WEDNESDAY, MAY 22, 2013

Today is Wednesday, May 22, the 142nd day of 2013. There are 223 days left in the year.

1570 ― First atlas, with 70 maps, published

1803 ― First public library opens (Connecticut)

1884 ― One-armed pitcher Hugh Daily fanned 13 hitters

1900 ― Associated Press organizes in NYC as non-profit news cooperative

1906 ― Wright Brothers patent an airplane

1939 ― Hitler and Mussolini sign “Pact of Steel”

1943 ― Stalin disbands Komintern

1972 ― Ceylon becomes Republic of Sri Lanka as its constitution is ratified

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

1990 ― North and South Yemen merge to form Republic of Yemen