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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_22" title="May 22">May 22</a></b>
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1766" title="1766">1766</a> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1766_Istanbul_earthquake" title="1766 Istanbul earthquake">A magnitude-7.1 earthquake</a></b> struck <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constantinople" title="Constantinople">Constantinople</a> and was followed by a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsunami" title="Tsunami">tsunami</a> that caused significant damage.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1874" title="1874">1874</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giuseppe_Verdi" title="Giuseppe Verdi">Giuseppe Verdi</a>'s <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Requiem_(Verdi)" title="Requiem (Verdi)">Requiem</a></b> was first performed in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Marco,_Milan" title="San Marco, Milan">San Marco church</a> in Milan to commemorate the first anniversary of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alessandro_Manzoni" title="Alessandro Manzoni">Alessandro Manzoni</a>'s death.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1998" title="1998">1998</a> – In <i><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Prosecutor_v_Taw_Cheng_Kong" title="Public Prosecutor v Taw Cheng Kong">Public Prosecutor v Taw Cheng Kong</a></b></i>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Court_of_Appeal_of_Singapore" title="Court of Appeal of Singapore">Court of Appeal of Singapore</a> overruled a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Court_of_Singapore" title="High Court of Singapore">High Court</a> decision in the only time a statute in Singapore had been ruled unconstitutional.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014" title="2014">2014</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prayut_Chan-o-cha" title="Prayut Chan-o-cha">Prayut Chan-o-cha</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_commanders-in-chief_of_the_Royal_Thai_Army" title="List of commanders-in-chief of the Royal Thai Army">commander-in-chief of the Royal Thai Army</a>, launched <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Thai_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="2014 Thai coup d'état">a coup d'état</a></b> against the caretaker government following <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013%E2%80%932014_Thai_political_crisis" title="2013–2014 Thai political crisis">six months of political crisis</a>.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jovan_Vladimir" title="Jovan Vladimir">Jovan Vladimir</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1016); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Forest" title="John Forest">John Forest</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1538); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Aznavour" title="Charles Aznavour">Charles Aznavour</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1924); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apolo_Ohno" title="Apolo Ohno">Apolo Ohno</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1982)</p>
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