Tuesday, May 22, 2018

History for May 22

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History for May 22 - On-This-Day.com:
Wilhelm Richard Wagner 1813 - Composer, Mary Cassatt 1844 - Painter, printmaker, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 1859 - Author of Sherlock Holmes detective novels
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 Vance Packard 1914 - Journalist, social critic, author, T. Boone Pickens 1928 - Oil tycoon, Peter Nero (Bernard Nierow) 1934 - Pianist, conductor
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 1819 - The steamship Savannah became the first to cross the Atlantic Ocean.
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 1872 - The Amnesty Act restored civil rights to Southerners.
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 1939 - Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini signed a military alliance between Germany and Italy known as the "Pact of Steel."
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 1947 - The Truman Doctrine was enacted by the U.S. Congress to appropriate military and economic aid Turkey and Greece.
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 1967 - "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood" premiered on PBS.
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 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.
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1990 - Microsoft released Windows 3.0.
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 1992 - Johnny Carson hosted NBC's "Tonight Show" for the last time. He had been host for 30 years.
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