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| May 22nd, 2006 (May 22 2006) | Event | Results from the Montenegrin independence referendum, 2006 are announcedied in 55.4% of voters vote to become independent from the Serbia and Montenegro Union. | |
| May 22nd, 2006 (May 22 2006) | Death | Lee Jong-wook, Korean Director-General of the World Health Organisation (born in 1945) | |
| May 22nd, 2006 (May 22 2006) | Death | Heather Crowe, Canadian activist (born in 1945) | |
| May 22nd, 1966 (May 22 1966) | Birth | Kenny Hickey, American guitarist (Type O Negative) | |
| May 22nd, 1966 (May 22 1966) | Birth | Jose Mesa, Dominican baseball player | |
| May 22nd, 1966 (May 22 1966) | Death | Tom Goddard, English cricketer (born in 1900) | |
| May 22nd, 1956 (May 22 1956) | Birth | Al Corley, American actor and producer | |
| May 22nd, 1956 (May 22 1956) | Birth | Natasha Shneider, Russian-born musician | |
| May 22nd, 1946 (May 22 1946) | Birth | Howard Kendall, English footballer and football manager | |
| May 22nd, 1946 (May 22 1946) | Birth | George Best, Northern Irish footballer (died in 2005) | George Best Quotes |
| May 22nd, 1936 (May 22 1936) | Event | Aer Lingus (Aer Loingeas) is founded by the Irish government as the national airline of the Republic of Ireland. | |
| May 22nd, 1936 (May 22 1936) | Birth | M. Scott Peck, American psychiatrist and writer (died in 2005) | |
| May 22nd, 1906 (May 22 1906) | Event | The 1906 Summer Olympics, not now recognized as part of the official Olympic Games, open in Athens. | |
| May 22nd, 1906 (May 22 1906) | Event | The Wright brothers are granted U.S. patent number 821,393 for their "Flying-Machine". | |
| May 22nd, 1856 (May 22 1856) | Event | Congressman Preston Brooks of South Carolina beats Senator Charles Sumner with a cane in the hall of the United States Senate for a speech Sumner had made attacking Southerners who sympathized with the pro-slavery violence in Kansas ("Bleeding Kansas"). | |
| May 22nd, 1826 (May 22 1826) | Event | The HMS Beagle departs on its first voyage. | |
| May 22nd, 1746 (May 22 1746) | Death | Thomas Southerne, Irish dramatist (born in 1660) | Thomas Southerne Quotes |
| May 22nd, 1666 (May 22 1666) | Death | Gaspar Schott, German scientist (born in 1608) | |
| May 22nd, 1176 (May 22 1176) | Event | Murder attempt by the Hashshashin (Assassins) on Saladin near Aleppo. | |
