Today's
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Discovering Music: World Music Documentary Series DVD, MP4, USB
Drive
Today, May 22, 2026
May 22: Buy A Musical Instrument Day: --
Today's the day to visit your nearest music store and motivate
yourself to create beautiful melodies with a brand new instrument!
Let this day be the push you needed to get yourself a lovely
musical instrument. Music has been a crucial part of human society
throughout history, with musical instruments occupying a special
space in culture. People who created such instruments were revered
by society. It is believed that the first such instruments were
used for religious ceremonies or while hunting and were made of
bones, shells, and wood. Over time, these instruments began to be
used to create melodies, and musical entertainment was born.
Archaeological studies and remains show that musical instruments
have evolved over time. Each generation improved the designs and
creations that came before it until we arrived at the instruments
of today. The oldest musical instrument in the world is also the
only one associated with Neanderthal culture. However, some
instruments found, dating back to the Upper Paleolithic age, are
disputed as the oldest ones in the world. The Renaissance period
is widely believed to be the best time in the history of musical
instruments. It was responsible for giving shape to many of the
modern classical instruments. In the past century, musical
instruments have been introduced to electronics, and now we also
have electronic instruments! While we could not find the origin
story of Buy A Musical Instrument Day, we did learn that this day
was initially held on May 18 each year in honor of writer and
composer Meredith Willson (1902-1984). Willson was famous for
writing the music and lyrics for the musical "The Music Man".
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Today's
EarthStation1.com 15% Off Commemorative Memorial Title: Chasing A
Rainbow: Life Josephine Baker DVD, Download, USB Flash Drive
Today, May 22, 2026
May 22: International Coco Mom Day: --
This day was created to honor Black and Brown mothers, who are
often overlooked in the workplace. International Coco Mom Day
shows just how important they are for our social and economic
development. There is a special focus on maternal health concerns
and treatments. International Coco Mom Day celebrations offer
parenting tools to brown and black moms and information on how to
raise children in a color-conscious world. Celebrate motherhood
and womanhood by connecting with moms just like you. Happy
International Coco Mom Day! Cocolife has always been a proponent
of black maternal wellness. They made it official by declaring May
22 as the official International Coco Mom Day. This is consistent
with the organization's goal of cultivating a Coco Community to
support black and brown mothers throughout their pregnancy and
beyond. The day will be dedicated to elevating, celebrating, and
honoring black and brown mothers across the globe. International
Coco Mom Day is the first celebration of its kind. Black maternal
health and wellness continue to be a major concern among medical
experts. In fact, American President Biden and Vice President
Harris have both expressed concern about the situation. According
to U.N. reports, the global maternal mortality ratio stood at 211
deaths per 100,000 live births. If this wasn't bad enough, the
numbers in the black community are far worse, often exceeding
national and state maternal mortality rates! The numbers are
alarming and more needs to be done to support women and ensure the
best maternal health. Remember that the team at Cocolife has
championed the cause through initiatives such as Coco Boxes for
Pregnancy, Postpartum and Compassion child loss, the Coco Kid
Project, and other helpful resources. Cocolife is a division of
Coco Bump, L.L.C., which was founded in July 2019. The
organization was established to honor expecting and new mothers.
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Today, May 22, 2026
May 22: National Boss Babes Day: -- Women
who wake up every day to face insurmountable odds, take a leap of
faith, and manage to grab every opportunity by the horns, we see
you! Boss babes see every obstacle as a tool for learning and
growth. Most importantly, boss babes are not intimidated by the
progress of their fellow women, and lift others, setting an
example as a true boss babe! National Boss Babe Day was created in
June 2021 by Heather Schwendeman-Kincaid in loving memory of her
mother, Donna Schwendeman. Like the original boss babe in her
life, Schwendeman-Kincaid owes her success to her mother, who
hustled and had a variety of ventures over the years. From being a
Girl Scout mom to a resident Avon lady, she had done it all! She
also created shirts with iron-on details and puffy paint details.
All of her memories of her mom shaped her values and work ethic,
defining what a true boss babe really means. What was most special
was that Mrs. Schwendeman faced all these tasks head-on with
complete dedication, while balancing her duties as a mother to
three children. Whenever she was faced with a problem,
Schwendeman-Kincaid would ask herself "what would mom do?"
Her mother was an inspiration to women everywhere, encouraging
them to be the best versions of themselves and to take every
opportunity that comes their way. Based on these principles,
Heather started her small business to pursue her dream of being
her own boss and having the freedom to do what she loves. Another
reason for creating National Boss Babes Day was for women to
recognize their true potential - to unlock the boss babe within. A
fundraiser was held in honor of the conception of National Boss
Babes Day and to help spread awareness of this day's important
message in 2021. To continue honoring Mrs. Schwendeman and her
message, dedicate the energy today to work on your passions and
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The Great William Shatner Adam West + OTR Trilogy MP4 DVD
Today, May 22, 2026
May 22, 334 BC: Greece: Ancient Greece:
Ancient Greek Wars: The Wars Of Alexander The Great: The Battle Of
The Granicus: -- The Macedonian army of Alexander The Great
defeats the Achaemenid Empire forces of Darius III of Persia in
the Battle Of The Granicus. The Battle Of The Granicus River was
the first of three major battles fought between Alexander The
Great and the Persian Empire. Fought in Northwestern Asia Minor,
near the site of Troy, it was here that Alexander defeated the
forces of the Persian satraps of Asia Minor, including a large
force of Greek mercenaries led by Memnon of Rhodes. The battle
took place on the road from Abydos to Dascylium (near modern-day
Ergili, Turkey), at the crossing of the Granicus River in the
Troad region, which is now called the Biga River in Turkey. In the
battle Alexander defeated the field army of the Persian satraps of
Asia Minor, which defended the river crossing. After this battle,
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In The UK: British Royal History DVD, Download, USB Drive
Today, May 22, 2026
May 22, 1455: The English Monarchy (The
Monarchy Of The Kingdom Of England): The Civil Wars (The English
Civil Wars): The Wars Of The Roses: The First Battle of St Albans:
-- The Wars Of The Roses begins, resulting in Richard, Duke of
York's defeat and capture of King Henry VI Of England at The First
Battle Of St Albans, upon which Richard was appointed Lord
Protector by Parliament. The Wars Of The Roses (1455-1487), known
at the time and for more than a century after as The Civil Wars,
were a series of civil wars fought over control of the English
throne in the mid- to late fifteenth century. These wars were
fought between supporters of two rival cadet branches of the royal
House Of Plantagenet: Lancaster and York. The wars extinguished
the male lines of the two branches, leading to the Tudor family
inheriting the Lancastrian claim to the throne. Following the war,
the Houses of Lancaster and York were united, creating a new royal
dynasty and thereby resolving their rival claims. For over thirty
years, there were greater and lesser levels of violent conflict
between various rival contenders for control of the English
monarchy. The War of the Roses had its roots in the wake of the
Hundred Years' War. After fighting a series of armed conflicts
with France, the English monarchy's prestige was weakened by
emergent socio-economic troubles. This weakened prestige unfolded
structural problems with bastard feudalism, a system developed by
the powerful duchies created by Edward III. Combined with the
mental infirmity and weak rule of King Henry VI, these structural
problems revived interest in the Yorkist claim to the throne by
Richard of York. Historians disagree over which of these factors
was the main catalyst for the wars. It was also used as a proxy
war between France and the Burgundian State. The wars began in
1455 when Richard of York captured Henry at the First Battle of St
Albans and was appointed Lord Protector by Parliament, leading to
an uneasy peace. Fighting resumed four years later. Yorkists, led
by Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick, often referred to as
"Warwick the Kingmaker," captured Henry again at the
Battle of Northampton. Richard of York attempted to claim the
throne but was dissuaded and was then killed at the Battle of
Wakefield. His son Edward inherited his claim. The Yorkists lost
custody of Henry after the Second Battle of St Albans but
destroyed the Lancastrian army at the Battle of Towton. Edward was
formally crowned three months later in June 1461. Resistance to
Edward's rule continued but was crushed at the Battle of Hexham in
1464, and a period of relative peace ensued. In 1464, Edward
married Elizabeth Woodville, the widow of a Lancastrian knight,
and showed favour to her family. He also reversed Warwick's policy
of seeking closer ties with France. Warwick, offended and
sidelined, turned against Edward. In 1469, his supporters defeated
a Yorkist army at the Battle of Edgcote. He captured and
imprisoned Edward shortly afterwards. However, his attempt to
replace Edward with his younger brother George of Clarence met
with no support and Edward was allowed to resume his rule,
seemingly reconciled with Warwick. Within a year, Edward accused
Warwick and Clarence of fresh treachery and forced them to flee.
In France, Warwick joined forces with Margaret of Anjou and led an
invasion of England. When Warwick's younger brother John Neville
deserted Edward, Edward in turn was forced to flee to Flanders.
Warwick restored Henry VI as king. Henry's renewed reign was
short-lived however. With aid from Burgundy, Edward mounted a
counter-invasion. Henry was returned to prison, and Edward
defeated and killed Warwick at the Battle of Barnet. He then
defeated a Lancastrian army at the Battle of Tewkesbury. Henry's
heir, Edward of Westminster, was killed. Henry himself died or was
assassinated on Edward's order shortly afterwards. Edward ruled
unopposed, and England enjoyed a period of relative peace until
his death twelve years later in 1483. Edward's twelve-year-old son
reigned for 78 days as Edward V until he was deposed by his uncle,
Richard III. Richard assumed the throne under a cloud of
controversy, particularly the disappearance of Edward IV's two
sons, sparking a short-lived but major revolt and triggering a
wave of desertions of prominent Yorkists to the Lancastrian cause.
In the midst of the chaos, Henry Tudor, son of Henry VI's
half-brother and a descendant of Edward III through his mother,
returned from exile with an army of English, French, and Breton
troops. Henry defeated and killed Richard at Bosworth Field in
1485, assumed the throne as Henry VII, and married Elizabeth of
York, the eldest daughter and sole heir of Edward IV, thereby
uniting the rival claims. The Earl of Lincoln then put forward
Lambert Simnel as an impostor Edward Plantagenet, a potential
claimant to the throne. Lincoln's army was defeated and Lincoln
himself killed at Stoke Field in 1487, ending the wars. Henry
never faced any further serious internal military threats to his
reign. In 1490, Perkin Warbeck claimed to be Richard of
Shrewsbury, Edward IV's second son and rival claimant to the
throne, but was executed before any rebellion could be launched.
