birthday meme
many people on my friend's list are doing it, and I succommed because there are many interesting events....
May 22
Events:
1176 - Murder attempt by the Hashshashin (Assassins) on Saladin near Aleppo.
1455 - Wars of the Roses: At the First Battle of St Albans, Richard, Duke of York, defeats and captures King Henry VI of England.
1762 - Sweden and Prussia sign the Treaty of Hamburg.
1807 - A grand jury indicts former Vice President of the United States Aaron Burr on a charge of treason.
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.
1906 - Wright brothers are granted U.S. patent number 821,393 for their "Flying-Machine".
1990 - The Windows 3.0 operating system is released by Microsoft.
1992 - After 30 years, 66-year-old Johnny Carson hosts The Tonight Show for the last time.
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.
Births:
1859 - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, British physician and writer (d. 1930)
1907 - Sir Laurence Olivier, English actor and director (d. 1989)
1930 - Harvey Milk, American politician and civil rights activist (d. 1978)
1942 - Theodore Kaczynski, American bomber
Deaths:
337 - Constantine the Great, Roman Emperor (b. 272)
1885 - Victor Hugo, French author (b. 1802)
Holidays:
World Biodiversity Day - who knew?
May 22
Events:
1176 - Murder attempt by the Hashshashin (Assassins) on Saladin near Aleppo.
1455 - Wars of the Roses: At the First Battle of St Albans, Richard, Duke of York, defeats and captures King Henry VI of England.
1762 - Sweden and Prussia sign the Treaty of Hamburg.
1807 - A grand jury indicts former Vice President of the United States Aaron Burr on a charge of treason.
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.
1906 - Wright brothers are granted U.S. patent number 821,393 for their "Flying-Machine".
1990 - The Windows 3.0 operating system is released by Microsoft.
1992 - After 30 years, 66-year-old Johnny Carson hosts The Tonight Show for the last time.
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.
Births:
1859 - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, British physician and writer (d. 1930)
1907 - Sir Laurence Olivier, English actor and director (d. 1989)
1930 - Harvey Milk, American politician and civil rights activist (d. 1978)
1942 - Theodore Kaczynski, American bomber
Deaths:
337 - Constantine the Great, Roman Emperor (b. 272)
1885 - Victor Hugo, French author (b. 1802)
Holidays:
World Biodiversity Day - who knew?