100 years anniversary |
22 May 1924
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Charles Aznavour: Armenia -- French singer (Monsieur Carnavel, Tin Drum)
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22 May 1924
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Claude Andre Francois Ballif: Composer
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22 May 1924
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birth
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Helen Wedemeyer: Hilo, Hawaii -- Actress (Hawaii Five-O)
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22 May 1924
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In Chicago, Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb kidnap Robert Franks
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22 May 1924
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Charles Aznavour, French-Armenian singer-songwriter and actor |
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22 May 1924
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birth Charles Aznavour, French singer, (1974 UK No.1 single 'She').
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22 May 1924
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Charles Aznavour [Chahnour Varinag Aznavourian] Paris France, French-Armenian singer (Monsieur Carnavel, Tin Drum)
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22 May 1924
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Claude Andre Francois Ballif composer
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22 May 1924
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birth
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Helen Wedemeyer Hilo HI, actress (Hawaii Five-O)
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22 May 1924
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In Chicago, Nathan Leopold & Richard Loeb kidnap Robert Franks
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75 years anniversary |
22 May 1949
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death
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Hans Erich Pfitzner: Russian / German composer, dies at 80
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22 May 1949
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death
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Klaus H T Mann: German / US writer (Turning Point)
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22 May 1949
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birth
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Ieuan Wyn Jones, Welsh politician, Deputy First Minister for Wales |
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22 May 1949
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death
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Hans Erich Pfitzner Russian/German composer, dies at 80
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22 May 1949
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death
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Klaus H T Mann German/US writer (Turning Point), dies
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50 years anniversary |
22 May 1974
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birth
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Greg Jones: Linebacker (Washington Redskins)
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22 May 1974
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Ruffian begins her racing career as a filly and dies 14 months later
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22 May 1974
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Soccer team Veendam forms
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22 May 1974
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John Bale, American baseball player |
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22 May 1974
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Graham Fenton, English footballer and manager |
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22 May 1974
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Sean Gunn, American actor and screenwriter |
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22 May 1974
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A. J. Langer, American actress |
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22 May 1974
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Greg Jones linebacker (Washington Redskins)
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22 May 1974
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Ruffian begins her racing career as a filly & dies 14 months later
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22 May 1974
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Soccer team Veendam forms
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22 May 1974
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US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
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25 years anniversary |
22 May 1999
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birth
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Camren Bicondova, American actress and dancer |
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20 years anniversary |
22 May 2004
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death
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Richard Biggs, American actor (b. 1960) |
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22 May 2004
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death
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Mikhail Voronin, Russian gymnast (b. 1945) |
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22 May 2004
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The U.S. town of Hallam, Nebraska is wiped out by a powerful F4 tornado (part of the May 2004 tornado outbreak sequence) which kills one resident, and becomes the widest tornado on record at 2.5 miles (4.0 km) wide; a record that wouldn't be broken until a the El Reno tornado on May 31, 2013. |
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22 May 2004
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Morrissey appeared at the M.E.N. arena Manchester, England on his 45th birthday. It was Morrissey's return to his home city Manchester after an absence of 12 years and the 18000 tickets sold out in only 90 minutes. During the set Morrissey performed five Smiths songs.
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15 years anniversary |
22 May 2009
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The Credit CARD Act of 2009 was signed into U.S. law by the President, Barack Obama. |
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22 May 2009
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White Stripes drummer Meg White married Jackson Smith at ex-husband and bandmate Jack White's Nashville home. Jack and Meg White were married for four years and divorced in 2000. The event was part of a double wedding, which also saw Jack Lawrence and Jo McCaughey marry. Lawrence plays bass in Jack White's other musical projects, The Raconteurs and The Dead Weather.
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10 years anniversary |
22 May 2014
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death
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Sergio Bustamante, Mexican actor (b. 1934) |
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22 May 2014
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death
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Matthew Cowles, American actor and playwright (b. 1944) |
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22 May 2014
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death
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Imre Gedővári, Hungarian fencer (b. 1951) |
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22 May 2014
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Dragoljub Velimirović, Serbian chess player (b. 1942) |
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22 May 2014
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General Prayut Chan-o-cha of the Royal Thai Armed Forces announces a military coup d'état, following six months of political turmoil. |
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22 May 2014
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An explosion occurs in the city of Ürümqi, the capital of China's far-western Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, resulting in at least 43 deaths and 91 injuries. |
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22 May 2014
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Fleetwood Mac's Christine McVie was honoured with a lifetime achievement at this year's Ivor Novello songwriting awards. McVie played with Fleetwood Mac for 28 years and wrote some of their most famous songs, including 'Don't Stop' and 'Little Lies'. Other winners at the ceremony in London included London Grammar, The Chemical Brothers and Nile Rodgers.
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