The House of Tudor ruled England until 1603. The reign of the
Tudor dynasty saw the strengthening of the prestige and power of
the English monarchy, particularly under Henry VIII and Elizabeth
I, and the end of the medieval period in England which
subsequently saw the dawn of the English Renaissance. Historian
John Guy argued that "England was economically healthier,
more expansive, and more optimistic under the Tudors" than at
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Today, May 22, 2026
May 22, 1804: The Exploration Of North
America: The United States: The History Of The United States: The
Territorial Expansion Of The United States (The Territorial
Evolution Of The United States): The Louisiana Purchase: The Lewis
And Clark Expedition (The Corps Of Discovery, The Corps Of
Discovery Expedition): The Corps Of Discovery: -- The first
American expedition to cross what is now the western portion of
the United States officially begins as The Lewis And Clark
Expedition departs from St. Charles, Missouri near St. Louis, and
made its way westward, ultimately passing through the continental
divide to reach the Pacific coast. The Corps of Discovery (May
1804 to September 1806) comprised a selected group of U.S. Army
volunteers under the command of Captain Meriwether Lewis and his
close friend, Second Lieutenant William Clark. The Louisiana
Purchase was the acquisition of the Louisiana territory (828,000
square miles) by the United States from France in 1803. The U.S.
paid 50M francs and a cancellation of debts worth 18M francs for a
total of 68M francs (15M USD, equivalent to 300M USD in 2016). The
Louisiana Purchase territory contained land that forms Arkansas,
Missouri, Iowa, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Nebraska; the portion of
Minnesota west of the Mississippi River; a large portion of North
Dakota; a large portion of South Dakota; the northeastern section
of New Mexico; the northern portion of Texas; the area of Montana,
Wyoming, and Colorado east of the Continental Divide; and
Louisiana west of the Mississippi River (plus New Orleans). Its
non-native population was around 60,000 inhabitants, of whom half
were African slaves. The Corps of Discovery was a
specially-established unit of the United States Army created from
a select group of volunteers which formed the nucleus of the Lewis
and Clark Expedition. Commissioned by President Thomas Jefferson,
the Corps' objectives were both scientific and commercial: to
study the area's plants, animal life, and geography, and to learn
how the Louisiana Purchase could be exploited economically. On
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Today, May 22, 2026
May 22, 1813: #BOTD: Richard Wagner,
German composer, theatre director, polemicist, and conductor who
is chiefly known for his operas (or, as some of his mature works
were later known, "music dramas") (d. February 13, 1883)
is #born Wilhelm Richard Wagner to an ethnic German family who
lived at No 3, the Bruhl (The House of the Red and White Lions) in
the Jewish quarter of Leipzig, Kingdom of Saxony (modern Free
State of Saxony, Germany), some five months before The Battle Of
Leipzig saw Napoleon's Grande Armee decisively defeated by the
forces of The Sixth Coalition (Austria, Prussia, Russia, Spain,
the United Kingdom, Portugal, Sweden, Sardinia, and several German
States). Unlike most opera composers, Richard Wagner wrote both
the libretto and the music for each of his stage works. Initially
establishing his reputation as a composer of works in the romantic
vein of Carl Maria von Weber and Giacomo Meyerbeer, Wagner
revolutionised opera through his concept of the Gesamtkunstwerk
("total work of art"), by which he sought to synthesise
the poetic, visual, musical and dramatic arts, with music
subsidiary to drama. He described this vision in a series of
essays published between 1849 and 1852. Wagner realised these
ideas most fully in the first half of the four-opera cycle Der
Ring des Nibelungen (The Ring of the Nibelung). His compositions,
particularly those of his later period, are notable for their
complex textures, rich harmonies and orchestration, and the
elaborate use of leitmotifs (musical phrases associated with
individual characters, places, ideas, or plot elements). His
advances in musical language, such as extreme chromaticism and
quickly shifting tonal centres, greatly influenced the development
of classical music. His Tristan und Isolde is sometimes described
as marking the start of modern music. Wagner had his own opera
house built, the Bayreuth Festspielhaus, which embodied many novel
design features. The Ring and Parsifal were premiered here and his
most important stage works continue to be performed at the annual
Bayreuth Festival, run by his descendants. His thoughts on the
relative contributions of music and drama in opera were to change
again, and he reintroduced some traditional forms into his last
few stage works, including Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg (The
Mastersingers of Nuremberg). Until his final years, Wagner's life
was characterised by political exile, turbulent love affairs,
poverty and repeated flight from his creditors. His controversial
writings on music, drama and politics have attracted extensive
comment. The effect of his ideas can be traced in many of the arts
throughout the 20th century; his influence spread beyond
composition into conducting, philosophy, literature, the visual
arts and theatre. Richard Wagner died of a heart attack at the age
of 69 at Ca' Vendramin Calergi, a 16th-century palazzo on the
Grand Canal of Venice, Italy. He is buried at Wahnfried, Richard
Wagner's villa in Bayreuth, Bavaria, Germany, next to where his
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Today, May 22, 2026
May 22, 1856:The United States: The
History Of The United States: United States Expansionism: Origins
Of The American Civil War: The Caning Of Charles Sumner (The
Brooks-Sumner Affair): -- Congressman Preston Brooks of South
Carolina severely beats Senator Charles Sumner of Massachusetts
with a cane in the hall of the United States Senate in retaliation
for an anti-slavery speech Sumner had made regarding Southerners
generally and against Brooks' second cousin, Senator Andrew Butler
of South Carolina, in particular. On May 20, 1856, Senator Charles
Sumner made a speech denouncing "The Crime Against Kansas"
and the Southern leaders whom he regarded as complicit, including
Brooks's second cousin, Senator Andrew Butler of South Carolina.
Sumner compared Butler with Don Quixote for embracing a prostitute
(slavery) as his mistress, saying Butler "believes himself a
chivalrous knight". "Of course he has chosen a mistress
to whom he has made his vows, and who, though ugly to others, is
always lovely to him; though polluted in the sight of the world,
is chaste in his sight. I mean the harlot Slavery." Senator
Stephen Douglas of Illinois, who was also a subject of criticism
during the speech, suggested to a colleague while Sumner was
orating that "this damn fool [Sumner] is going to get himself
shot by some other damn fool." Sumner's language was
intentionally inflammatory; Southerners often claimed that
abolition would lead to intermarriage and miscegenation, arguing
that abolitionists opposed slavery because they wanted to have sex
with and marry black women. Abolitionists reversed the argument by
accusing Southerners of supporting slavery so they could make
sexual use of slave women. As Williamjames Hull Hoffer says his "
The Caning of Charles Sumner" (2010), "It is also
important to note the sexual imagery that recurred throughout the
oration, which was neither accidental nor without precedent.
Abolitionists routinely accused slaveholders of maintaining
slavery so that they could engage in forcible sexual relations
with their slaves." Brooks thought of challenging Sumner to a
duel. He consulted with Representative Laurence M. Keitt (also a
South Carolina Democrat) on dueling etiquette. Keitt said that
dueling was for gentlemen of equal social standing. In his view,
Sumner was no gentleman; no better than a drunkard, due to his
supposedly coarse and insulting language toward Butler. Brooks
then decided to "punish" Sumner with a public beating.
On May 22, two days after Sumner's speech, Brooks entered the
Senate chamber in company with Keitt. Also with him was
Representative Henry A. Edmundson (Democrat-Virginia), a personal
friend with his own history of legislative violence. In May 1854,
Edmundson had been arrested by the House Sergeant at Arms after
attempting to attack Representative Lewis D. Campbell of Ohio
during a tense debate on the House floor. Brooks confronted
Sumner, who was seated at his desk, writing letters. He said, "Mr.
Sumner, I have read your speech twice over carefully. It is a
libel on South Carolina, and Mr. Butler, who is a relative of
mine." As Sumner began to stand up, Brooks hit Sumner over
the head several times with his cane, made of thick gutta-percha
with a gold head. Sumner was trapped under the heavy desk (which
was bolted to the floor), but Brooks continued to strike Sumner
until Sumner wrenched the desk from the floor in an attempt to
escape. By this time, Sumner was blinded by his own blood. He
staggered up the aisle and collapsed unconscious. Senator John J.
Crittenden, Representative Ambrose Murray, and others attempted to
restrain Brooks before he killed Sumner, but were blocked by
Keitt, who brandished a pistol and shouted at the onlookers to
leave Brooks and Sumner alone. Brooks continued beating Sumner
until the cane broke, then quietly left the chamber with Keitt and
Edmundson. Brooks required medical attention before leaving the
Capitol, because he had hit himself above his right eye with one
of his backswings. Sumner suffered head trauma that would cause
him chronic pain and symptoms consistent with what would now be
called traumatic brain injury and post-traumatic stress disorder,
and spent three years convalescing before returning to his Senate
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Today, May 22, 2026
May 22, 1863: The American Civil War (The
Civil War, The War Between The States): The Western Theater Of The
American Civil War: The Battles Of The Lower Seaboard Theater And
Gulf Approach Of The American Civil War: The Siege Of Port Hudson:
-- Union forces begin the Siege Of Port Hudson, Louisiana, which
lasts 48 days, the longest siege in U.S. military history. It was
the final engagement in the Union campaign to recapture the
Mississippi in the American Civil War. While Union General Ulysses
Grant was besieging Vicksburg upriver, General Nathaniel Banks was
ordered to capture the Confederate stronghold of Port Hudson, in
order to go to Grant's aid. When his assault failed, Banks settled
into a 48-day siege. A second attack also failed, and it was only
after the fall of Vicksburg that the Confederate commander,
General Franklin Gardner surrendered the port. The Union gained
control of the river and navigation from the Gulf of Mexico
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Today, May 22, 2026
May 22, 1887: #BOTD: #HBD! Jim Thorpe,
American athlete, Olympic gold medalist, football player and coach
(d. March 28, 1953) is #born James Francis Thorpe near Prague,
Indian Territory in modern Oklahoma. Jim Thorpe (Sac and Fox
(Sauk) Mesquakie language: Wa-Tho-Huk, "Bright Path")
was member of the Sac and Fox Nation, the largest of three
federally recognized tribes of Sauk and Meskwaki (Fox) Indian
peoples. Thorpe became the first Native American to win a gold
medal for the United States. Considered one of the most versatile
athletes of modern sports, he won Olympic gold medals in the 1912
pentathlon and decathlon, and played American football (collegiate
and professional), professional baseball, and basketball. He lost
his Olympic titles after it was found he had been paid for playing
two seasons of semi-professional baseball before competing in the
Olympics, thus violating the amateurism rules that were then in
place. In 1983, 30 years after his death, the International
Olympic Committee (IOC) restored his Olympic medals. Thorpe grew
up in the Sac and Fox Nation in Oklahoma, and attended Carlisle
Indian Industrial School in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, where he was a
two-time All-American for the school's football team. After his
Olympic success in 1912, which included a record score in the
decathlon, he added a victory in the All-Around Championship of
the Amateur Athletic Union. In 1913, Thorpe signed with the New
York Giants, and he played six seasons in Major League Baseball
between 1913 and 1919. Thorpe joined the Canton Bulldogs American
football team in 1915, helping them win three professional
championships; he later played for six teams in the National
Football League (NFL). He played as part of several all-American
Indian teams throughout his career, and barnstormed as a
professional basketball player with a team composed entirely of
American Indians. From 1920 to 1921, Thorpe was nominally the
first president of the American Professional Football Association
(APFA), which became the NFL in 1922. He played professional
sports until age 41, the end of his sports career coinciding with
the start of the Great Depression. He struggled to earn a living
after that, working several odd jobs. He suffered from alcoholism,
and lived his last years in failing health and poverty. He was
married three times and had eight children, before suffering from
heart failure and dying in 1953. Thorpe has received various
accolades for his athletic accomplishments. The Associated Press
named him the "greatest athlete" from the first 50 years
of the 20th century, and the Pro Football Hall of Fame inducted
him as part of its inaugural class in 1963. A Pennsylvania town
was named in his honor and a monument site there is the site of
his remains, which were the subject of legal action. Thorpe
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Today, May 22, 2026
May 22, 1906: Aviation: The History Of
Aviation: Aviation In The Pioneer Era: The Wright Brothers: -- The
Wright Brothers, at the insistance of the US Supreme Court, are
granted U.S. Patent Number 821,393 for their "Flying Machine"
with the help of an Ohio patent attorney. The Wright brothers had
been turned down six times for their submissions, which they had
written themselves, because The United States Patent And Trademark
Office (USPTO) refused to believe a flying machine was real. They
employed Ohio patent attorney Henry Toulmin in early 1904, and
they were granted U.S. Patent 821,393 for a "Flying Machine"
on May 22, 1906, after and only after the Supreme Court ruled that
USPTO had to issue the patent. In 1902, the Wright brothers were
able to control their glider in all three axes of height: pitch,
roll, and yaw. The simultaneous use of roll control (with
wing-warping) and yaw control (with a rear rudder) was their
breakthrough discovery. Pitch was operated by a forward elevator.
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Today, May 22, 2026
May 22, 1907: #BOTD: #HBD! Laurence
Olivier, English actor, director, and producer who, along with his
contemporaries Ralph Richardson and John Gielgud, dominated the
British stage of the mid-20th century (d. July 11, 1989) is #born
Laurence Kerr Olivier in Dorking, England. Laurence Kerr Olivier,
Baron Olivier OM also worked in films throughout his career,
playing more than fifty cinema roles. His repertoire included most
of the major Shakespearean roles, and films such as The
Entertainer, Rebecca, Pride And Prejudice, The Boys from Brazil,
Marathon Man and Wuthering Heights. Late in his career, he had
considerable success in television roles. Olivier' honours
included a knighthood (1947), a life peerage (1970) and the Order
of Merit (1981). For his on-screen work he received four Academy
Awards, two British Academy Film Awards, five Emmy Awards and
three Golden Globe Awards. The National Theatre' largest
auditorium is named in his honour, and he is commemorated in the
Laurence Olivier Awards, given annually by the Society of London
Theatre. He was married three times, to the actresses Jill Esmond
from 1930 to 1940, Vivien Leigh from 1940 to 1960, and Joan
Plowright from 1961 until his death by kidney failure at his home
near Steyning, West Sussex, South East England at the age of 82.
