Portal:Biography/Selected anniversaries/May 22
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[edit] Births
- 1813 - Richard Wagner, (pictured) German composer (d. 1883)
- 1859 - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, British physician and writer (d. 1930)
- 1907 - Sir Laurence Olivier, English actor and director (d. 1989)
- 1927 - George Andrew Olah, Hungarian-born chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1942 - Theodore Kaczynski, American terrorist (The Unabomber)
- 1946 - George Best, Northern Irish footballer (d. 2005)
- 1982 - Apolo Anton Ohno, American short track speed skater
[edit] Deaths
- 337 - Constantine the Great, Roman Emperor (b. 272)
- 1457 - Saint Rita of Cascia, Italian saint (b. 1381)
- 1667 - Pope Alexander VII (b. 1599)
- 1760 - Israel ben Eliezer, Polish-born mystical rabbi (b. 1700)
- 1885 - Victor Hugo, French author (b. 1802)
- 1967 - Langston Hughes, American writer (b. 1902)
- 1972 - Cecil Day-Lewis, Irish poet and writer (b. 1904)
