This Day in History for May 22nd;
0012 -BC- A daytime meteor shower, possibly Zeta Perseid observed in China.
1570 -- 1st atlas, with 70 maps, published.
1761 -- 1st life insurance policy in US, issued in Philadelphia.
1803 -- 1st public library opens (Connecticut)
1807 -- Townsend Speakman 1st sells fruit-flavored carbonated drinks (Philadelphia)
1841 -- Henry Kennedy received a patent for the first reclining chair.
1843 -- 1st wagon train, 1000+ departs Independence MO for Oregon.
1849 -- Abraham Lincoln patents a buoying device.
1868 -- Great Train Robbery; 7 men (Reno Brothers) make off with $98,000 in cash.
1888 -- Leroy Buffington patents a system to build skyscrapers.
1892 -- Dr Washington Sheffield, a British dentist, invents toothpaste tube.
1900 -- Associated Press organizes in NYC as non-profit news cooperative.
1900 -- Edwin S Votey patents pneumatic piano player.
1906 -- Wright Brothers patent an aeroplane.
1915 -- Local train collides with troop train killing 226 (Gretna Scotland)
1927 -- 8.3 earthquake strikes Nan-Shan China, 200,000 killed.
1931 -- Canned rattlesnake meat 1st goes on sale in Florida.
1933 -- Loch Ness Monster is 1st reportedly sighted by John Mackay.
1941 -- British troops attack Baghdad.
1943 -- 1st jet fighter is tested.
1956 -- "Bob Hope Show" last airs on NBC-TV.
1959 -- Benjamin O Davis Jr becomes 1st black general-major in USAF.
1961 -- 1st revolving restaurant (Top Of The Space Needle in Seattle), opens.
1970 -- Arab terrorists kill 9 children & 3 adults on a school bus.
1973 -- President Nixon confesses his role in Watergate cover-up.
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
2002 -- Chandra Levy's remains were found in Washington, DC's Rock Creek Park. She was last seen on April 30, 2001. California Congressman Gary Condit was questioned in the case due to his relationship with Levy.
I hope everyone enjoys this day in history!
MsPriss *PrissieHuggzz*
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