* Astronomy

Title: Anchors for the Cosmic Distance Scale: the Cepheid QZ Normae in the Open Cluster NGC 6067 Authors: D. Majaess, L. Sturch, C. Moni Bidin, M. Soto, W. Gieren, R. Cohen, F. Mauro, D. Geisler, C. Bonatto, J. Borissova, D. Minniti, D. Turner, D. Lane, B. Madore, G. Carraro, L. Berdnikov Cepheids are...

Antarctic Scientists Discover 18kg Meteorite An international team of scientists, working at Princess Elisabeth Antarctica research station, have discovered a meteorite with a mass of 18kg embedded in the East Antarctic ice sheet, the largest such meteorite found in the region since 1988. [ur...

Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle DL (22 May 1859 - 7 July 1930) was a Scottish physician and writer, most noted for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, generally considered a milestone in the field of crime fiction, and for the adventures of Professor Challenger. [url=http://en.wikip...

Lassen Peak (also known as Mount Lassen) is the southernmost active volcano in the Cascade Range. Lassen Peak is the only volcano in the Cascades other than Mount St. Helens to erupt during the 20th century. On May 22, 1915, a powerful explosive eruption at Lassen Peak devastated nearby areas, and it...

The World's strongest recorded Earthquake At 3.40pm on 22 May 1960 Valdivia was hit by the strongest recorded earthquake in the world. The Earthquake measured 9.5 on the Richter Scale. Most of the buildings in the city were destroyed by the earth's movements or by the devastating tsunamis that...

Pac-Man is an arcade game developed by Namco and licensed for distribution in the United States by Midway, first released in Japan on May 22, 1980. Read more

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USS Scorpion (SSN-589) was a Skipjack-class nuclear submarine of the United States Navy, and the sixth ship of the U.S. Navy to carry that name. Sank on 22 May 1968 Read more

Apollo 10 was launched on May 18, 1969, 16:49:00 UTC. Apollo 10 was the fourth manned mission in the American Apollo space program. It was an F type mission - its purpose was to be a "dry run" for the Apollo 11 mission, testing all of the procedures and components of a Moon landing without actu...

The Battle of the Granicus River in May 334 BC was the first of three major battles fought between Alexander the Great and the Persian Empire. Fought in Northwestern Asia Minor, near the site of Troy, it was here that Alexander defeated the forces of the Persian satraps of Asia Minor, including a large...

On July 26, 1995, Amanda Bosh of Lowell Observatory announced the discovery of at least two and perhaps four new satellites of Saturn. The discovery was based upon images taken by the Hubble Space Telescope on May 22, 1995, when Saturn's rings were tilted edge-on to the Earth. The last two of these sat...

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The Barnaul (H5) meteorite fell in Altayskiy kray, Russia, on the 22nd May, 1904. A total mass of 23.2 g was recovered. 52° 44'N, 84° 5'E

The Kernouve (H6) meteorite fell in Bretagne, France, on the 22nd May, 1869. A total mass of 80 kg was recovered. 48° 7'N, 3° 5'W

The Slavetic (H5) meteorite fell in Croatia, on the 22nd May, 1868. A total mass of 1708 g was recovered. 45° 41'N, 15° 36'E