domingo, 22 de mayo de 2011

On This Day: May 22

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On May 22, 1947, the Truman Doctrine was enacted as Congress appropriated military and economic aid for Greece and Turkey.
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On May 22, 1859, Arthur Conan Doyle, the British writer best known for his creation of the detective Sherlock Holmes, was born. Following his death on July 7, 1930, his obituary appeared in The Times.

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On This Date

1813	Composer Richard Wagner was born in Leipzig, Germany.
1859	Sherlock Holmes author Sir Arthur Canon Doyle was born in Edinburgh, Scotland.
1861	In what is generally regarded as the first Union combat fatality of the Civil War, Pvt. Thornsbury Bailey Brown was shot and killed by a Confederate soldier at Fetterman Bridge in present-day West Virginia.
1868	The Great Train Robbery took place near Marshfield, Ind., as seven members of the Reno gang made off with $96,000 in cash, gold and bonds.
1907	Actor Laurence Olivier was born in Dorking, Surrey, England.
1947	The Truman Doctrine was enacted as Congress appropriated military and economic aid for Greece and Turkey.
1960	A magnitude 9.5 earthquake, the strongest on record, struck southern Chile. Approximately 1,655 people were killed and 3,000 injured.
1990	North Yemen and South Yemen merged to form the Republic of Yemen.
1992	Johnny Carson hosted NBC's "Tonight Show" for the last time after nearly 30 years in the job.
1998	Voters in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland cast ballots giving resounding approval to a Northern Ireland peace accord.
2002	A jury in Birmingham, Ala., convicted former Ku Klux Klansman Bobby Frank Cherry of murder in a 1963 church bombing that killed four black girls.
2002	The remains of Chandra Levy, a federal intern who had beem more than a year, were found in a Washington, D.C., park. (An illegal immigrant from El Salvador was convicted in 2010 and sentenced to 60 years in prison.)

Current Birthdays

Actress Ginnifer Goodwin ("Big Love") turns today.

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Speed skater Apolo Anton Ohno turns today.

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1922	Judith Crist, Film critic, turns 89
1928	T. Boone Pickens, Oil tycoon, turns 83
1938	Richard Benjamin, Actor, director, turns 73
1940	Bernard Shaw, Broadcast journalist, turns 71
1950	Bernie Taupin, Songwriter, turns 61
1957	Lisa Murkowski, U.S. senator, R-Alaska, turns 54
1959	Morrissey, Rock singer, turns 52
1961	Ann Cusack, Actress, turns 50
1970	Naomi Campbell, Model, turns 41
1972	Anna Belknap, Actress ("CSI: NY"), turns 39
1972	Alison Eastwood, Actress, director, turns 39
1979	Maggie Q, Actress, turns 32

Historic Birthdays

Arthur Conan Doyle5/22/1859 - 7/7/1930English writer.Go to obituary »

76	Louis de Buade Frontenac 5/22/1622 - 11/28/1698 French courtier and governor of New France (1672-82, 1689-98)
77	Francois-Joachim Bernis 5/22/1717 - 11/3/1794 French statesman and cardinal
69	Richard Wagner 5/22/1813 - 2/13/1883 German composer
42	Albrecht von Grafe 5/22/1828 - 7/20/1870 German surgeon and pioneering ophthalmologist
67	Catulle Mendes 5/22/1841 - 2/9/1909 French poet, playwright and novelist
82	Mary Cassatt 5/22/1844 - 6/14/1926 American Impressionist painter and printmaker
39	Giacomo Matteotti 5/22/1885 - 6/10/1924 Italian Socialist leader assassinated by the Fascists in 1924
67	Johannes Becher 5/22/1891 - 10/11/1958 German poet, critic, editor and government official
82	Laurence Olivier 5/22/1907 - 7/11/1989 English stage and film actor, director and producer