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Happy 1st Country In The World To Legalize Gay Marriage Day (2015)! Happy Tokyo Skytree Day (2012)! Happy Biological Diversity Day (UN-sanctioned)! Happy Ethernet Day (1973)! Happy 1st Genetically-Modified Cellular Transfer Day (1989)! Happy 1st American Library Built Day (1803)! Happy Great Society Day (1964)! Happy 2 New Moons of Saturn Discovered Day (1995)! Happy Anti-King Day (1246)! Happy Mastodons & Humans Living Together Day (1979)! Happy Fahrenheit 9/11 Day (2004)! Happy “Go Fuck Yourself Bobby Frank Cherry” Day (2002)! [May 22 Historical Events]

May 22 is the 142nd day of the year (143rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 223 days remaining until the end of the year.

May 22, 2015. The Republic of Ireland becomes the first nation in the world to legalize gay marriage in a public referendum, 62 to 38%. The President signed it into law later on that day. The government of Ireland held referendums on 22 May 2015 on two proposed amendments to the Constitution of Ireland. The amendments, which were among those recommended by the Constitutional Convention, would reduce the age of candidacy for the President of Ireland from 35 to 21, and permit Same-sex marriage in the Republic of Ireland.

n 1989, the first successful transfer of cells containing foreign genes into a human being is performed at the National Institutes of Health (altered cancer-fighting cells placed in the blood of a cancer-patient).

1803 1st US public library opens in Connecticut.

n 1995, astronomers Amanda S. Bosh and Andrew S. Rivkin found two new moons of Saturn in photos taken by the Hubble Space Telescope. Saturn has a total of 62 moons.

1964 LBJ presents "Great Society"; 1964 – Lyndon B. Johnson launches the Great Society. Medicare, Medicaid, the Older Americans Act and federal education funding, continue to the present. The Great Society's programs expanded under the administrations of Republican Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford.

Ethernet Invented. n 1973, Robert Metcalfe wrote a memo describing a way to transmit data from the early generation of personal computers to a new device, the laser printer. He called his multipoint data communications system Ethernet, and today it continues to dominate as the standard computer network. A U.S. patent for "a Multipoint data communication system with collision detection" was issued 13 Dec 1977 ( 4,063,220) to Metcalfe, and others who developed the Ethernet. The patent was assigned to the Xerox Corporation.

May 22, 2012 – Tokyo Skytree opens to the public. It is the tallest tower in the world (634 m), and the second tallest man-made structure on Earth after Burj Khalifa (829.8 m).

International Day for Biological Diversity (International); United Nations sanctioned day;  the topic of biodiversity concerns stakeholders in sustainable agriculture; desertification, land degradation and drought; water and sanitation; health and sustainable development; energy; science, technology and innovation, knowledge-sharing and capacity-building; urban resilience and adaptation; sustainable transport; climate change and disaster risk reduction; oceans and seas; forests; vulnerable groups including indigenous peoples; and food security. The critical role of biodiversity in sustainable development was recognized in a Rio+20 outcome document, "The World We Want: A Future for All".

2004 57th Cannes Film Festival: "Fahrenheit 9/11", directed by Michael Moore wins the Palme d'Or. First documentary to win.

Mastodon & Humans lived together. n 1979, the discovery of a Clovis type projectile point found in association with mastodon remains provided the first solid evidence of the coexistence of humans and the American mastodon in Eastern North America. Paleontologist Russell W. Graham of the Illinois State Museum made the discovery during a state sponsored excavation in the Kimmswick Bone Bed, near Imperial, Missouri. The first recorded report of bones of mastodons and other now-extinct animals in the vicinity of the town of Kimmswick, Missouri, was in the early 1800s. St. Louis Museum owner, Albert C. Koch, in 1839 excavated bones weathering out of the banks along Rock Creek. The site is now the Mastodon State Historic Site and excavations have been halted.

2002. Civil rights movement: A jury in Birmingham, Alabama, convicts former Ku Klux Klan member Bobby Frank Cherry of the 1963 murder of four girls in the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing.

1246 – Henry Raspe is elected anti-king of the Kingdom of Germany in opposition to Conrad IV. An anti-king, anti king or antiking (German: Gegenkönig, French: antiroi, Czech: protikrál) is a would-be king who, due to succession disputes or simple political opposition, declares himself king in opposition to a reigning monarch. The term is usually used in a European historical context where it relates to elective monarchies rather than hereditary ones. In hereditary monarchies such figures are more frequently referred to as pretenders or claimants. After the papal ban on Frederick imposed by Pope Innocent IV in 1245, Raspe changed sides, and on 22 May 1246 he was elected anti-king in opposition to Conrad. The strong papal prodding that led to his election earned Raspe the derogatory moniker of "Pfaffenkönig" (priests' king). Henry defeated Conrad in the Battle of Nidda in southern Hesse in August 1246, and laid siege to Ulm and Reutlingen. Having suffered a mortal wound, he died February 1247 in Wartburg Castle near Eisenach in Thuringia.