His cremation was held three days later; his ashes were buried in
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Today, May 22, 2026
May 22, 1914: #BOTD: #HBD! Sun Ra, legal
name Le Sony'r Ra, American jazz composer, bandleader, piano and
synthesizer player, poet and Prince Hall Freemason, known for his
experimental music, "cosmic" philosophy, prolific
output, and theatrical performances (d. May 30, 1993) is #born
Herman Poole Blount in Birmingham, Alabama. He spent much of his
career as leader of "The Arkestra", an ensemble with an
ever-changing name and flexible line-up. Born and raised in
Alabama, Blount eventually became involved in the Chicago jazz
scene during the 1940s. He soon abandoned his birth name, taking
the name Sun Ra (after Ra, the Egyptian God of the Sun) and
developing a complex persona and mythology that would make him a
pioneer of Afrofuturism; he claimed he was an alien from Saturn on
a mission to preach peace, and throughout his life he consistently
denied any ties to his prior identity. His widely eclectic and
avant-garde music would eventually touch on virtually the entire
history of jazz, ranging from swing music and bebop to free jazz
and fusion, and his compositions ranged from keyboard solos to big
bands of over 30 musicians. From the mid-1950s until his death, Ra
led the musical collective The Arkestra (which featured artists
such as Marshall Allen, John Gilmore and June Tyson throughout its
various iterations). Its performances often included dancers and
musicians dressed in elaborate, futuristic costumes inspired by
ancient Egyptian attire and the Space Age. Though his mainstream
success was limited, Sun Ra was a prolific recording artist and
frequent live performer, and remained both influential and
controversial throughout his life for his music and persona. He is
now widely considered an innovator; among his distinctions are his
pioneering work in free improvisation and modal jazz and his early
use of electronic keyboards and synthesizers. Over the course of
his career, he recorded dozens of singles and over one hundred
full-length albums, comprising well over 1000 songs, making him
one of the most prolific recording artists of the 20th century.
Following Sun Ra's death in 1993, the Arkestra continues to
perform. Sun Ra died at Princeton Baptist Medical Center in his
hometown of Birmingham, Alabama, aged 79 suffering from congestive
heart failure, respiratory failure, strokes, circulatory problems,
and other serious maladies. He is buried at Elmwood Cemetery in
Birmingham with a footstone that reads "Herman Sonny Blount
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Today, May 22, 2026
May 22, 1950: #BOTD: #HBD! Bernie Taupin,
English-American songwriter, singer, poet and visual artist, best
known for his long-term collaboration with Elton John, a
songwriting partnership that is one of the most successful in
history, is #born Bernard John Taupin at Flatters House, a
farmhouse located between the village of Anwick and the town of
Sleaford, in the southern part of Lincolnshire, England, the son
of Robert Taupin and Daphne, daughter of John Leonard Palchett
"Poppy" Cort, a University of Cambridge-educated
classics teacher and former rector at Sale, Cheshire. Bernard John
Taupin CBE has written the lyrics for most of John's songs. In
1967, Taupin answered an advertisement in the music paper New
Musical Express placed by Liberty Records, a company that was
seeking new songwriters. John responded to the same advertisement
and they were brought together, collaborating on many albums
since. Taupin and John were inducted into the Songwriters Hall of
Fame in 1992. Taupin was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of
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Today, May 22, 2026
May 22, 1939: The European Civil War:
World War II: The Second European War (The European Theater Of
World War II): The Diplomatic History Of World War II: The Pact Of
Steel (German: Stahlpakt; Italian: Patto d'Acciaio; The Pact Of
Friendship And Alliance Between Germany And Italy): -- German
Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop of Nazi Germany and
Italian Foreign Minister Galeazzo Ciano of Fascist Italy sign in
Berlin, Nazi Germany The Pact Of Steel (German: Stahlpakt,
Italian: Patto d'Acciaio), formally known as The Pact Of
Friendship And Alliance Between Germany And Italy, a military and
political alliance between the two countries. The pact was
initially drafted as a tripartite military alliance between Japan,
Italy and Germany. While Japan wanted the focus of the pact to be
aimed at the Soviet Union, Italy and Germany wanted the focus of
it to be aimed at the British Empire and France. Due to this
disagreement, the pact was signed without Japan and as a result,
it became an agreement which only existed between Fascist Italy
and Nazi Germany. The pact consisted of two parts. The first
section was an open declaration of continuing trust and
co-operation between Germany and Italy. The second section, the
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Today, May 22, 2026
May 22, 1940: #BOTD: #HBD! Bernard Shaw,
African American journalist most famous as former lead news
presenter for CNN from 1980 until his retirement in March 2001 (d.
September 7, 2022) is #born in Chicago, Illinois. He attended the
University of Illinois at Chicago from 1963 to 1968. He served in
the U.S. Marine Corps, including stints in Hawaii and at Marine
Corps Air Station, Cherry Point, North Carolina, where in 1962 he
was a "Message Center" specialist, achieving the rank of
Corporal, E-4. He exhibited a passionate interest in the print
media, clipping articles from newspapers, and often traveled on
weekends to Washington, D.C. He cultivated an acquaintance with
Walter Cronkite and had an interest in baseball. Shaw began his
broadcasting career as an anchor and reporter for WNUS in Chicago.
He then worked as a reporter for the Westinghouse Broadcasting
Company in Chicago, moving later to Washington as the White House
correspondent. He worked as a correspondent in the Washington
Bureau of CBS News from 1971 to 1977. In 1977, he moved to ABC
News as Latin American correspondent and bureau chief before
becoming the Capitol Hill Senior Correspondent. He left ABC in
1980 to move to CNN as co-anchor of its PrimeNews broadcast,
anchoring from Washington, D.C.. Shaw's coverage of the 1981
assassination attempt on U.S. president Ronald Reagan (with Shaw
joined by former CBS News correspondent Daniel Schorr, one of the
first on-air personalities hired by the fledgling cable channel)
is credited as helping to establish CNN as a credible and reliable
broadcast news source at an early point in the network's history.
Shaw is widely known for the question he posed to Democratic U.S.
presidential candidate Michael Dukakis at his second Presidential
debate with George H. W. Bush during the 1988 election, which Shaw
was moderating. Knowing that Dukakis opposed the death penalty,
Shaw asked him if he would support an irrevocable death penalty
for a man who hypothetically raped and murdered Dukakis's wife.
Dukakis responded that he would not; critics felt he framed his
response too legalistically and logically, and did not address it
sufficiently on a personal level. Kitty Dukakis, among other
public figures, found the question inflammatory and unwarranted at
a presidential debate. Several journalists also on the panel with
Shaw, including Ann Compton, Andrea Mitchell, and Margaret Garrard
Warner, expressed an interest in leaving Dukakis's name out of the
question. He is also remembered for his reporting on the 1991 Gulf
War. Reporting with CNN correspondents John Holliman and Peter
Arnett from the Al-Rashid Hotel in Baghdad, he found shelter under
a desk as he reported cruise missiles flying past his window. He
also made frequent trips back and forth from the hotel's bomb
shelter. While describing the situation in Baghdad, he famously
stated "Clearly I've never been there, but this feels like
we're in the center of hell." He moderated the October 2000
vice-presidential debate between Dick Cheney and Joe Lieberman.
Shaw co-anchored CNN's Inside Politics from 1992 until he retired
from CNN in 2001. He has still occasionally appeared on CNN,
including in May 2005 when a plane flew into restricted air space
in Washington, D.C. He also co-anchored Judy Woodruff's last
broadcast on CNN in June 2005. Shaw noted that after 41 years in
the business, given what he missed in his personal life, the cost
was not worth it. Shaw appeared on the June 1, 2020 episode of
CNN's Erin Burnett OutFront to recognize the 40th anniversary of
the start of the network. Bernard Shaw died at a hospital in
Washington, D.C. at the age of 82, after contracting pneumonia
that was not related to COVID-19 current at that time. As of 2024,
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Today, May 22, 2026
May 22, 1942: The European Civil War:
World War II: The Second European War (The European Theater Of
World War II): The Mexican Declaration Of War Against Nazi
Germany, Fascist Italy And Imperial Japan (The Mexican Declaration
Of War Against The Axis Powers): -- Mexico formally declares war
on the Axis Powers in support of the Allies, following losses of
oil ships in the Gulf of Mexico, most notably the Potrero del
Llano and the Faja de Oro, to German U-Boat attacks. After its
declaration of war, Mexico was active in convincing other Latin
American states to support the allies. The complete, brief text of
the declaration read: "THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED MEXICAN
STATES DECREES: ARTICLE I. It is declared that as of May 22, 1942,
there exists a state of war between the United Mexican States and
Germany, Italy and Japan. ARTICLE II. The President of the
Republic will make the appropriate declaration and the
international notifications that may be in order. TRANSITORY
ARTICLES: ARTICLE I. This law will enter into effect on the date
of its publication in the Official Diary of the Republic. ARTICLE
II. This law will solemnly be made known throughout the Republic.
In compliance with Section I, of Article 89, of The Political
Constitution of the United Mexican States, and for its publication
and observance, I issue this Decree at the residence of the
Federal Executive Power, in the City of Mexico, Federal District,
on the 1st day of June 1942. (sgd.) Manuel Avila Camacho".
Though Mexico played a relatively minor military role in World War
II, Mexico did contribute significantly to the Allied war effort.
Relations between Mexico and the U.S. had been warming in the
1930s, particularly after U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt
implemented the Good Neighbor Policy toward Latin American
countries. Even before the outbreak of hostilities between the
Axis and Allied powers, Mexico aligned itself firmly with the
United States, initially as a proponent of "belligerent
neutrality" which the U.S. followed before the Attack on
Pearl Harbor in December 1941. Mexico sanctioned businesses and
individuals identified by the U.S. government as being supporters
of the Axis powers; in August 1941, Mexico broke off economic ties
with Germany, then recalled its diplomats from Germany, and closed
the German consulates in Mexico. The Confederation of Mexican
Workers (CTM) and the Confederation of Mexican Peasants (CNC)
staged massive rallies in support of the government. Immediately
following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941,
Mexico went on a war footing. Mexico's biggest contributions to
the war effort were in vital war materiel and labor, particularly
the Bracero Program, a guest-worker program in the U.S. freeing
men there to fight in the European and Pacific theaters of War.
There was heavy demand for its exports, which created a degree of
prosperity. A Mexican atomic scientist, Jose Rafael Bejarano,
worked on the secret Manhattan Project that developed the atomic
bomb. In Mexico and throughout Latin America, Roosevelt's "Good
Neighbor Policy" was necessary at such a delicate time. Much
work had already been accomplished between the U.S. and Mexico to
create more harmonious relations between the two countries,
including the settlement of U.S. citizen claims against the
Mexican government, initially and ineffectively negotiated by the
binational American-Mexican Claims Commission, but then in direct
bilateral negotiations between the two governments. The U.S.
government did not intervene on behalf of U.S. oil companies
during the Mexican oil expropriation, allowing Mexico to assert
its economic sovereignty but also benefiting the U.S. by easing
antagonism in Mexico. The Good Neighbor Policy led to the
Douglas-Weichers Agreement in June 1941 that secured the sale of
Mexican oil to the United States, and the Global Settlement in
November 1941 that ended oil company demands on generous terms for
the Mexicans, an example of the U.S. putting national security
concerns over the interests of U.S. oil companies. When it became
clear in other parts of Latin America that the U.S. and Mexico had
substantially resolved their differences, the other Latin American
countries were more amenable to support the U.S. and Allied
efforts against the Axis. Following losses of oil ships in the
Gulf (the Potrero del Llano and Faja de Oro) to German submarines
(U-564 and U-106 respectively) the Mexican government declared war
on the Axis powers on May 30, 1942. Perhaps the most famous
fighting unit in the Mexican Armed Forces was the Escuadron 201,
also known as the Aztec Eagles. The unit consisted of more than
300 volunteers, who had trained in the United States to fight
against Japan in the Pacific War. The Escuadron 201 was the first
Mexican military unit trained for overseas combat, and fought
during the Liberation Of The Philippines, working with the U.S.
