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May 22nd: Today in History . . . Is today a special day for anyone? Any birthdays?

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If May 22nd is your birthday, Happy Birthday!!!

We hope that you're enjoying your special day!

Post here if it's your birthday or if this is a special day for you!

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We want to send special wishes your way!!!

Today's Birthday Horoscope:
Gemini: Join up with a team this year that will help you get out of your rut. By doing something you love, together, you all advance your goals. This could be a sports or an exercise program, by the way, or politics.

Today's Celebrity Birthdays:
Actor Michael Constantine (My Big Fat Greek Wedding, Room 222) is 82.
Actor-director Richard Benjamin is 71.
Actor Frank Converse is 71.
Actor Michael Sarrazin is 69.
Actress Barbara Parkins (Peyton Place, Valley of the Dolls) is 67.
Songwriter Bernie Taupin is 59.
Singer Morrissey is 50.
Actress Ann Cusack (Jeff Foxworthy Show, A League of Their Own) is 48.
Bassist Dana Williams of Diamond Rio is 48.
Guitarist Jesse Valenzuela of Gin Blossoms is 47.
Singer Johnny Gill is 43.
Bassist Dan Roberts of Crash Test Dummies is 42.
Model Naomi Campbell is 39.
Actress Anna Belknap (CSI: NY) is 37.
Singer Donell Jones is 36.

Today in History:
1761 The first life insurance policy in the United States was issued, in Philadelphia.

1813 Composer Richard Wagner was born in Leipzig, Germany.

1868 The Great Train Robbery took place near Marshfield, Ind., as seven members of the Reno gang made off with $96,000 in cash, gold and bonds.

1907 Actor-director Laurence Olivier was born in Dorking, Surrey, England.

1947 The Truman Doctrine was enacted as Congress appropriated military and economic aid for Greece and Turkey.

1969 The lunar module of Apollo 10 separated from the command module and flew to within nine miles of the moon's surface in a dress rehearsal for the first lunar landing.

1972 The island nation of Ceylon became the republic of Sri Lanka with the adoption of a new constitution.

1990 After years of conflict, North Yemen and South Yemen merged to form the Republic of Yemen.

1992 Johnny Carson hosted NBC's "Tonight Show" for the last time after nearly 30 years in the job.

1998 Voters in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland cast ballots giving resounding approval to a Northern Ireland peace accord.

2002 A jury in Birmingham, Alabama, convicted former Ku Klux Klansman Bobby Frank Cherry of murder in a 1963 church bombing that killed four black girls. (Cherry was sentenced to life in prison and died in 2004.)

2002 The remains of Chandra Levy, the federal intern who had disappeared more than a year earlier, were found in a Washington, D.C., park. (The crime has not been solved.)

2003 The U.N. Security Council gave the U.S. and Britain a mandate to rule Iraq, ending 13 years of economic sanctions.

2003 Annika Sorenstam became the first woman since 1945 to tee off against the men on the pro tour, playing in the first round of the Colonial golf tournament in Fort Worth, Texas.

We hope that you have a very happy day!!!