady Gregory
Year of death:
1932
Augusta, Lady Gregory, Anglo-Irish activist, landlord, and playwright, co-founded the Abbey Theatre (born 1852)
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Tsengeltiin Jigjidjav
Year of death:
1933
Tsengeltiin Jigjidjav, Mongolian politician, 10th Prime Minister of Mongolia (born 1894)
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Gaetano Bresci
Year of death:
1901
Gaetano Bresci, Italian-American anarchist, assassin of Umberto I of Italy (born 1869)
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Victor Hugo
Year of death:
1885
Victor Hugo, French novelist, poet, and playwright (born 1802)
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Mordecai Manuel Noah
Year of death:
1851
Mordecai Manuel Noah, American journalist and diplomat (born 1755)
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Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies
Year of death:
1859
Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies (born 1810)
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Julius Plücker
Year of death:
1868
Julius Plücker, German mathematician and physicist (born 1801)
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William Glackens
Year of death:
1938
William Glackens, American painter and illustrator (born 1870)
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Jiří Mahen
Year of death:
1939
Jiří Mahen, Czech author and playwright (born 1882)
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HOLIDAYS ON MAY 22
United States National Maritime Day
United States National Maritime Day
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International Day for Biological Diversity
International Day for Biological Diversity (International)
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Harvey Milk Day
Harvey Milk Day (California)
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Public holidays in Haiti
National Sovereignty Day (Haiti)
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Culture of Sri Lanka
Republic Day (Sri Lanka)
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World Goth Day
World Goth Day
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Unity Day (Yemen)
Unity Day (Yemen), celebrates the unification of North and South Yemen into the Republic of Yemen in 1990.
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Translation of the Relics of Saint Nicholas from Myra to Bari
Translation of the Relics of Saint Nicholas from Myra to Bari (Ukraine)
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May 22 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Christian feast day: May 22 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
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Romanus of Subiaco
Christian feast day: Romanus of Subiaco
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