May 22
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[edit] Births
[edit] Deaths
- 337 - Constantine the Great, Roman emperor (b. 272)
- 1540 - Francesco Guicciardini (b. 1483)
- 1667 - Pope Alexander VII (b. 1599)
- 1746 - Thomas Southerne, Irish dramatist (b. 1660)
- 1885 - Victor Hugo, French author (b. 1802)
- 1939 - Ernst Toller, German author
- 1939 - Jiri Mahen, Czech author (b. 1882)
- 1949 - Klaus Mann, German writer (b. 1906)
- 1966 - Tom Goddard, English cricketer (b. 1900)
- 1967 - Langston Hughes, American writer (b. 1902)
- 1972 - Cecil Day-Lewis, poet and writer (b. 1904)
- 1972 - Margaret Rutherford, actress (b. 1892)
- 1990 - Rocky Graziano, American boxer (b. 1922)
- 1992 - Zellig Harris, linguist (b. 1909)
- 2004 - Richard Biggs, actor (b. 1960)
- 2005 - Charilaos Florakis, Greek politician (b. 1914)
- 2005 - Thurl Ravenscroft, voice actor and singer (b. 1914)
- 2005 - Julia Randall, poet (b. 1924)
[edit] Events
- 2003 - The final manuscript of Ludwig van Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, which was annotated by the composer, is auctioned off for $3.47 million.