1973 President Nixon confesses his role in Watergate cover-up. "On this day, May 22, in 1973, after a long series of denials of involvement, president Richard Nixon issued a 4,200-word public statement on the Watergate imbroglio, giving answer to the questions of “what did the president know” and “when did he know it.” Nixon admitted his failure in supervision and in checking the illegal acts, saying “With hindsight, it is apparent that I should have given more heed to the warning signals I received along the way about a Watergate coverup.” But he remained defiant on his own role on the coverup, stating categorically he had no role in the break-ins or their subsequent cover-up."

Abolition Day (Martinique); 1848 – Slavery is abolished in Martinique.
Harvey Milk Day (California); Harvey Bernard Milk (May 22, 1930); May 22 in memory of Harvey Milk, a gay rights activist assassinated in 1978. Harvey Milk was a prominent gay activist during the twentieth century. He ran for office three times before becoming the first openly gay person elected into California public office, where he acted as a city supervisor. Harvey Milk Day came about as a day to remember and teach about Milk's life and his work to stop the discrimination against gays and lesbians.
1906 Wright Brothers are granted a patent for their "flying machine," having applied for one 3 years earlier (patent no. 821,393)
United States National Maritime Day; Maritime transport is the transport of people (passengers) or goods (cargo) by water. Freight transport has been achieved widely by sea throughout recorded history.[1] Although the importance of sea travel for passengers has decreased due to aviation, it is effective for short trips and pleasure cruises. Transport by water is cheaper than transport by air,[2] despite fluctuating exchange rates and a fee placed on top of freighting charges for carrier companies known as the Currency Adjustment Factor (CAF).
n 1961, the Top Of The Needle restauraunt in the Space Needle in Seattle, Wash., was dedicated. It was the first revolving restaurant in the U.S., 500 feet above the ground. A 14-foot ring next to the windows carrying 260 seats rotated 360 degrees in one hour on a track and wheel system driven by a 1 horsepower motor. Dinners averaged $7.50, including a cocktail. The Space Needle itself is a 600 foot high steel and glass tower with an observation deck above the restaurant, topped by a beacon. A ride up the elevator cost only one dollar.
1863 General Ulysses S. Grant begins siege on Vicksburg
1868 Train robbery at Marshfield, Indiana by the Reno Brothers Gang, who make off with $98,000
1888 Leroy Buffington patents a system to build skyscrapers
1994. Embargo on Haiti begins.
1809 – On the second and last day of the Battle of Aspern-Essling (near Vienna, Austria), Napoleon I is repelled by an enemy army for the first time.
1863 – American Civil War: Union forces begin the Siege of Port Hudson which lasts 48 days, the longest siege in U.S. military history.
1942 – Mexico enters World War II, joining the Allies.
May 22: Third day of uprising in Paris. The Convention orders the army to occupy the faubourg Saint-Antoine.
1892 Dr Washington Sheffield invents the toothpaste tube
1897 The Blackwall Tunnel, London, under the River Thames is officially opened
In 1849, Abraham Lincoln was issued a patent for "buoying boats over shoals" (No. 6,469). He was the first American president to receive a patent. His idea utilized inflated cylinders to float grounded vessels through shallow water. Lincoln had worked as a deck-hand on a Mississippi flat-boat. a device to lift a boat over shoals and obstructions.
1843 1st wagon train with 700 - 1000 migrants, departs Independence, Missouri for Oregon
2014 Royal Thai Armed Forces, led by General Prayut Chan-o-cha stage a coup in Thailand, suspending the kingdom's constitution and taking control of the government, the 12th since the country's first coup in 1932
1176 Murder attempt by "Assassins" on Saladin near Aleppo; everybody knows where Aleppo is!
1799 Napoleon makes statement in support of re-establishing Jerusalem for Jews
1941 British troops attack Baghdad
1942 Mexico declares war on Nazi-Germany & Japan
1942 The Steel Workers Organizing Committee disbands, and a new trade union, the United Steelworkers, is formed
1967 Egyptian president Nassar closes Straits of Tiran to Israel
1986 Cher calls David Letterman an asshole on Late Night on NBC
1993 Riddick Bowe TKOs Jesse Ferguson in 2 for heavyweight boxing title
2005 58th Cannes Film Festival: "The Child" directed by Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne wins the Palme d'Or
2011 19th Billboard Music Awards: Eminem, Recovery win
2011 64th Cannes Film Festival: "The Tree of Life" directed by Terrence Malick wins the Palme d'Or
2016 69th Cannes Film Festival: "I, Daniel Blake," directed by Ken Loach wins the Palme d'Or
May 22, 337. Constantine dies. Constantine put to death Sopatros, aka Sopater of Apamea, because Constantine had killed his own son Crispus and wanted purification, but Sopatros refused to “purify” Constantine. Constantine killed his own son, Crispus, and he killed his wife Fausta. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crispus#Execution https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fausta
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constantine_the_Great https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sopater_of_Apamea