Fifth Air Force in the last year of the war. Although most Latin
American countries eventually entered the war on the Allies' side,
Mexico and Brazil were the only Latin American nations that sent
troops to fight overseas during World War II. With so many
draftees, the U.S. needed farm workers. The Bracero Program
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Today, May 22, 2026
May 22, 1943: Communism: The History Of
Communism: World Communism (Global Communism, International
Communism): The Communist International (The Comintern, The Third
International): -- Joseph Stalin, leader of the Soviet Union,
disbands the Comintern, a Soviet-controlled international
organization founded in 1919 that advocated world communism, in
order to avoid antagonizing the United States and the United
Kingdom, his allies in the later years of World War II. Stalin had
dissolved the Comintern exactly a week prior, on May 15, 1943; his
disbanding of the organization on May 22, 1943 ceased its
existance. The Comintern had resolved at its Second Congress to
"struggle by all available means, including armed force, for
the overthrow of the international bourgeoisie and the creation of
an international Soviet republic as a transition stage to the
complete abolition of the state". The Comintern was preceded
by the 1916 dissolution of the Second International. The Comintern
held seven World Congresses in Moscow between 1919 and 1935.
During that period, it also conducted thirteen Enlarged Plenums of
its governing Executive Committee, which had much the same
function as the somewhat larger and more grandiose Congresses. The
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Today, May 22, 2026
May 22, 1947: The Aftermath Of World War
II: The Cold War: The Truman Doctrine: -- In response to Soviet
pressure upon Turkey to allow Russian shipping to flow freely
through the Turkish Straits which connected the Black Sea to the
Mediterranean, pressure coordinated with Soviet-organized
communist agitation in both Greece and Turkey, the U.S. dispatches
military aid to both countries to ensure that Turkey would not
submit to the Soviet Union's demands and thereby retain chief
control of the passage, to combat the communist insurgency in
Greece, and communist agitation in Turkey. At the conclusion of
World War II, the Soviet pressure upon Turkey began. As tensions
arose in the region, it led to a show of naval force on the side
of the Soviets. Since British assistance to Turkey had ended in
1947, Turkey received 100M USD in economic and military aid from
the United States, who further sent the aircraft carrier Franklin
D. Roosevelt to the region. America's decision to become involved
has been cited as the beginning of the Cold War. The Truman
Doctrine is an American foreign policy that pledges American
"support for democracies against authoritarian threats."
The doctrine originated with the primary goal of containing Soviet
geopolitical expansion during the Cold War. It was announced to
Congress by President Harry S. Truman on March 12, 1947, went into
effect on May 22, 1947, and was further developed on July 4, 1948,
when he pledged to contain the communist uprisings in Greece and
Turkey. More generally, the Truman Doctrine implied American
support for other nations threatened by Moscow. It became the
foundation of American foreign policy, and led, in 1949, to the
formation of NATO. Historians often use Truman's speech to date
the start of the Cold War. Truman told Congress that "it must
be the policy of the United States to support free peoples who are
resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside
pressures." Truman contended that because totalitarian
regimes coerced free peoples, they automatically represented a
threat to international peace and the national security of the
United States. Truman argued that if Greece and Turkey did not
receive the aid, they would inevitably fall to communism with
grave consequences throughout the region. The Truman Doctrine was
informally extended to become the basis of American Cold War
policy throughout Europe and around the world. It shifted American
foreign policy toward the Soviet Union from a wartime alliance to
a policy of containment of Soviet expansion, as advocated by
diplomat George Kennan. It was distinguished from rollback by
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Today, May 22, 2026
May 22, 1951: Korea: The History Of
Korea: The Aftermath Of World War II: The Cold War: The Korean
Conflict: The Korean War: The Chinese Spring Offensive (Chinese:
Zhongguo Chunji Gongshi) (The Chinese Fifth Phase Offensive
[Chinese: Di Wu Ci Zhanyi): The Battle Of Kapyong (Korean:
Gapyeongjeontu; April 22-27, 1951) (The Battle Of Jiaping
(Chinese: Jiaping Zhan Dou): -- The Chinese Spring Offensive, the
massive military operation conducted by the Chinese People's
Volunteer Army (PVA) of three field armies totaling 700,000 men
for the operation, ends as the May 20 US Eighth Army counterattack
against the overextended and exhausted PVA/KPA forces inflicts
such heavy losses that the Chinese are unable to continue their
advance any further. The offensive's first thrust fell upon the
units of US I Corps and US IX Corps on April 22, but it was halted
at the No-Name Line north of Seoul by April 30. On May 15, the PVA
and Korean People's Army (KPA) commenced the second impulse of the
spring offensive and attacked the Republic of Korea Army (ROK) and
US X Corps in the east. Although initially successful, they were
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Today, May 22, 2026
May 22, 1958: TThe History Of
Broadcasting: The History Of Television Broadcasting: The History
Of Color Television Broadcasting: The History Of Video Tape
Recording: Television Broadcasting Firsts: The Dedication Day Of
NBC Washington TV station WRC-TV Channel 4: -- The oldest
surviving color video tape is recorded of NBC's inaugural
broadcast of its WRC-TV Channel 4 TV station's switch to color TV,
with the broadcast originating in Washington, DC and the recording
being made in NBC's Burbank, California studios via telephone
lines. President Dwight D. Eisenhower spoke at the event,
introduced by NBC President Robert W. Sarnoff. Before Eisenhower
spoke, Sarnoff pushed a button, and with that, the previously
black and white signal was converted to color. It was also the
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Today, May 22, 2026
May 22, 1962: Aviation: The History Of
Aviation: The History Of Civil Aviation: Aviation Incidents And
Accidents: Continental Airlines Flight 11 (N70775): -- Bombs
explode on board a Boeing 707 aircraft, which explodes in the
vicinity of Centerville, Iowa while en route from O'Hare Airport,
Chicago, Illinois, to Kansas City, Missouri and crashes in a
clover field near Unionville, in Putnam County, Missouri, killing
all 45 crew and passengers on board. The investigation determined
the cause of the crash was a suicide bombing committed as
insurance fraud. The perpetrator, Thomas G. Doty, arrived at the
gate just moments before departure. Flight 11 departed O'Hare at
8:35 p.m. The flight crew consisted of Captain Fred R. Gray (50),
First Officer Edward J. Sullivan (41), Flight Engineer Roger D.
"Jack" Allen (32), and five flight attendants. The
flight was routine until just before the Mississippi River when it
deviated from its filed flight plan to the north to avoid a line
of thunderstorms. In the vicinity of Centerville, Iowa, the radar
image of the aircraft disappeared from the scope of the Waverly,
Iowa, Flight Following Service. At approximately 9:17 p.m. an
explosion occurred in the right rear lavatory, resulting in the
separation of the tail section from the fuselage. The flight crew
initiated the required emergency descent procedures and donned
their smoke masks due to the dense fog that formed in the cabin
immediately after decompression. Following the separation of the
tail, the remaining aircraft structure pitched nose down
violently, causing the engines to tear off, after which it fell in
uncontrolled gyrations. The fuselage of the Boeing 707, minus the
aft 38 feet (12 m), and with part of the left and most of the
right wing intact, struck the ground, headed westerly down a
10-degree slope of an alfalfa field. Witnesses in and around both
Cincinnati, Iowa and Unionville reported hearing loud and unusual
noises at around 9:20 p.m. Two more saw a big flash or ball of
fire in the sky. A B-47 Stratojet bomber flying out of Forbes Air
Force Base in Topeka, Kansas was flying at the altitude of 26,500
ft (8,100 m) in the vicinity of Kirksville, Missouri. The aircraft
commander saw a bright flash in the sky forward and above his
aircraft's position. After referring to his navigation logs, he
estimated the flash to have occurred at 9:22 p.m. near the
location where the last radar target of Flight 11 had been seen.
Most of the fuselage was found near Unionville, but the engines
and parts of the tail section, and left wing were found up to six
miles (9.7 km) away from the main wreckage. Of the 45 individuals
on board, 44 were dead when rescuers reached the crash site. One
passenger, a 27-year-old man from Evanston, Illinois, died of
internal injuries at Saint Joseph Mercy Hospital in Centerville,
Iowa, an hour and a half after being rescued. FBI agents
discovered that Doty, a married man with a five-year-old daughter,
had purchased a life insurance policy from Mutual of Omaha for
150,000M USD (roughly equivalent to 1.04M USD in 2022), the
maximum available; his death would also bring in another 150,000
USD in additional insurance (some purchased at the airport) and
death benefits. Doty was about to appear in court on an armed
robbery charge. Doty had purchased six sticks of dynamite shortly
before the flight, took them into the lavatory in his briefcase,
and ignited them. His motive was that his wife and daughter would
collect on the 300,000M USD of life insurance. His widow attempted
to collect on the insurance, but the policy was voided when Doty's
death was ruled a suicide. In July 2010, a memorial was erected
near the crash site in Unionville, Missouri on the anniversary of
the crash. In May 2012, a special 50th-anniversary memorial
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Today, May 22, 2026
May 22, 1963: Greece: Modern Greece: The
Kingdom Of Greece: Paul Of Greece: The Reign Of Paul Of Greece:
The Assassination Of Grigoris Lambrakis: -- Grigoris Lambrakis,
Greek left-wing politician, physician, Olympic track and field
athlete, and member of the faculty of the School of Medicine at
the University of Athens, resistance fighter against Axis rule
during World War II and later a prominent anti-war activist, born
April 3, 1912 in the village of Kerasitsa in the district of Tegea
(Arcadia, the Peloponnese) is fatally clubbed in an assassination
attempt and dies five days later on May 27, 1964. Shortly after he
had delivered the keynote speech at an anti-war meeting in
Thessaloniki, two far-right extremists, Emannouel Emannouilides
and Spyros Gotzamanis, driving a three-wheeled vehicle, struck
Lambrakis with a club over the head in plain view of a large
number of people and (allegedly) some police officers. He suffered
brain injuries and died in the hospital five days later. The two
men were arrested because of the reaction of a by-stander (Manolis
Hatziapostolou, nicknamed Tiger) who jumped on their vehicle and
fought with them. The day after his death, his funeral in Athens
became a massive demonstration. More than 500,000 people rallied
to protest against the right-wing government and the Royal Court
of King Paul, seen by many to support the activities of the
right-wing extremists. Lambrakis remained in the hearts of the
Greek people as a national symbol of democracy, representing the
struggle against political repression, Royal Court scandal, and
international dependence. After the fall of the military
dictatorship of The Greek Junta (The Regime Of The Colonels) in
1974, numerous places, including a football stadium in Kallithea
and streets and squares throughout the country, have been named in
honor of Grigoris Lambrakis. The events surrounding his
assassination inspired the film Z, a 1969 Algerian-French epic
political thriller by Costa-Gavras, based on the 1966 novel of the
same name by Vassilis Vassilikos that presents a thinly
fictionalized account of the events surrounding the assassination
of Lambrakis, and the film captures the outrage about the military
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Today, May 22, 2026
May 22, 1964: The Aftermath Of World War
II: The Cold War: Progressivism: Progressivism In The United
States: Liberalism: Liberalism In The United States: The
Presidency Of Lyndon B. Johnson: The Great Society: -- President
Lyndon B. Johnson presents his specific goals for the Great
Society in a speech at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor,
Michigan, where he says "We are going to assemble the best
thought and broadest knowledge from all over the world to find
these answers. I intend to establish working groups to prepare a
series of conferences and meetings -- on the cities, on natural
beauty, on the quality of education, and on other emerging
challenges. From these studies, we will begin to set our course
toward 'The Great Society'." It was an expansion of his first
public reference to The Great Society during a speech to students
on May 7, 1964, on Ohio University's historic College Green in
Athens, Ohio: "And with your courage and with your compassion
and your desire, we will build a Great Society. It is a society
where no child will go unfed, and no youngster will go
unschooled." The Great Society was a grand and ambitious set
of domestic programs whose main goal was the elimination of
poverty and racial injustice in America which he named "The
Great Society". New major spending programs that addressed
education, medical care, urban problems, rural poverty, and
transportation were launched during this period. The program and
its initiatives were subsequently promoted by him and fellow
Democrats in Congress in the 1960s and years following. The Great
Society in scope and sweep resembled the New Deal domestic agenda
of Franklin D. Roosevelt. Some Great Society proposals were
stalled initiatives from John F. Kennedy's New Frontier. Johnson's
success was partly due to his skills of persuasion, and to the
Democratic landslide in the 1964 election that brought in many new
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Today, May 22, 2026
May 22, 1972: The Aftermath Of World War
II: The Cold War: The Presidency Of Richard Nixon: Detente
(French: French "Relaxation"): Moscow Summit (1972) (The
Moscow Summit Of 1972): -- President Richard Nixon and First Lady
Pat Nixon arrive in Moscow to begin a summit meeting with Soviet
First Secretary Brezhnev, making President Nixon the first
American president to visit Moscow and the second President, after
Franklin D. Roosevelt, to visit the Soviet Union, and First Lady
Nixon the only First Lady to do so. Richard M. Nixon and Henry
Kissinger met with Leonid Brezhnev, the General Secretary of the
Communist Party; Alexei Kosygin, the Chairman of the Council of
Ministers; and Nikolai Podgorny, the head of state, among other
leading Soviet officials. Four days later, Nixon and Soviet
Russia's leader Leonid Brezhnev signed a pact pledging to freeze
nuclear arsenals at current levels. Nixon used the improving
international environment to address the topic of nuclear peace.
