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2012-05-21 17:20

TUESDAY, MAY 22, 2012

Today is Tuesday, May 22, the 143rd day of 2012. There are 223 days left in the year.

12 B.C. ― A daytime meteor shower, possibly Zeta Perseid, observed in China

1570 ― First atlas, with 70 maps, published

1761 ― First life insurance policy in U.S., issued in Philadelphia

1807 ― Townsend Speakman first sells fruit-flavored carbonated drinks (Philadelphia)

1884 ― One-armed pitcher Hugh Daily fanned 13 hitters

1906 ― Wright Brothers patent an aeroplane

1939 ― Hitler and Mussolini sign ``Pact of Steel"

1964 ― LBJ presents ``Great Society"

1973 ― President Nixon confesses his role in Watergate cover-up

1990 ― North and South Yemen merge to form Republic of Yemen
  • 1. Ghost camera captures underage sex
  • 2. Army deploys Surion copters
  • 3. West Point staff member accused of spying on female cadets
  • 4. NK envoy's meeting with Xi Jinping becomes center of attention
  • 5. NK special envoy in Beijing
  • 6. Man in love with military career
  • 7. Female body found in singer's car; suicide suspected
  • 8. 6-year-old girl crushed to death by suicidal man
  • 9. Two men cleared of spy charges decades after guilty verdict
  • 10. Fancy a burn-up? £200,000 supercar goes up in flames
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