May 22, 1994. A worldwide trade embargo against Haiti goes into effect to punish its military rulers for not reinstating the country's ousted elected leader, Jean-Bertrand Aristide. President, the Rev. Jean-Bertrand Aristide, was ousted in a military coup in September 1991 and economic sanctions were imposed on the country. The infant mortality rate hovers at about 111 per 1,000 births.n an effort to isolate the country to force recalcitrant military officers to cede power and allow Father Aristide, the country's first democratically elected President, to return, the trade sanctions against Haiti have been tightened to the point of almost a total embargo.Direct commercial flights to the United States have been suspended, visas to enter the United States have been revoked, and the foreign assets of Haitians living in Haiti have been frozen. Although the sanctions exempt food and medicine and are not aimed at the poor, there is no way protect them from some of the effects of the embargo. Haiti, which has one of the lowest living standards in the world, has been subject to a mandatory oil embargo since last fall, enforced by an international flotilla of warships, and a voluntary trade embargo by the United States and other Western Hemisphere countries. As a result, electricity has been scarce, unemployment is at 70 percent and it is estimated that most of the country's factories and stores have been shut. These conditions are expected to worsen under the newly enacted United Nations embargo, since Haiti would not be able to send its low-cost clothing, shoes or other goods for export anywhere. Operation Uphold Democracy (19 September 1994 – 31 March 1995) was a military intervention designed to remove the military regime installed by the 1991 Haitian coup d'état that overthrew the elected President Jean-Bertrand Aristide. The operation was effectively authorized by the 31 July 1994 United Nations Security Council Resolution 940. To remove all uncertainty from the general's mind, he was reminded by the delegation that the 82nd Airborne Division had also spearheaded overwhelmingly decisive victories during Operation Urgent Fury in Grenada and Operation Just Cause in Panama in the recent past. Within minutes, General Cédras capitulated under the most favorable terms available to him at that time. The 1st Brigade of the 10th Mountain Division deployed to Haiti aboard the U.S.S Eisenhower. The operation was directed by Commander, Joint Task Force 120 (JTF-120), provided by Commander, Carrier Group Two. As these forces prepared to invade, with the lead elements of the 82nd Airborne Division already in the air, a diplomatic element led by former President Jimmy Carter, U.S. Senator Sam Nunn and retired Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Colin Powell persuaded the leaders of Haiti to step down and allow the elected officials to return to power. The main leader holding power was General Joseph Raoul Cédras and was the key focus of the delegation. General Powell's personal relationship with Cédras, from when Cédras was a student in the School of the Americas as a young officer, played a significant role in the American delegation gaining an audience with the dictator and enabling the conduct of negotiations for approximately two weeks. The new sanctions place a trade ban on all but food, humanitarian supplies and medicine. The ban stiffens a fuel and arms embargo that went into effect in October after military rulers reneged on an agreement to step down. President Clinton, meanwhile, signed an executive order to carry out the U.S. role in the embargo. The fuel embargo, for example, is being circumvented through imports from the Dominican Republic, which shares the island of Hispaniola with Haiti. Smuggled fuel supplies have enabled the military rulers to keep up their own operations -- including drug trafficking, United States drug enforcement officials say. today's 15-to-0 decision by the Security Council gives Haiti's rulers until midnight on May 21 to comply with a peace agreement negotiated last summer at Governors Island in New York, under which the military agreed to hand over power to Father Aristide or face a general trade cutoff. The resolution also immediately bars all private aircraft, though not scheduled airlines, from flying to or from Haiti, in a move aimed at depriving Haiti's rulers of the millions of dollars they are believed to be making from aerial drug smuggling. "This is a step that we did not want to have to take and a step we should never have had even to consider," the American representative at the United Nations, Madeleine K. Albright, said today. n 1991, anarchy ensued once again when the Haitian military, led by Commander-in-chief Raoul Cedras, overthrew Jean-Baptiste Aristide, a controversial yet nevertheless democratically elected President of the nation; n October 1993, the Clinton administration dispatched the USS Harlan County to prepare for the return of Aristide, but it was met at the pier in Port-au-Prince by a mob of Haitians, appearing to threaten violence. With the street battle in Mogadishu only a week past, the administration proved unwilling to risk casualties in Port-au-Prince. The ship pulled away.Four days later, the United Nations Security Council imposed a naval blockade on Haiti. Over the next several months the administration prepared for a full-scale invasion while pressuring the coup leaders to step down. After intense diplomatic maneuvering, in July 1994 Washington was able to secure United Nations Security Council Resolution 940 authorizing the removal of the Haitian military regime, the first resolution authorizing the use of force to restore democracy for a member nation. As the U.S. prepared for the invasion, scheduled for September 19, the Haitian leadership capitulated in time to avoid bloodshed. Aristide returned to Haiti on October 15.
1807 – A grand jury indicts former Vice President of the United States Aaron Burr on a charge of treason.