Following the announcement of his visit to China, the Nixon
administration concluded negotiations for him to visit the Soviet
Union. Nixon engaged in intense negotiations with Brezhnev. Out of
the summit came agreements for increased trade and two landmark
arms control treaties: SALT I, the first comprehensive limitation
pact signed by the two superpowers, and the Anti-Ballistic Missile
Treaty, which banned the development of systems designed to
intercept incoming missiles. Nixon and Brezhnev proclaimed a new
era of "peaceful coexistence". A banquet was held that
evening at the Kremlin. Nixon and Henry Kissinger planned to link
arms control to detente and to the resolution of other urgent
problems through what Nixon called "linkage", a foreign
policy aimed to persuade the Soviet Union to co-operate in
restraining revolutions in the Third World in return for
concessions in nuclear and economic fields. Despite the lack of
Soviet intervention, many revolutions still occurred in Third
World countries, undermining the policy. The premise behind
linkage, as a policy, was to connect political and military
issues. This established a relationship making progress in area
"A" dependent on progress in area "B." Seeking
to foster better relations with the United States, China and the
Soviet Union both cut back on their diplomatic support for North
Vietnam and advised Hanoi to come to terms militarily. During the
previous two years, Nixon had made considerable progress in
U.S.-Soviet relations, and he embarked on a second trip to the
Soviet Union in 1974. He arrived in Moscow on June 27 to a welcome
ceremony, cheering crowds, and a state dinner at the Grand Kremlin
Palace that evening. Nixon and Brezhnev met in Yalta, where they
discussed a proposed mutual defense pact, detente, and MIRVs.
Nixon considered proposing a comprehensive test-ban treaty, but he
felt he would not have time to complete it during his presidency.
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Today, May 22, 2026
May 22, 1982: The British Empire: The
Falkland Islands (Spanish: Islas Malvinas): The Falkland Islands
Sovereignty Dispute: The Falklands War (Spanish: Guerra De Las
Malvinas): The Battle Of San Carlos: -- A battle between aircraft
and ships that lasts from May 21-25, 1982 continues in the
aftermatch of the British amphibious assault codenamed Operation
Sutton on the shores of San Carlos Water (which became known as
"Bomb Alley"), at Ajax Bay and Port San Carlos, near San
Carlos on East Falkland. In The Battle Of San Carlos, low-flying
land-based Argentine jet aircraft made repeated attacks on ships
of the British Task Force. It was the first time in history that a
modern surface fleet armed with surface-to-air missiles and with
air cover backed up by STOVL carrier-based aircraft defended
against full-scale air strikes. The British sustained losses and
damage but were able to create and consolidate a beachhead and
land troops. John Nott, British Defence Minister, said during the
batttle "I think the Argentine pilots are showing great
bravery, it would be foolish of me to say anything else." In
spite of the British air defence network, the Argentine pilots
were able to attack their targets but some serious procedural
failures prevented them from getting better results - most
notably, shortcomings of their bomb fuses. Thirteen bombs hit
British ships without detonating. Lord Craig, the retired Marshal
of the Royal Air Force, is said to have remarked: "Six better
fuses and we would have lost". The British warships, although
themselves suffering most of the attacks, were successful in
keeping the strike aircraft away from the landing ships, which
were well inside the bay. With the British troops on Falklands
soil, a land campaign followed until Argentine General Mario
Menendez surrendered to British Major General Jeremy Moore on June
15 in Stanley. The subsonic Harrier jump-jet, armed with the
AIM-9L Sidewinder air-to-air missile, proved capable as an air
superiority fighter. The actions had a profound impact on later
naval practice. During the 1980s most warships from navies around
the world were retrofitted with close-in weapon systems and guns
for self-defence. First reports of the number of Argentine
aircraft shot down by British missile systems were subsequently
revised down. On the second day, May 22, HMS Ardent, badly damaged
the day before, eventually sank early in the morning. Bad weather
over the Patagonia airfields prevented the Argentines from
carrying out most of their air missions; only a few Skyhawks
managed to reach the islands. The British completed their
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Today, May 22, 2026
May 22, 2002: Civil Rights Movements: The
American Civil Rights Movement (1954-1968): Anti-Black Racism In
The United States: The Birmingham Campaign (The Birmingham
Movement, The Birmingham Confrontation): The 16th Street Baptist
Church Bombing: -- A jury in Birmingham, Alabama, convicts the
white supremacist, terrorist, and Ku Klux Klan member Bobby Frank
Cherry for his role in The 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing in
1963. The bombing killed four young African American girls (Carole
Robertson, Cynthia Wesley, Addie Mae Collins, and Denise McNair)
and injured more than 20 other people. The 16th Street Baptist
Church bombing was an act of white supremacist terrorism which
occurred at the African American 16th Street Baptist Church in
Birmingham, Alabama, on Sunday, September 15, 1963, when four
members of the Ku Klux Klan planted at least 15 sticks of dynamite
attached to a timing device beneath the steps located on the east
side of the church. Described by Martin Luther King Jr. as "one
of the most vicious and tragic crimes ever perpetrated against
humanity", the explosion at the church killed four girls and
injured 22 others. Although the FBI had concluded in 1965 that the
16th Street Baptist Church bombing had been committed by four
known Ku Klux Klansmen and segregationists - Thomas Edwin Blanton
Jr., Herman Frank Cash, Robert Edward Chambliss, and Bobby Frank
Cherry - no prosecutions ensued until 1977, when Robert Chambliss
was tried and convicted of the first degree murder of one of the
victims, 11-year-old Carol Denise McNair. Thomas Edwin Blanton Jr.
and Bobby Cherry were each convicted of four counts of murder and
sentenced to life imprisonment in 2001 and 2002 respectively,]
whereas Herman Cash, who died in 1994, was never charged with his
alleged involvement in the bombing. The 16th Street Baptist Church
bombing marked a turning point in the United States during the
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Today, May 22, 2026
May 22: National Vanilla Pudding Day: --
Satisfy your sweet tooth by celebrating your love for vanilla
puddings today! Yes, forget any diet you are on and get ready to
eat this scrumptious dessert. Today highlights the easy-to-bake
and delicious dessert that is consumed by almost every household
in the United States. While the origins of the day are not clear,
the history of puddings itself is a long and interesting one. Did
you know, puddings were not always a dessert but were in fact a
sausage-like meat dish? This dish was common in the Middle Ages
and the traditional pudding has evolved a great deal over time.
The original ingredients included milk, sugar, and fish or meat.
Of course, we have come a long way since then and the thought of
consuming a meat-based pudding is off-putting on its own. From the
meat pudding, this dish became a dessert and then further
transformed into a jelly-based dish known as Jell-O. From thereon,
different flavors of puddings were introduced including chocolate,
vanilla, butterscotch, and caramel. Due to globalization, it is
quite easy to come across a range of flavors including lemon
pudding, orange pudding, coffee pudding, etc. There are also
numerous variations of the original pudding including bread
pudding, flan, creme brulee, rice pudding, and Christmas pudding.
Some pudding recipes also include fruit. Since most versions of
puddings are easy to make, a packaged version of puddings was
introduced in the U.S. in 1918. Instant puddings, on the other
hand, only entered the market during the mid-1940s.
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Today, May 22, 2026May 22: International Day For Biological
Diversity: Today's the day to show your love for all that lives on
our planet! Today dedicated to making sure that Earth remains a
place where all creatures-no matter what environment they depend
on-can not only survive, but also thrive. Originally, Biological
Diversity Day was proclaimed on December 29. In December 2000,
however, the UN General Assembly changed the date to May 22. This
was partly meant to commemorate the adoption of the Convention at
the Rio Earth Summit in 1992, and partly to avoid clashing with
the various international holidays that occur in late December
(hello, Christmas). So whether you're from a desert climate, a
forest, a valley, or a swamp, come celebrate biological diversity
with us this May 22!
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Today, May 22, 2026May 22: National Maritime Day: -- A
holiday created by the United States Congress in 1933 that both
honors and celebrates the Merchant Marine! It's time to
commemorates the first steam-powered transoceanic voyage: The SS
Savannah, which left port at Savannah, Georgia on this date in
1819! What is the Merchant Marine? Think of it as the understudy
to the Navy; it doesn't get first billing, but it steps in when
there's a crisis and saves the day. Even when things are running
smoothly, Merchant Mariners are working quietly behind the scenes
to help make certain that the show goes on - and that the U.S.'s
imports and exports get where they need to go. Today, the
celebration of National Maritime Day has expanded to include the
entire maritime industry and domestic waterborne commerce, as well
as the brave men and women who have dedicated their lives to
serving aboard a Merchant Marine ship!
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Today, May 22, 2026May 22: Sherlock Holmes Day: -- May 22,
1859: #BOTD: #HBD! Arthur Conan Doyle, British writer, physician,
Freemason and spiritualist, creator of the character Sherlock
Holmes in 1887 for four novels and fifty-six short stories about
Holmes and Dr. Watson, stories that are milestones in the field of
crime fiction (d. July 7, 1930) is #born Arthur Ignatius Conan
Doyle Edinburgh, Scotland. Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle KStJ DL
was a prolific writer; other than Holmes stories, his works
include fantasy and science fiction stories about Professor
Challenger, and humorous stories about the Napoleonic soldier
Brigadier Gerard, as well as plays, romances, poetry, non-fiction,
and historical novels. One of Doyle's early short stories, "J.
Habakuk Jephson's Statement" (1884), helped to popularise the
mystery of the Mary Celeste, best known for being discovered
adrift and deserted in the Atlantic Ocean off the Azores Islands
on December 4, 1872. Doyle died clutching his chest in the hall of
Windlesham Manor, his house in Crowborough, Sussex, England at the
age of 71. His last words were directed toward his wife: "You
are wonderful."At the time of his death, there was some
controversy concerning his burial place, as he was avowedly not a
Christian, considering himself a Spiritualist. He was first buried
on July 11, 1930 in Windlesham rose garden. In his will, he
bequeathed 250 PS per year to Alfred Wood, who had served as his
private secretary since 1897. He was later reinterred together
with his wife in Minstead churchyard in the New Forest, Hampshire.
The epitaph on his gravestone in the churchyard reads, in
pAesthetics: Art: "Steel true/Blade straight/Arthur Conan
Doyle/Knight/Patriot, Physician and man of letters".
