TODAY in History --- May 22

WELL i know where i was on this day probably for the last 35 yrs!
Sad really huh!

But i have to say that nothing exciting happened on this day! I did manage to find these few things that took place!

1455
The first battle in the 30-year War of Roses took place at St. Albans.

1570
The first atlas, with 70 maps, published

1761
The first life insurance policy in the United States was issued in Philadelphia.

1807
Former Vice President Aaron Burr is tried for treason in Richmond VA (acquitted)
and Townsend Speakman first sells fruit-flavored carbonated drinks (Philadelphia)

1849
Abraham Lincoln received patent number 6469 for his floating dry dock.

1906
10th anniversary of Olympics, celebration held in Athens, Greece
AND Wright Brothers patent an aeroplane

1927
An earthquake near Xining, China, measuring 8.3 claimed approximately 200,000 victims.

1933
John Mackay makes the first reported sighting of the Loch Ness Monster

1947
Harry S. Truman's Doctrine brought aid to Greece and Turkey to combat the spread of Communism.

1956
"Bob Hope Show" last airs on NBC-TV

1967
"Mister Rogers' Neighborhood" debuts on NET (now PBS)

1972
Richard Nixon arrived in Moscow, becoming the first U.S. president to visit the Soviet Union.

1972
Ceylon became Sri Lanka.

1973
U S President Richard Nixon confesses his role in the Watergate cover-up

1990
North Yemen and South Yemen merged to form the Republic of Yemen.
and Microsoft releases Windows 3.0

1992
Johnny Carson hosted the last episode of his Tonight Show.

1995
Laverne & Shirley 20th anniversary reunionn special, televised

2003
The UN Security Council approved a resolution lifting the economic sanctions against Iraq and supporting the U.S.-led administration in Iraq.