May 22 in history — What Happened Today in History

Air India Express Flight 812, a Boeing 737 crashes over a cliff upon landing at Mangalore, India, killing 158 of 166 people on board, becoming the deadliest crash involving a Boeing 737 until the crash of Lion Air Flight 610.

Inter Milan beat Bayern Munich 2–0 in the UEFA Champions League final in Madrid, Spain to become the first, and so far only, Italian team to win the historic treble (Serie A, Coppa Italia, Champions League).

Metalworkers at a Ssangyong Motor plant in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, begin a strike to protest job cuts.

Civil rights movement: A jury in Birmingham, Alabama, convicts former Ku Klux Klan member Bobby Frank Cherry of the 1963 murder of four girls in the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing.

In Sri Lanka, over 150 Tamil rebels are killed over two days of fighting for control in Jaffna.

A U.S. federal judge rules that U.S. Secret Service agents can be compelled to testify before a grand jury concerning the Lewinsky scandal involving President Bill Clinton.

The Burmese military regime jails 71 supporters of Aung San Suu Kyi in a bid to block a pro-democracy meeting.

A worldwide trade embargo against Haiti goes into effect to punish its military rulers for not reinstating the country's ousted elected leader, Jean-Bertrand Aristide.

Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Slovenia join the United Nations.

North and South Yemen are unified to create the Republic of Yemen.

Hashimpura massacre occurs in Meerut, India.

First ever Rugby World Cup kicks off with New Zealand playing Italy at Eden Park in Auckland, New Zealand.

Ceylon adopts a new constitution, becoming a republic and changing its name to Sri Lanka.

Over 400 women in Derry, Northern Ireland attack the offices of Sinn Féin following the shooting by the Irish Republican Army of a young British soldier on leave.

Apollo 10's Lunar Module flies within 8.4 nautical miles (16 km) of the Moon's surface.

The nuclear-powered submarine USS Scorpion sinks with 99 men aboard, 400 nautical miles (740 km) southwest of the Azores.

Egypt closes the Straits of Tiran to Israeli shipping.

L'Innovation department store in Brussels, Belgium, burns down, resulting in 323 dead or missing and 150 injured, the most devastating fire in Belgian history.

U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson launches his Great Society program.

Greek left-wing politician Grigoris Lambrakis is clubbed over the head, causing his death five days later.

Continental Airlines Flight 11 crashes in Unionville, Missouri after bombs explode on board, killing 45.

The Great Chilean earthquake, measuring 9.5 on the moment magnitude scale, hits southern Chile, becoming the most powerful earthquake ever recorded.

The 1958 riots in Ceylon become a watershed in the race relations of various ethnic communities of Sri Lanka. The total deaths are estimated at 300, mostly Tamils.

South Africa's government approves of racial separation in universities.

Finnish President J. K. Paasikivi releases Yrjö Leino from his duties as interior minister after the Finnish parliament adopted a motion of censure of Leino with connection to his illegal handing over of nineteen people to the Soviet Union in 1945.

Cold War: The Truman Doctrine goes into effect, aiding Turkey and Greece.

Joseph Stalin disbands the Comintern.

Mexico enters the Second World War on the side of the Allies.

Florian Luger, Austrian male model

Athena Manoukian, Greek-Armenian singer and songwriter

Anna Baryshnikov, American actress

Joel Obi, Nigerian footballer

Suho, South Korean singer and actor

Wyatt Roy, Australian politician

Corey Dickerson, American baseball player

Heida Reed, Icelandic-British actress

Novak Djokovic, Serbian tennis player

Arturo Vidal, Chilean footballer

Julian Edelman, American football player

Matt Jarvis, English footballer

Tatiana Volosozhar, Russian figure skater

Joseph Brooks, American director, producer, screenwriter, and composer (born 1938)

Martin Gardner, American mathematician, cryptographer, and author (born 1914)

Robert Asprin, American soldier and author (born 1946)

Pemba Doma Sherpa, Nepalese mountaineer (born 1970)

Lee Jong-wook, South Korean physician and diplomat (born 1945)

Charilaos Florakis, Greek politician (born 1914)

Thurl Ravenscroft, American voice actor and singer (born 1914)

Richard Biggs, American actor (born 1960)

Mikhail Voronin, Russian gymnast (born 1945)

Davie Fulton, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician (born 1916)

John Derek, American actor, director, and photographer (born 1926)

José Enrique Moyal, Israeli physicist and engineer (born 1910)

Alziro Bergonzo, Italian architect and painter (born 1906)