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Today, May 22, 2026May 22: Canadian Immigrants Day: The
holiday is meant to celebrate Canadians who immigrated to the
United States. Citizens of the two neighboring countries have
always found it easy to visit each other's countries. In the early
days of the two nations, Canadian immigrants mostly crossed the
border for better job opportunities in factories. As the years
passed, the profile of the average Canadian changed with the
improvement in living standards in Canada. Today, many Canadian
immigrants form an integral part of many industries across the
United States. Actors Nathan Fillion and Sandra Oh are two famous
Canadian immigrants. The U.S. and Canada have a long history with
each other. When the United States gained independence from the
British, several loyalist anti-Americans fled to Canada, which was
still a British colony. Over the years, the two countries'
relations have oscillated between tense and amicable. The first
wave of Canadian immigration to the U.S. began in the mid-1800s
when the majority of the influx of people consisted of unskilled
labor looking for jobs. A significant portion of the Canadian
immigrants that relocated to the U.S. during the early 1900s were
people fleeing from religious discrimination. After the Second
World War, Canada's economy began to stabilize and the quality of
life within the nation improved. This, in turn, decreased the
number of people immigrating to the U.S. from Canada. Furthermore,
the U.S. Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 drastically
limited migration to the country from within the Western
hemisphere. However, the 1994 North American Free Trade Agreement
(NAFTA) made it easier for Canadian citizens to access new
temporary work visas, thus boosting immigration. Today, the United
States accounts for over 60% of emigration numbers from Canada,
followed by the UK, Australia, France, and Italy. There are around
800,000 Canadian immigrants in the U.S. among whom are students,
working professionals, family migrants, retirees, e.t.c.
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Today, May 22, 2026May 22, 1885: #DOTD: #RIP: Victor Hugo,
French novelist, poet, playwright of the Romantic movement and
secreted Rosicrucian, best known for his novels Les Miserables
(1862) and The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (1831) (b. February 26,
1802) #dies of pneumonia in Paris at the age of 83. Although he
had requested a pauper's funeral, he was awarded a state funeral
by decree of President Jules Grevy. More than two million people
joined his funeral procession in Paris from the Arc de Triomphe to
the Pantheon, where he was buried. He shares a crypt within the
Pantheon with Alexandre Dumas and Emile Zola. Hugo left five
sentences as his last will, to be officially published: "I
leave 50,000 francs to the poor. I want to be buried in their
hearse. I refuse funeral orations of all churches. I beg a prayer
to all souls. I believe in God.". Hugo is considered to be
one of the greatest and best-known French writers. Outside of
France, his most famous works are the novels Les Miserables, 1862,
and The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (French: Notre-Dame de Paris),
1831. In France, Hugo is known primarily for his poetry
collections, such as Les Contemplations (The Contemplations) and
La Legende des siecles (The Legend of the Ages). Hugo was at the
forefront of the romantic literary movement with his play Cromwell
and drama Hernani. Many of his works have inspired music, both
during his lifetime and after his death, including the musicals
Notre-Dame de Paris and Les Miserables. He produced more than
4,000 drawings in his lifetime, and campaigned for social causes
such as the abolition of capital punishment. Though a committed
royalist when he was young, Hugo's views changed as the decades
passed, and he became a passionate supporter of republicanism; his
work touches upon most of the political and social issues and the
artistic trends of his time.
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Today, May 22, 2026May 22, 337: #DOTD: Constantine I, also
known as Constantine The Great, Roman emperor (b. February 27,
272) #dies aged 65 at Achyron, Nicomedia, Bithynia, Roman Empire
(now Izmit, Kocaeli, Turkey). He was originally buried at The
Church Of The Holy Apostles, Constantinople, in a porphyry
sarcophagus that was described in the 10th century by Constantine
VII Porphyrogenitus in the De Ceremoniis. His body survived the
plundering of the city during the Fourth Crusade in 1204, but was
destroyed at some point afterwards. Constantine I was born Flavius
Valerius Constantinus in Naissus (today Nis, Serbia), part of the
Dardania province of Moesia. Known in Latin as Flavius Valerius
Aurelius Constantinus Augustus, also known as Constantine I or
Saint Constantine, in the Orthodox Church as Saint Constantine The
Great, Equal-to-the-Apostles, Constantine I was of Illyrian origin
from 306 to 337 AD. He was the son of Flavius Valerius
Constantius, a Roman Army officer, and his consort Helena. His
father became Caesar, the deputy emperor in the west, in 293 AD.
Constantine was sent east, where he rose through the ranks to
become a military tribune under Emperors Diocletian and Galerius.
In 305, Constantius raised himself to the rank of Augustus, senior
western emperor, and Constantine was recalled west to campaign
under his father in Britannia (Britain). Constantine was acclaimed
as emperor by the army at Eboracum (modern-day York) after his
father's death in 306 AD, and he emerged victorious in a series of
civil wars against Emperors Maxentius and Licinius to become sole
ruler of both west and east by 324 AD. As emperor, Constantine
enacted administrative, financial, social, and military reforms to
strengthen the empire. He restructured the government, separating
civil and military authorities. To combat inflation he introduced
the solidus, a new gold coin that became the standard for
Byzantine and European currencies for more than a thousand years.
The Roman army was reorganised to consist of mobile field units
and garrison soldiers capable of countering internal threats and
barbarian invasions. Constantine pursued successful campaigns
against the tribes on the Roman frontiers - the Franks, the
Alamanni, the Goths, and the Sarmatians - even resettling
territories abandoned by his predecessors during the Crisis of the
Third Century. Constantine was the first Roman emperor to convert
to Christianity. On October 29, 312, Constantine entered Rome
after his victory at the Battle of the Milvian Bridge the day
before, stages a grand adventus in the city, and is met with
popular jubilation. Maxentius' body is fished out of the Tiber and
beheaded. In the Battle of the Milvian Bridge, Constantine I
defeated Maxentius, becoming the sole Roman emperor in the West.
The day before the battle, Constantine had had the Vision of the
Cross, which inspired him to paint the Christian cross on the
shields of his soldiers. Constantine's victory was to become the
foundation of the Christian world that followed thereafter.
Although he lived most of his life as a pagan, he joined the
Christian faith on his deathbed, being baptised by Eusebius. He
played an influential role in the proclamation of the Edict of
Milan in 313, which declared religious tolerance for Christianity
in the Roman empire. He called the First Council of Nicaea in 325
that produced the statement of Christian belief known as the
Nicene Creed. The Church Of The Holy Sepulchre was built on his
orders at the purported site of Jesus' tomb in Jerusalem and
became the holiest place in Christendom. The Papal claim to
temporal power in the High Middle Ages was based on the supposed
Donation of Constantine. He is venerated as a saint by the Eastern
Orthodox and Catholic Church. He has historically been referred to
as the "First Christian Emperor," and he did heavily
promote the Christian Church. Some modern scholars, however,
debate his beliefs and even his comprehension of the Christian
faith itself. The age of Constantine marked a distinct epoch in
the history of the Roman Empire. He built a new imperial residence
at Byzantium and renamed the city Constantinople after himself
(the laudatory epithet of "New Rome" came later, and was
never an official title). It became the capital of the Empire for
more than a thousand years, with the later eastern Roman Empire
now being referred to as the Byzantine Empire by historians. His
more immediate political legacy was that he replaced Diocletian's
tetrarchy with the principle of dynastic succession by leaving the
empire to his sons. His reputation flourished during the lifetime
of his children and centuries after his reign. The medieval church
upheld him as a paragon of virtue, while secular rulers invoked
him as a prototype, a point of reference, and the symbol of
imperial legitimacy and identity. Beginning with the Renaissance,
there were more critical appraisals of his reign due to the
rediscovery of anti-Constantinian sources. Trends in modern and
recent scholarship have attempted to balance the extremes of
previous scholarship.
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Today, May 22, 2026May 22, 1948: The Aftermath Of World War
II: The Cold War: The Eastern Bloc (The Communist Bloc, The
Socialist Bloc, The Soviet Bloc): Political Repression In The
Soviet Union: Cold War Rebellions: The Guerrilla War In The Baltic
States: Forced Migration In The Soviet Union: The Lithuanian
Soviet Socialist Republic: Operation Vesna (Russian: Operatsiya
Vesna: "Operation Spring") -- The largest Soviet
deportation from Lithuania, the mass deportation of the armed
opposition to the Soviet power of occupied Lithuania, occurs when
Operation Vesna is carried out by the forces of the Soviet state
security apparatus, the Ministry Of State Security (MGB), lasting
from May 22 to 24, 1948. Operation Vesna was ordered by the USSR
Council Of Ministers with the issue of Decree No. 417-160cc on
February 21, 1948. The decree targeted Lithuanian guerrilla
fighters, part of The Guerrilla War In The Baltic States, an
insurgency waged by Baltic (Latvian, Lithuanian and Estonian)
partisans against the Soviet Union from 1944 to 1956. Known by a
variety of names, including "The Brothers Of The Wood"
and "The Forest Friars" (Estonian: Metsavennad, "The
Forest Brothers", Latvian: Mezabrali, "The Forest
Brethern", Lithuanian: Zaliukai, "The Greens"),
these partisans fought against invading Soviet forces during their
occupation of the Baltic states during and after World War II;
similar insurgent groups resisted Soviet occupations in Bulgaria,
Poland, Romania and Ukraine. Decree No. 417-160cc also targeted
members the families the Lithuanian "Greens", and
"various helpers of anti-Soviet partisans, including kulaks."
The official tally of the deported Lithuanians was 49,331 (other
sources give the number 39,766 and 47,534). In addition to ethnic
Lithuanians, Poles and Belarusians were deported as well. The
exact numbers by ethnicity are unknown. Their official status was
"special settlers" (severely restricted in movement, but
otherwise officially not deprived of other citizen's rights). The
majority of deportations were to Krasnoyarsk Krai (23,467),
Irkutsk Oblast (11,495) and Buryat-Mongolian ASSR (4,038). About
25,000 worked in forest industry, and the rest in coal mines and
kolkhozes. About 11,000 children were deported with their parents.
About 6,000 to 10,000 of the deportees were brought to Igarka, a
town in Turukhansky District of Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia, located
163 kilometers (101 mi) north of the Arctic Circle. Later more
Lithuanians were moved from other places of Krasnoyarsk Krai to
Igarka. In the first years, about 1,000 to 3,000 Lithuanians died
in Igarka, mostly children and the elderly. There are three
Lithuanian cemeteries in Igarka, one of them has 1,000 burials.
Many "settlers" were arrested an put to Gulag labor
camps for various violations: trying to escape, singing Lithuanian
"nationalist" songs, etc. During 1956-1961, most
Lithuanians returned from Igarka to Lithuania. As of 1989 about
270 Lithuanians stayed in Igarka. The Lithuanian Union of Igarka
was established in 1992.
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Today, May 22, 2026May 22, 2002: #DOTD: Fritz Hippler,
German director and filmmaker who ran the film department in the
Propaganda Ministry of Nazi Germany under Joseph Goebbels, best
known as the director of the propaganda film Der Ewige Jude (The
Eternal Jew) (b. August 17, 1909) #dies at the age of 92 in
Berchtesgaden, Bavaria, the market town where resides
Obersalzberg, a mountainside retreat and the site of Adolf
Hitler's former mountain residence, the Berghof. His burial
details are unknown, other than that he was buried in Germany.
Fritz Hippler was born and brought up in Berlin as the son of a
petty official. His father died in 1918 in the First World War in
France. Hippler resented the Treaty Of Versailles and its
associated regulations, and rejected the Weimar democracy. In 1925
when he was 17, Hippler joined the Nazi party NSDAP. In 1927,
Hippler became a member of the NSD StudentBund, the National
Socialist German Students' League. Later he studied law in
Heidelberg and Berlin. He was a member of the Teutonia dueling
society in Heidelberg and the Arminia dueling society in Berlin.
In 1932 he became NSDAP district speaker. In 1933 he was appointed
the district and high school group leader for Berlin-Brandenburg
in the National Socialist German Students' League. Hippler was a
supporter of expressionism. As the leader of the National
Socialist German Students' League of Berlin he organised an
exhibition in Humboldt University of Berlin for expressionist
painters, for which he was vehemently attacked by the Nazi
ideologist Alfred Rosenberg. In 1932, Hippler was expelled from
the University of Berlin for participating in violent Nazi
rallies. On 19 April 1933, the new National Socialist Education
Minister Bernhard Rust repealed any disciplinary actions against
students associated with the NSDAP, thus reinstating Hippler. On
22 May 1933, he gave a speech initiating a march from the student
house in the Oranienburger Strasse to Opera Square with books
which were then burned. In June 1933 Hippler participated in a
violent rally opposite the stock exchange, against Alfred
Hugenberg then minister of finance and still Hitler's rival,
calling Hitler to disavow him and remove him from power. Hippler
was later involved in a dispute over the direction of arts policy.
