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| May 22nd, 2008 (May 22 2008) | Event | An attempted Islamic terrorist attack in Exeter leads to an explosion and the injury of the perpetrator. | |
| May 22nd, 2008 (May 22 2008) | Death | Robert Asprin, American author (born in 1946) | |
| May 22nd, 1998 (May 22 1998) | Event | Lewinsky scandal: a federal judge rules that United States Secret Service agents can be compelled to testify before a grand jury concerning the scandal, involving President Bill Clinton. | Bill Clinton Quotes |
| May 22nd, 1998 (May 22 1998) | Death | Jose Enrique Moyal, mathematical physicist (born in 1910) | |
| May 22nd, 1988 (May 22 1988) | Death | Giorgio Almirante, Italian politician (born in 1914) | |
| May 22nd, 1978 (May 22 1978) | Birth | Ginnifer Goodwin, American actress | |
| May 22nd, 1978 (May 22 1978) | Birth | Katie Price, British model | |
| May 22nd, 1968 (May 22 1968) | Event | The nuclear-powered submarine the USS Scorpion sinks with 99 men aboard 400 miles southwest of the Azores. | |
| May 22nd, 1968 (May 22 1968) | Birth | Kevin Carolan, American actor and comedian | |
| May 22nd, 1948 (May 22 1948) | Birth | Richard Baker, American politician | |
| May 22nd, 1938 (May 22 1938) | Birth | Richard Benjamin, American actor | |
| May 22nd, 1938 (May 22 1938) | Birth | Susan Strasberg, American actress (died in 1999) | |
| May 22nd, 1928 (May 22 1928) | Birth | T. Boone Pickens, Jr., American businessman, chair of hedge fund BP Capital Management | |
| May 22nd, 1908 (May 22 1908) | Birth | Rattana Pestonji, Thai filmmaker (died in 1970) | |
| May 22nd, 1908 (May 22 1908) | Birth | Horton Smith. American golfer (died in 1963) | |
| May 22nd, 1868 (May 22 1868) | Death | Julius Plucker, German mathematician and physicist (born in 1801) | |
| May 22nd, 1848 (May 22 1848) | Event | Slavery is abolished in Martinique. | |
| May 22nd, 1808 (May 22 1808) | Birth | Gerard de Nerval, French writer (died in 1855) | |
| May 22nd, 1538 (May 22 1538) | Death | John Forrest, English Franciscan friar (martyred) (born in 1471) | |
| May 22nd, 1068 (May 22 1068) | Death | Emperor Go-Reizei of Japan (born in 1025) | |
| May 22nd, 0748 (May 22 0748) | Death | Empress Gensho of Japan (born in 680) | |
