May 22: Facts & Historical Events On This Day

Italy won the 65th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest with Måneskin’s “Zitti e buoni.”

Hollywood superstar Dwayne Johnson set a Guinness World Record for the Most selfies taken in three minutes.

Dwayne captured 105 selfies on the red carpet at the world premiere of his new film San Andreas.

Two new moons of Saturn were found in photos from the Hubble Space Telescope by Astronomers Amanda S. Bosh and Andrew S. Rivkin.

Namco installed the first Pac-Man arcade machine in Shibuya, Tokyo.

This iconic game was released as Puck man, based on the character's resemblance to a hockey puck. However, when the game came to North America, Namco rightly feared that people would vandalize machines to turn "Puck Man" into something a little less PG-13, so they changed the name to Pac-Man.

Ceylon adopted a new constitution to become the Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka.

The new republic cut formal ties with the United Kingdom, under which it had been governed for the past 157 years.

Mexico declared war on Nazi-Germany and Japan.

The “Pact of Steel” was signed, an agreement between Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany.

The Wright Brothers were granted a patent for their “flying machine” after applying for it three years earlier.

The White Star Liner SS Ionic was launched at the Queen’s Island in Belfast.

When Cubs’ player Billy Sunday played his first game, he struck out four times.

He played three more games before he got a hit.

The Reno Gang robbed its fourth train.

The gang boarded the train while it was stopped and uncoupled the passenger cars. Then, they broke open the safe, netting about $96,000. The robbers were pursued, but they broke up and fled throughout the Midwest.

Senator Brooks from South Carolina used a cane to hit a Massachusetts Senator, Charles Sumner, after Sumner criticized slave owners.

Abraham Lincoln received a patent for a device that would lift a boat over shoals and obstructions.

He was the only US President to achieve this accomplishment.

Napoleon stated his support of re-establishing Jerusalem for Jews.

The leading French newspaper during the French Revolution, "Le Moniteur Universel," published Napoleon's proclamation. He called for all the Jews of Asia and Africa to support him to re-establish the ancient Jerusalem.

The Trevi Fountain, one of Rome’s most famous landmarks, was opened to the public by Pope Clement XIII.