The May 22, 1972 was a Monday under the star sign of ♊. It was the 142 day of the year. President of the United States was Richard M. Nixon.
If you were born on this day, you are 54 years old. Your last birthday was on the Friday, May 22, 2026, 0 days ago. Your next birthday is on Saturday, May 22, 2027, in 364 days. You have lived for 19,723 days, or about 473,357 hours, or about 28,401,420 minutes, or about 1,704,085,200 seconds.
Date: 22 May 1972
ABC program producer P Whedon repts Repr L Stokes and Mayor R C Hatcher, both black, cancel their appearance on ABC program Issues and Answers on May 21 because ABC refuses to put black newsman on questioning panel; Whedon says network does not feel that guests should make that kind of demand; Sen Bayh is substitute guest
Date: 23 May 1972
unidentified White House official holds on May 22 that N Vietnamese home-front morale is declining as result of recent Nixon Adm decison to resume full-scale bombing of N Vietnam and mine N Vietnamese harbors, news briefing, Washington; asserts high N Vietnamese casualty rate (estimated 75,000 to 100,000) since N Vietnamese invasion of S Vietnam began Mar 30 is contributing factor; White House reptdly called briefing because of Adm concern over A Lewis articles contending that new Amer moves have not seriously disrupted life in N Vietnam
Date: 23 May 1972
Columbia Univ '72 P Tobenkin Memorial Awards to J Nordheimer (NY Times)
Date: 22 May 1972
Heat wave sweeping across northern India reptdly killed 247 persons in last 2 wks; temperature reaches 123 degrees
Date: 23 May 1972
Zeya (USSR freighter) Capt Belov says on May 22 in Singapore that ship left Haiphong harbor and sailed unmolested through US blockade on May 13, 2 days after US mines were activated
Date: 22 May 1972
Angola Airlines: 20 aboard are killed and 3 are injured as Angola Airlines twin-engined turboprop on Luanda-Sa da Bandera (domestic) flight, with stopover in Lobito, crashes during landing approach to Lobito Airport, May 21; pilot reptdly overshot runway
Date: 23 May 1972
ELIZABETH C. J. LASHIER
Elizabeth J
Lr disputes findings in May 9 article on increase in student defaults on coll loans; says students are unable to repay loans because of scarcity of jobs
Date: 23 May 1972
F B Powers retires as pres and dir of E W Scripps Co; por
Date: 23 May 1972
(Demonstrators Expected At Convs) Miami Snowplow Co, coalition formed to help manage thousands of demonstrators expected in Miami Beach during natl convs, disbands on May 22, accusing govt agencies of indifference; L Slavitt, co spokesman, comments; Miami Beach Vice Mayor Goodman replies
Date: 23 May 1972
By DAVID BURNHAM
David BURNHAM
NYC Police Comr P. Murphy announces on May 22 the resignation of R Daley, Deputy Comr for Public Affairs, and the apptmt of R Kellerman as his replacement; resignation is result of dispute over public information policies of Police Dept; illus