1849 – Future U.S. President Abraham Lincoln is issued a patent for an invention to lift boats, making him the only U.S. President to ever hold a patent.
1941 – During the Anglo-Iraqi War, British troops take Fallujah.
Republic Day (Sri Lanka)
Translation of the Relics of Saint Nicholas from Myra to Bari (Ukraine)
Unity Day (Yemen), celebrates the unification of North and South Yemen into the Republic of Yemen in 1990.
World Goth Day
192 – Dong Zhuo is assassinated by his adopted son Lü Bu.
1254 – Serbian King Stefan Uroš I and the Republic of Venice sign a peace treaty.
1370 – Brussels massacre: Several Jews are murdered and the rest of the Jewish community is banished from Brussels.
1968 – The nuclear-powered submarine USS Scorpion sinks with 99 men aboard, 400 miles southwest of the Azores.
1969 – Apollo 10's lunar module flies within 8.4 nautical miles (16 km) of the moon's surface.
1972 – Ceylon adopts a new constitution, becoming a republic and changing its name to Sri Lanka, and joins the Commonwealth of Nations.
1804 – The Lewis and Clark Expedition officially begins as the Corps of Discovery departs from St. Charles, Missouri.
1856 – Congressman Preston Brooks of South Carolina severely beats Senator Charles Sumner of Massachusetts with a cane in the hall of the United States Senate for a speech Sumner had made regarding Southerners and slavery.
1926 – Chiang Kai-shek replaces the communists in Kuomintang China.
1927 – Near Xining, China, an 8.3 earthquake causes 200,000 deaths in one of the world's most destructive earthquakes.
1939 – World War II: Germany and Italy sign the Pact of Steel.
1943 – Joseph Stalin disbands the Comintern.
1947 – Cold War: The Truman Doctrine goes into effect, aiding Turkey & Greece.

"The Great Society rests on abundance and liberty for all. It demands an end to poverty and racial injustice, to which we are totally committed in our time. But that is just the beginning.

The Great Society is a place where every child can find knowledge to enrich his mind and to enlarge his talents. It is a place where leisure is a welcome chance to build and reflect, not a feared cause of boredom and restlessness. It is a place where the city of man serves not only the needs of the body and the demands of commerce but the desire for beauty and the hunger for community.

It is a place where man can renew contact with nature. It is a place which honors creation for its own sake and for what it adds to the understanding of the race. It is a place where men are more concerned with the quality of their goals than the quantity of their goods.

But most of all, the Great Society is not a safe harbor, a resting place, a final objective, a finished work. It is a challenge constantly renewed, beckoning us toward a destiny where the meaning of our lives matches the marvelous products of our labor.

So I want to talk to you today about three places where we begin to build the Great Society--in our cities, in our countryside, and in our classrooms."

On this day, May 22, in 1973, after a long series of denials of involvement, president Richard Nixon issued a 4,200-word public statement on the Watergate imbroglio, giving answer to the questions of “what did the president know” and “when did he know it.”

Nixon admitted his failure in supervision and in checking the illegal acts, saying “With hindsight, it is apparent that I should have given more heed to the warning signals I received along the way about a Watergate coverup.” But he remained defiant on his own role on the coverup, stating categorically he had no role in the break-ins or their subsequent cover-up.

After the papal ban on Frederick imposed by Pope Innocent IV in 1245, Raspe changed sides, and on 22 May 1246 he was elected anti-king in opposition to Conrad. The strong papal prodding that led to his election earned Raspe the derogatory moniker of "Pfaffenkönig" (priests' king). Henry defeated Conrad in the Battle of Nidda in southern Hesse in August 1246, and laid siege to Ulm and Reutlingen. Having suffered a mortal wound, he died February 1247 in Wartburg Castle near Eisenach in Thuringia.