May 22 in History

May 22 in Pop Culture History

May 22nd is…
Being You Day
National Buy a Musical Instrument Day
National Craft Distillery Day
National Maritime Day
National Solitaire Day
National Vanilla Pudding Day
World Paloma Day

1455 – England’s War of the Roses began when the Yorkists defeated King Henry VI’s Lancastrian forces at St. Albans.

1849 – Abraham Lincoln was issued a patent (#6,469) for “buoying boats over shoals.”

1906 – Orville and Wilbur Wright were granted a patent (#821,393) for their flight control system.

1927 (Earthquake) Gulang/Gansu, China

1933 – First modern sighting of the Loch Ness Monster by Aldie and John Mackay, who saw “something resembling a whale.”

1960 (Earthquake) Magnitude 9.5 in Chile killed 5,000 and left 2,000,000 homeless.

#1 Hit May 22, 1961 – May 28, 1961: Ernie K-DoeMother-in-Law

#1 Hit May 22, 1965 – May 28, 1965: The BeatlesTicket to Ride

#1 Hit May 22, 1976 – May 28, 1976: WingsSilly Love Songs

1992 – Johnny Carson hosted The Tonight Show for the last time

1993- NBC broadcasted the graduation episode (series finale) for Saved By The Bell.

1995- Blossom came to an end on NBC

#1 Hit May 22, 2004 – July 9, 2004: UsherBurn

#1 Hit May 22, 2010 – June 18, 2010: EminemNot Afraid

2011 (Tornado) Joplin, Missouri

#1 Hit May 22, 2021 – May 28, 2021: Leave the Door OpenSilk Sonic (Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak)

 

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