May 22

Today in History
• 0334 BC - The Macedonian army of Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia
• 1370 - Jews are expelled/massacred from Brussels Belgium
• 1455 - Richard of York takes St. Albans, kidnapping King Henry VI
• 1455 - Open battle in England's 30-year War of the Roses (St. Albans)
• 1570 - 1st atlas, with 70 maps, published
• 1761 - 1st life insurance policy in U.S., issued in Philadelphia
• 1803 - 1st public library opens (Connecticut)
• 1819 - 1st steam propelled vessel to cross Atlantic (Savannah leaves Ga)


Holidays - Traditional and Obscure
• Bitcoin Pizza Day
• Canadian Immigrants Day
• National Craft Distillery Day
• National Solitaire Day
• Sherlock Holmes Day
• Slavery Abolition Day (Martinique)
• Victoria Day
• World Goth Day

Birthdays
• 1622 - Louis de Buade de Frontenac, French soldier and Governor General of New France
• 1671 - Abraham Patras, governor-general of East-Indies, 1735-37
• 1715 - François-Joachim de Pierre de Bernis, French cardinal and statesman
• 1770 - Princess Elizabeth of the United Kingdom
• 1828 - Bartel Wilton, Dutch ship builder, born in Rotterdam
• 1828 - Albrecht Grafe, pioneer eye surgeon; founded modern ophthalmology
• 1859 - Arthur Conan Doyle, UK, author brought Sherlock Holmes to life twice
• 1874 - Daniel F Malan, premier of South Africa, 1948-54