History for May 22

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Wilhelm Richard Wagner 1813 - Composer, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 1859 - Author of Sherlock Holmes detective novels, Vance Packard 1914 - Journalist, social critic, author


T. Boone Pickens 1928 - Oil tycoon, Peter Nero (Bernard Nierow) 1934 - Pianist, conductor, Richard Benjamin 1938 - Actor, director


1819 - The steamship Savannah became the first to cross the Atlantic Ocean.


1849 - Abraham Lincoln received a patent for the floating dry dock.


1939 - Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini signed a military alliance between Germany and Italy known as the "Pact of Steel."


1947 - The Truman Doctrine was enacted by the U.S. Congress to appropriate military and economic aid Turkey and Greece.


1967 - "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood" premiered on PBS.


1977 - Janet Guthrie set the fastest time of the second weekend of qualifying, becoming the first woman to earn a starting spot in the Indianapolis 500 since its inception in 1911.


1990 - Microsoft released Windows 3.0.


1992 - Johnny Carson hosted NBC's "Tonight Show" for the last time. He had been host for 30 years.