February 9 » The Davis Cup competition is established.
February 27 » Second Boer War: In South Africa, British military leaders receive an unconditional notice of surrender from Boer General Piet Cronjé at the Battle of Paardeberg.
March 18 » AFC Ajax Amsterdam, The Netherlands's biggest and most successful football club, was founded.
May 22 » The Associated Press is formed in New York City as a non-profit news cooperative.
May 24 » Second Boer War: The United Kingdom annexes the Orange Free State.
June 5 » Second Boer War: British soldiers take Pretoria.
Day of death May 22, 1970
The temperature on May 22, 1970 was between 3.6 °C and 11.7 °C and averaged 8.3 °C. There was 1.8 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 7.3 hours of sunshine (46%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
March 18 » Lon Nol ousts Prince Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia.
May 15 » President Richard Nixon appoints Anna Mae Hays and Elizabeth P. Hoisington the first female United States Army generals.
July 21 » After 11 years of construction, the Aswan High Dam in Egypt is completed.
August 9 » LANSA Flight 502 crashes after takeoff from Alejandro Velasco Astete International Airport in Cusco, Peru, killing 99 of the 100 people on board, as well as two people on the ground.
September 7 » Bill Shoemaker beats Johnny Longden's record to become the winningest jockey in horse racing history at Del Mar racetrack
November 1 » Club Cinq-Sept fire in Saint-Laurent-du-Pont, France kills 146 young people.
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