He was satisfied with the anti-Jewish orientation of the arts
policy and the consequent banishment of that art from museums and
art dealers who had been created by people of Jewish faith.
However, in July 1933 at a rally of the National Socialist Student
League in the lecture hall of the Berlin University, he criticised
the harsh action of some Nazi circles against the German modern
artists like Emile Nolde and Barlach, the artists group Die
Brucke, which was propagated by elements of the Nazi leadership as
part of efforts against the Degenerate Art. Hippler earned his PhD
in 1934 at the Heidelberg University with Arnold Bergstraesser and
a dissertation titled "State and Society in the Thinking of
John Stuart Mill, Karl Marx, and Paul de Lagarde. A contribution
to the sociological thinking of the present time". After
receiving his doctorate in 1934, Hippler became a lecturer at the
German University of Policy in Berlin. Starting in 1936 he worked
as assistant to Hans Weidemann working on the production of German
newsreels, directed in the Reich Ministry for Public Enlightenment
and Propaganda. Here he learned the production of documentaries.
In January 1939, he took over Weidemann's position. In 1938,
Hippler was appointed to the rank of SS Hauptsturmfuehrer.
According to Veit Harlan, Hippler loved to wear his SS uniform. In
August 1939, Goebbels promoted Hippler again. appointing the
29-year-old Hippler to head the film department at the Reich
Ministry for Public Enlightenment and Propaganda RMVP. In October
1942, he was Director in the RMVP. His task was control,
supervision and direction of German filmmaking. In his ministerial
functions, Hippler continued to produce films. In 1939-40 he was
responsible for the propaganda film "The Campaign In Poland"
which ran under the title of "Baptism Of Fire", and in
1939 "Die Frontschau" (The Frontshow), a series of
shorts shown to soldiers before being shipped to the Eastern
Front. In 1940, he was responsible for the management and design
of the feature-length documentary film "The Eternal Jew",
one of if not the vilest anti-Semitic Nazi film. The film
historian Frank Noack assessed "The Eternal Jew" as
"probably the most radical inflammatory film of all time".
An article written by Hippler in the magazine "The film"
stated that his film marked Jews as "parasites of national
degeneracy." The film served as a preparation and agreement
of the population in the coming holocaust and was mainly used for
training of police and SS troops. In the same year, Hippler
received from Hitler a secret special endowment of 60,000
Reichsmarks in recognition of his services to the Reich. In 1942,
Hippler published a book about film theory titled Betrachtungen
zum Filmschaffen (i.e., Contemplations on Filmmaking), which
included a preface by Emil Jannings, a German actor popular in
1920s film in Hollywood (and the first Oscar recipient, honored
with the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1929 ceremony, to date,
the only German to have won the Best Actor Oscar). By 1943, he was
promoted to Obersturmbannfuehrer. However, as early as 1939,
Goebbels recorded in his diaries that Hippler was intelligent but
cheeky and totally contradictory. He also stated that Hippler was
immature. Goebbels complained repeatedly about the disorganisation
of the film department. Hippler suffered apparently with alcohol
addiction. Goebbels finally discharged Hippler in June 1943 due to
"mishaps, alcoholism, and family problems", although
Hippler claimed in his diary that he was removed due to his choice
of Erich Kaestner for the screenplay of the film Munchhausen
despite several of Kaestner's books and plays had been banned by
the Nazis in 1933. After his dismissal, Hippler was accused of
falsely denying his partial Jewish descent and demoted from his SS
rank. Hippler was sent to an infantry replacement battalion of the
country, according to Strauss and underwent mountain infantry
training. Then he was again released from active duty and used
until February 1945 as a front cameraman in order to produce
material for newsreels. On 3 May 1945, he flew into Hamburg as a
British prisoner of war. After the end of the Second World War,
Hippler was interned and sentenced to two years in prison. He was
able to stage a comeback after his release. He was interviewed in
the Bill Moyers PBS documentary A Walk Through the 20th Century in
1983. Hippler died on 22 May 2002, aged 92. He is portrayed by
Cary Elwes in the 2001 television film, Uprising, and by Ralf
Bauer in the 2010 film Jew Suss: Rise and Fall.
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Today's
EarthStation1.com #OnThisDayCommemorative Memorial Title: Arab And
Jew: Wounded Spirits In A Promised Land DVD, Download, USB
Today, May 22, 2026May 22, 1948: The Aftermath Of World War
II: The Cold War: The Arab-Israeli Conflict: The 1948 Palestine
War: The 1948 Arab-Israeli War (The First Arab-Israeli War): The
United Nations Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO): United
Nations Security Council Resolution 49 (UNSCR49): -- United
Nations Security Council Resolution 49 is adopted, calling upon
all governments and authorities to abstain from any further
hostile military action in Palestine and to that end issued a
cease-fire order to their military and paramilitary forces that
came into effect at noon May 24, 1948, New York City time. On May
15, 1948, The 1948 Arab-Israeli War, also known as The First
Arab-Israeli War, began following the expiration of The British
Mandate for Palestine, as the Kingdom of Egypt, Transjordan,
Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and Saudi Arabia invade Israel. The war was
fought between the State of Israel and a military coalition of
Arab states over the control of Palestine, forming the second
stage of the 1948 Palestine war. There had been tension and
conflict between the Arabs and the Jews, and between each of them
and the British forces, ever since the 1917 Balfour Declaration
and the 1920 creation of the British Mandate of Palestine. British
policies dissatisfied both Arabs and Jews. The Arabs' opposition
developed into the 1936-1939 Arab revolt in Palestine, while the
Jewish resistance developed into the Jewish insurgency in
Palestine (1944-1947). In 1947 these ongoing tensions erupted into
civil war, following the 29 November 1947 adoption of the United
Nations Partition Plan For Palestine, which planned to divide
Palestine into three areas: an Arab state, a Jewish state and the
Special International Regime for the cities of Jerusalem and
Bethlehem. On 15 May 1948, the ongoing civil war transformed into
an inter-state conflict between Israel and the Arab states,
following the Israeli Declaration Of Independence the previous
day. A combined invasion by Egypt, Jordan and Syria, together with
expeditionary forces from Iraq, entered Palestine - Jordan having
declared privately to Yishuv emissaries on 2 May that it would
abide by a decision not to attack the Jewish state.[13] The
invading forces took control of the Arab areas and immediately
attacked Israeli forces and several Jewish settlements. The 10
months of fighting, interrupted by several truce periods, took
place mostly on the former territory of the British Mandate and
for a short time also in the Sinai Peninsula and southern Lebanon.
As a result of the war, the State of Israel controlled both the
area that the UN General Assembly Resolution 181 had recommended
for the proposed Jewish state as well as almost 60% of the area of
Arab state proposed by the 1948 Partition Plan, including the
Jaffa, Lydda and Ramle area, Galilee, some parts of the Negev, a
wide strip along the Tel Aviv-Jerusalem road, West Jerusalem and
some territories in the West Bank. Transjordan took control of the
remainder of the former British mandate, which it annexed, and the
Egyptian military took control of the Gaza Strip. At the Jericho
Conference on 1 December 1948, 2,000 Palestinian delegates called
for unification of Palestine and Transjordan as a step toward full
Arab unity. No state was created for the Palestinian Arabs. The
conflict triggered significant demographic change throughout the
Middle East. Around 700,000 Palestinian Arabs fled or were
expelled from their homes in the area that became Israel, and they
became Palestinian refugees in what they refer to as Al-Nakba
("the catastrophe"). In the three years following the
war, about 700,000 Jews immigrated to Israel, with many of them
having been expelled from their previous countries of residence in
the Middle East.
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Today's
EarthStation1.com #OnThisDayCommemorative Memorial Title: Langston
Hughes Biography Documentaries DVD, Video Download, USB Drive
Today, May 22, 2026May 22, 1967: #DOTD: #RIP: Langston
Hughes, African American poet, social activist, novelist,
playwright, and columnist (b. February 1, 1901) #dies in the
Stuyvesant Polyclinic in New York City at the age of 66 from
complications after abdominal surgery related to prostate cancer.
His ashes are interred beneath a floor medallion in the middle of
the foyer in the Schomburg Center For Research In Black Culture in
Harlem, it being the entrance to an auditorium named for him. The
design on the floor is an African cosmogram entitled Rivers. The
title is taken from his poem "The Negro Speaks of Rivers".
Within the center of the cosmogram is the line: "My soul has
grown deep like the rivers". Langston Hughes was born James
Mercer Langston Hughes was born February 1, 1901 in Joplin,
Missouri. He was one of the earliest innovators of the then-new
literary art form called jazz poetry. Hughes is best known as a
leader of the Harlem Renaissance in New York City. He famously
wrote about the period that "the negro was in vogue",
which was later paraphrased as "when Harlem was in vogue".
His writing experiments began when he was young. While in grammar
school in Lincoln, Hughes was elected class poet. He stated that
in retrospect he thought it was because of the stereotype about
African Americans having rhythm: "I was a victim of a
stereotype. There were only two of us Negro kids in the whole
class and our English teacher was always stressing the importance
of rhythm in poetry. Well, everyone knows, except us, that all
Negroes have rhythm, so they elected me as class poet.".
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Today's
EarthStation1.com #OnThisDayCommemorative Memorial Title: WWII
Films: African Americans At War Films Set DVD, MP4, USB Drive
Today, May 22, 2026May 22, 1959: First African Americans: --
Benjamin Oliver Davis Jr., commander of the Tuskegee Airmen 99th
Fighter Squadron and the 332nd Fighter Group, which escorted
bombers on air combat missions over Europe during World War II,
who flew sixty bomber escort missions in P-39, P-40, P-47 and P-51
Mustang fighters and was one of the first African American pilots
to see combat, advanced to four-star general by President Bill
Clinton on December 9, 1998 (December 18, 1912 - July 4, 2002),
becomes the first African American general in the U.S. Air Force.
His father, Benjamin O. Davis, Sr., was named the first African
American general in the United States Army.
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Today's
EarthStation1.com #OnThisDayCommemorative Memorial Title: Mister
Rock And Roll (1957) Alan Freed Chuck Berry DVD Download USB
Today, May 22, 2026May 22, 1990: #DOTD: #RIP: Rocky
Graziano, American professional boxer and actor who held the World
Middleweight title (b. January 1, 1919) #dies from cardiopulmonary
failure in New York City at age 71. Graziano's funeral was held at
St. Patrick's Cathedral. He is interred at the Locust Valley
Cemetery along with his wife, who died in 2009. Rocky Graziano was
born Thomas Rocco Barbella in Brooklyn, New York, and grew up as a
street fighter in an Italian enclave centered on East 10th Street,
between First Avenue and Avenue A in Manhattan's East Village. He
learned to look after himself before he could read or write, and
spent years in reform school, jail, and Catholic protectories.
Graziano is considered one of the greatest knockout artists in
boxing history, often displaying the capacity to take his opponent
out with a single punch. He was ranked 23rd on The Ring magazine
list of the greatest punchers of all time. He fought many of the
best middleweights of the era including Sugar Ray Robinson. His
turbulent and violent life story was the basis of the 1956
Oscar-winning drama film, Somebody Up There Likes Me, based on his
1955 autobiography of the same title.
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Today's
EarthStation1.com #OnThisDayCommemorative Memorial Title: Outer
Space Films 3 Project Apollo Reaching For The Moon DVD, MP4, USB
Today, May 22, 2026May 22, 1969: Outer Space Firsts: Rocket
Launches: The History Of Spaceflight: The Aftermath Of World War
II: The Cold War: The Space Age: The Space Race: Space Programs Of
The United States: Human Spaceflight Programs: Missions To The
Moon: Project Apollo: Apollo 10 (AS-10): -- Apollo 10's lunar
module flies within 8.4 nautical miles (9.7 miles, 16 km) of the
moon's surface. On May 18, 1969, Astronauts Thomas P. Stafford,
John W. Young and Eugene A. Cernan, aboard a Saturn V, lifted off
for the fourth manned mission in the United States Apollo space
program, and the second (after Apollo 8) to orbit the Moon. It was
the F mission: a "dress rehearsal" for the first Moon
landing, testing all of the components and procedures, just short
of actually landing. The Lunar Module (LM) followed a descent
orbit to within 8.4 nautical miles (15.6 km) of the lunar surface,
at the point where powered descent for landing would normally
begin. Its success enabled the first landing to be attempted on
the Apollo 11 mission two months later. According to the 2002
Guinness World Records, Apollo 10 set the record for the highest
speed attained by a manned vehicle: 39,897 km/h (11.08 km/s or
24,791 mph) on May 26, 1969, during the return from the Moon. The
mission's call signs included the names of the Peanuts characters
Charlie Brown and Snoopy, which became Apollo 10's semi-official
mascots. Peanuts creator Charles Schulz also drew some
mission-related artwork for NASA.
