05-22-2005, 05:29 AM
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Location: Maryland
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May 22nd
1176 ~ Assassination attempt by the Hashshashin (Assassins) on Saladin near Aleppo.
1455 ~ At the First Battle of St Albans, which opened England’s Wars of the Roses, Richard, Duke of York, defeated and captured King Henry VI.
1813 ~ Birthday of Richard Wagner, Composer.
1840 ~ The transporting of British convicts to the New South Wales colony was abolished.
1859 ~ Birthday of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Physician and Writer.
1885 ~ Death of Victor Hugo, French author.
1907 ~ Birthday of Sir Laurence Olivier, Actor, Director.
1907 ~ Birthday of Hergé, comic book creator.
1972 ~ Ceylon adopts a new constitution, changed its name to Sri Lanka, and joined the British Commonwealth.
1998 ~ A federal judge ruled that U.S. Secret Service agents can be compelled to testify before a grand jury concerning the Lewinsky scandal, involving President Bill Clinton.
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