WHAT HAPPENED ON 22. MAY
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An earthquake rocks New South Wales. (22. May 1961)

Continental Airlines Flight 11 crashes after bombs explode on board. (22. May 1962)

An assassination attempt of Greek left-wing politician Grigoris Lambrakis, who will die five days later. (22. May 1963)

The U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson announces the goals of his Great Society social reforms to bring an "end to poverty and racial injustice" in America. (22. May 1964)

The L'Innovation department store in the center of Brussels, Belgium, burns down. It is the most devastating fire in Belgian history, resulting in 323 dead and missing and 150 injured. (22. May 1967)

Vietnam War: Vinh Xuan massacre. (22. May 1967)

The nuclear-powered submarine the USS Scorpion sinks with 99 men aboard 400 miles southwest of the Azores. (22. May 1968)

Apollo 10 's lunar module flies within 8.4 nautical miles (16 km) of the moon's surface. (22. May 1969)

Ceylon adopts a new constitution, thus becoming a Republic, changes its name to Sri Lanka, and joins the Commonwealth of Nations. (22. May 1972)

Namco releases the highly influential arcade game Pac-Man. (22. May 1980)

Hashimpura massacre in Meerut, India. (22. May 1987)

First ever Rugby World Cup kicks off with New Zealand playing Italy at Eden Park in Auckland, New Zealand. (22. May 1987)

North and South Yemen are unified to create the Republic of Yemen. (22. May 1990)

Microsoft releases the Windows 3.0 operating system. (22. May 1990)

After 30 years, 66-year-old Johnny Carson hosts The Tonight Show for the last time. (22. May 1992)

Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Slovenia join the United Nations. (22. May 1992)

Kelly Flinn, the US Air Force's first female bomber pilot certified for combat, accepts a general discharge in order to avoid a court-martial. (22. May 1997)

Lewinsky scandal: a federal judge rules that United States Secret Service agents can be compelled to testify before a grand jury concerning the scandal, involving President Bill Clinton. (22. May 1998)

In Washington, D.C., the remains of the missing Chandra Levy are found in Rock Creek Park. (22. May 2002)

American civil rights movement: a jury in Birmingham, Alabama, convicts former Ku Klux Klan member Bobby Frank Cherry of the 1963 murders of four girls in the bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church. (22. May 2002)