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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_22" title="May 22">May 22</a></b>: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_Day" title="Victoria Day">Victoria Day</a></b> in Canada (2023)
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1629" title="1629">1629</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albrecht_von_Wallenstein" title="Albrecht von Wallenstein">Albrecht von Wallenstein</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_IV_of_Denmark" title="Christian IV of Denmark">King Christian IV of Denmark</a> signed the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_L%C3%BCbeck" title="Treaty of Lübeck">Treaty of Lübeck</a></b> to end Danish intervention in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirty_Years%27_War" title="Thirty Years' War">Thirty Years' War</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1816" title="1816">1816</a> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ely_and_Littleport_riots_of_1816" title="Ely and Littleport riots of 1816">A riot broke out</a></b> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Littleport" title="Littleport">Littleport</a>, England, over high unemployment and rising grain costs, spreading to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ely,_Cambridgeshire" title="Ely, Cambridgeshire">Ely</a> the next day before being quelled by troops.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1856" title="1856">1856</a> – Senator <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Sumner" title="Charles Sumner">Charles Sumner</a> <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caning_of_Charles_Sumner" title="Caning of Charles Sumner">was assaulted</a></b> by Representative <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preston_Brooks" title="Preston Brooks">Preston Brooks</a> in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate_chamber" title="United States Senate chamber">United States Senate chamber</a> in retaliation for a speech in which Sumner fiercely criticized slaveholders.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1939" title="1939">1939</a> – Germany and Italy signed the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pact_of_Steel" title="Pact of Steel">Pact of Steel</a></b>, a military and political alliance.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010" title="2010">2010</a> – Upon landing in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mangalore" title="Mangalore">Mangalore</a>, <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_India_Express_Flight_812" title="Air India Express Flight 812">Air India Express Flight 812</a></b> overshot the runway and fell down a hillside, killing 158 of the 166 people on board.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T._Boone_Pickens" title="T. Boone Pickens">T. Boone Pickens</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1928); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Gregory" title="Lady Gregory">Lady Gregory</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1932); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myrtle_Bachelder" title="Myrtle Bachelder">Myrtle Bachelder</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1997)</p>
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