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