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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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User:Pern
NOTE: Today: May 22
On this day...
May 22
Prayut Chan-o-cha
1766
–
A magnitude-7.1 earthquake
struck
Constantinople
and was followed by a
tsunami
that caused significant damage.
1874
–
Giuseppe Verdi
's
Requiem
was first performed in the
San Marco church
in Milan to commemorate the first anniversary of
Alessandro Manzoni
's death.
1998
– In
Public Prosecutor v Taw Cheng Kong
, the
Court of Appeal of Singapore
overruled a
High Court
decision in the only time a statute in Singapore had been ruled unconstitutional.
2014
–
Prayut Chan-o-cha
(pictured)
, the
commander-in-chief of the Royal Thai Army
, launched
a coup d'état
against the caretaker government following
six months of political crisis
.
Jovan Vladimir
(
d.
1016)
John Forest
(
d.
1538)
Charles Aznavour
(
b.
1924)
Apolo Ohno
(
b.
1982)
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