What happend on 22nd May

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1972

Ceylon adopts a new constitution, changes its name to Sri Lanka, and joins the British Commonwealth.

1969

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

1968

The nuclear-powered submarine the USS Scorpion sinks with 99 men aboard 400 miles southwest of the Azores.

1967

The Innovation department store in the centre of Brussels, Belgium, burns down. It is the most devastating fire in Belgian history, which results in 323 dead and missing and 150 injured.

1967

Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, the longest-running children's series on U.S. television, airs its first episode.

1964

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.

1962

Continental Airlines Flight 11 crashes after bombs explode.

1960

An earthquake measuring 9.5 on the Richter scale, now known as the Great Chilean Earthquake, hits southern Chile. It is the most powerful earthquake ever recorded.

1947

Cold War: In an effort to fight the spread of Communism, U.S. President Harry S. Truman signs an act into law that will later be called the Truman Doctrine. The act grants $400 million in military and economic aid to Turkey and Greece.

1939

World War II: Germany and Italy sign the Pact of Steel.