THURSDAY, May 22, 2025

334 BC-The Macedonian army of Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of the Granicus

1570-First atlas 'Theatrum Orbis Terrarum' (Theatre of the World), published by Abraham Ortelius in Antwerp with 70 maps

1843-First wagon train departs Independence, Missouri for Oregon with 700-1,000 migrants

1926-Chiang Kai-shek replaces communists in Guomindang China

1939-Germany's Adolf Hitler and Italy's Benito Mussolini sign the "Pact of Steel" formalizing the 1936 alliance known as the Rome-Berlin Axis

1991-Roh Jai-bong resigns as premier of South Korea

2014-Royal Thai Armed Forces, led by General Prayut Chan-o-cha stage a coup in Thailand, suspending the kingdom's constitution and taking control of the government, the 12th since the country's first coup in 1932