On This Day: May 22, 2013
Birthdays:| 1813 | Richard Wagner, German operatic composer | | 1907 | Laurence Olivier, British actor of stage and screen | | 1924 | Charles Aznavour, French born singer | | 1930 | Kenny Ball, Jazzman | | 1938 | Richard Benjamin, American film actor/director | | 1941 | Paul Winfield, American film actor | | 1946 | George Best, Irish born footballer |
Events:| 1897 | The Blackwall Tunnel under the Thames river was officially opened | | 1972 | Ceylon became the Republic of Sri Lanka | | 1972 | Cecil Day Lewis, the English poet, died | | 1981 | Peter Sutcliffe was convicted of the Yorkshire Ripper murders at the Old Bailey | | 1988 | The Hungarian Communist Party leader was ousted | | 1990 | Democracy protests in Zaire ended in 50 deaths | | 1990 | North and South Yemen are unified to create the Republic of Yemen |
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