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Today's
EarthStation1.com #OnThisDayCommemorative Memorial Title:
Watergate: The Secret Story With Mike Wallace DVD MP4 USB Flash
Drive
Today, May 22, 2026May 22, 1973: Scandals: Political
Scandals: Political Scandals Of The United States: Richard Nixon:
The Presidency Of Richard Nixon: The Watergate Scandal: -- U.S.
President Nixon issues an official statement about the Watergate
Investigations being conducted by the Senate Watergate Committee
and by Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox, denying any involvement
in the crimes they were investigating, or in covering them up. The
text of President Nixon's statement on the Watergate scandal was
issued by the White House just before the President began speaking
to the nation on August 16th, and was reproduced in full by The
New York Times on that date. It began: "On May 17 the Senate
Select Committee began its hearings on Watergate. Five days later,
on May 22, I issued a detailed statement discussing my
relationship to the matter. I Stated categorically that I had no
prior knowledge of the Watergate operation and that I neither knew
of nor took part in any subsequent efforts to cover it up. I also
stated that I would not invoke executive privilege as to testimony
by present and former members of my White House staff with respect
to possible criminal acts then under investigation. Thirty-five
witnesses have testified so far. The record is more than 7,500
pages and some two million words long, The allegations are many,
the facts are complicated, and the evidence is not only extensive
but very much in conflict. It would be neither fair nor
appropriate for me to assess the evidence or comment on specific
witnesses or their credibility. That is the 'function df the
Senate committee and the courts. What I intend to do here is to
cover the principal issues relating to my own conduct which have
been raised since my statement of May 22, and thereby to place the
testimony on those issues in perspective. I said on May 22 that I
had no prior knowledge of the Watergate operation. In all the
testimony, there is not the slightest evidence to the contrary.
Not a single witness has testified that I had any knowledge of the
planning for the Watergate break-in. It is also true, as I said on
May 22, that I took no part in, and was not aware of, any
subsequent efforts to cover up the illegal acts associated with
the Watergate break-in." (sic)
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Today's
EarthStation1.com #OnThisDayCommemorative Memorial Title: The
Divided Union: American Civil War TV Series DVD, MP4, USB Drive
Today, May 22, 2026May 22, 1864: The American Civil War (The
Civil War, The War Between The States): Naval Warfare Of The
American Civil War (Naval Battles Of The American Civil War): The
Trans-Mississippi Theater Of The American Civil War: The Red River
Campaign (The Red River Expedition): -- After ten frustrating
weeks, the Union Army ends its campaign, a major Union offensive
in the Trans-Mississippi Theater west of the Mississippi River, in
failure. The Red River Campaign comprised a series of battles
fought along the Red River in Louisiana during the American Civil
War from March 10 to May 22, 1864. The campaign was a Union
initiative, fought between approximately 30,000 Union troops under
the command of Major General Nathaniel P. Banks, and Confederate
troops under the command of Lieutenant General Richard Taylor,
whose strength varied from 6,000 to 15,000. The campaign was
primarily the plan of Union General-in-Chief Henry W. Halleck, and
a diversion from Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant's plan to
surround the main Confederate armies by using Banks's Army of the
Gulf to capture Mobile, Alabama. It was a Union failure
characterized by poor planning and mismanagement, in which not a
single objective was fully accomplished. Taylor successfully
defended the Red River Valley with a smaller force. However, the
decision of Taylor's immediate superior, General Edmund Kirby
Smith, to send half of Taylor's force north to Arkansas rather
than south in pursuit of the retreating Banks after the Battle of
Mansfield and the Battle of Pleasant Hill, led to bitter enmity
between Taylor and Smith.
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Today's
EarthStation1.com #OnThisDayCommemorative Memorial Title: Abraham
Lincoln Radio Show MP3 Set CD, Audio Download, USB Flash Drive
Today, May 22, 2026May 22, 1849: Inventions: Abraham
Lincoln's Patent: -- Future U.S. President Abraham Lincoln is
issued a patent for an invention to lift boats over shoals and
obstructions in a river, making him the only U.S. President to
ever hold a patent. Lincoln conceived the idea of inventing a
mechanism that would lift a boat over shoals and obstructions when
on two different occasions the boat on which he traveled got hung
up on obstructions. The original documentation of this patent was
rediscovered in 1997. This device was composed of large bellows
attached to the sides of a boat that were expandable due to air
chambers. His successful patent application led to his drafting
and delivering two lectures on the subject of patents while he was
President. Lincoln was at times a patent attorney and was familiar
with the patent application process as well as patent lawsuit
proceedings. Among his notable patent law experiences was
litigation over the mechanical reaper; both he and his future
Secretary of War, Edwin Stanton, provided counsel for John Henry
Manny, the inventor of the Manny Reaper, one of various makes of
reaper used to harvest grain in the 19th century.
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Today's
EarthStation1.com #OnThisDayCommemorative Memorial Title: The
Night That Panicked America: War Of The Worlds DVD, Download, USB
Today, May 22, 2026May 22, 1927: #BOTD: #HBD! Michael
Constantine, Greek American actor, acclaimed for his television
work, especially as the long-suffering high school principal,
Seymour Kaufman, on ABC's comedy-drama, Room 222, for which he won
the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a
Comedy Series in 1970, a role for which he was again recognized by
the Emmy Awards the fallowing year as well as the Golden Globe
Awards, most widely recognized for his portrayal of Kostas "Gus"
Portokalos, the Windex bottle-toting Greek father of Toula
Portokalos (Nia Vardalos) in the film My Big Fat Greek Wedding
(2002) (d. August 31, 2021) is #born Gus Efstratiou in Reading,
Pennsylvania, the son of Andromache (nee Fotiadou) and Theocharis
Ioannides Efstratiou (a steel worker), both immigrants from
Greece. He changed his name to Michael Constantine, choosing
Constantine as his last name because he shared the same birthday
as Constantine The Great. After the conclusion of Room 222,
Constantine portrayed night court magistrate Matthew J. Sirota on
the 1976 sitcom Sirota's Court, receiving his second Golden Globe
nomination. Constantine reprised his role as Gus Portokalos in My
Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 (2016). Michael Constantine died at his
home in Reading, Pennsylvania at age 94 from natural causes. He is
buried at Charles Evans Cemetery in Reading, Pennsylvania. My Big
Fat Greek Wedding 3, which was released two years after his death,
was dedicated to his memory.
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Today's
EarthStation1.com #OnThisDayCommemorative Memorial Title: Rhythm
And Blues Revue (1955) DVD, MP4 Video Download, USB Flash Drive
Today, May 22, 2026May 22, 1923: #BOTD: #HBD! Faye Adams,
also known as Faye Scruggs and Fannie Jones, African American
gospel and rhythm and blues singer and songwriter who had several
chart hits in the early 1950s, continued to record until the late
1970s (d. November 2, 2016?) is #born Fanny Tuell in Essex County,
New Jersey (likely in or around Newark), the daughter of David
Tuell who was a gospel singer and a key figure in the Church of
God in Christ (COGIC), an international Holiness-Pentecostal
Christian denomination, the largest Pentecostal denomination in
the United States. Tuell started performing the age of five with
her sisters singing spirituals, regularly performing on Newark
radio shows. She entered an Apollo Theatre singing contest and won
first prize in 1939. In 1942 she married her first husband, Tommy
Scruggs, who became her business manager. Under her married name,
Faye Scruggs, she became a regular performer in New York
nightclubs in the late 1940s and early 1950s. While performing in
Atlanta, Georgia, she was discovered by the singer Ruth Brown, who
won her an audition with the bandleader Joe Morris of Atlantic
Records. Morris recruited her as a singer in 1952, and signed her
to Herald Records, under new management by her former vocal coach
Phil Moore. After he changed her name to Faye Adams, she released
her second recording and first release at Herald with Morris's
classic R & B song "Shake A Hand", which topped the
US Billboard R & B chart for ten weeks in 1953 and reached
number 22 on the US pop chart. It sold one million copies and was
awarded a gold disc. According to the Acoustic Music organization,
the "first clear evidence of soul music shows up with The "5"
Royales, an ex-gospel group that turned to R & B and in Faye
Adams, whose "Shake A Hand" becomes an R & B
standard". In 1954, Adams had two more R & B chart
toppers with "I'll Be True" (later covered by Bill Haley
in 1954 and by a young Jackie DeShannon in 1957) and "It
Hurts Me To My Heart". During this period, she left the
Morris band and was billed as "Atomic Adams". She
appeared in the 1955 film Rhythm & Blues Revue. In 1957 she
moved to Imperial Records, but her commercial success diminished.
By the late 1950s she was seen as an older recording artist whose
time had come and gone, although she continued to record for
various small labels until the early 1960s and 70s. DJ Alan Freed
called Adams the "little gal with the big voice" and she
toured in the Rhythm and Blues Show Tours, which also featured The
Drifters, The Counts and The Spaniels. She remarried in 1968, to
second husband Clarence J. Jones, and as Fannie Jones' returned to
her gospel roots and family life in New Jersey. In the 1970s, she
was credited as co-writer with her husband of several gospel and
secular songs, and released a single, "Sinner Man", on
Savoy Records in 1975. In February 1998, she received an award
from the Rhythm and Blues Foundation, and at the time was reported
to be living in England. According to music writer and rhythm and
blues historian Marv Goldberg, he located a single source, albeit
without a written obituary, stating that a "Fannie Jones"
(Tuell's married name), died aged 93, on November 2, 2016, but
this has not been confirmed as being the famous singer.
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Today's
EarthStation1.com #OnThisDayCommemorative Memorial Title: Meet
George Washington: The Man Behind Myth + Bonus MP4 Download DVD
Today, May 22, 2026May 22, 1802: #DOTD: #RIP: Martha
Washington, the wife of the first President Of The United States,
George Washington, the first First Lady Of The United States (b.
June 2, 1731) #dies of a fever at her home in Mount Vernon,
Virginia, aged of 70. Following her death, Washington's body was
interred in the original Washington family tomb vault at Mount
Vernon. In 1831, the surviving executors of George's estate
removed the bodies of the Washingtons from the old vault to a
similar structure within the present enclosure at Mount Vernon.
Martha Dandridge Custis Washington was born Martha Dandridge in
Chestnut Grove, Virginia, British America. Although the title
"First Lady" was not coined until after her death, she
served as the inaugural first lady of the United States, defining
the role of the president's wife and setting many precedents that
future first ladies would observe. During her tenure, she was
referred to as "Lady Washington". Washington is
consistently ranked in the upper half of first ladies by
historians. Martha Dandridge first married Daniel Parke Custis in
1750, and the couple had four children, two of whom survived to
adulthood. She was widowed in 1757 at the age of 26, inheriting a
large estate. She was remarried to George Washington in 1759,
moving to his plantation, Mount Vernon. Her youngest daughter died
of epilepsy in 1773, and the Washingtons were unable to conceive
any children of their own. Washington became a symbol of the
American Revolution after her husband was appointed
commander-in-chief of the Continental Army, and she took on a
matronly role while visiting encampments when fighting stalled
each winter. Her only surviving child, John, died from a camp
illness during the war. After the war ended in 1783, Washington
sought retirement at Mount Vernon, but she was returned to public
life when her husband became president of the United States in
1789. Washington took on the social role of the president's wife
reluctantly, becoming a national celebrity in the process. She
found this life unpleasant, feeling that she was restricted and
wishing for retirement. In addition to hosting weekly social
events, Washington understood that how she composed herself would
reflect on the nation, both domestically and abroad. As such, she
struck a careful balance between the dignity associated with a
head of state's wife and the humility associated with republican
government. The Washingtons returned to Mount Vernon in 1797, and
she spent her retirement years greeting admirers and advising her
successors. She was widowed for a second time in 1799, and she
died two and a half years later.
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