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• ... that Canis Major (depicted) contains the brightest star in the night sky?
• ... that
  Frankish Greece
  ?
• ... that twelve pairs of cranial nerves control facial expression, and transmit facial sensation and the special senses of taste, hearing, balance, vision, and smell?
• ... that
  President of Guinea-Bissau
  , is popularly nicknamed "Jomav"?
• ... that approximately one in 80,000 females is born without a cervix?
• ... that fashion professor Louise Wilson's students included Christopher Kane, Jonathan Saunders, and Alexander McQueen?
• ... that Union Films' 1941 film Soeara Berbisa was advertised as "civilised" enough for European audiences?

• More than 118 people are killed in two bombings in Jos, Nigeria.
• Credit Suisse pleads guilty to helping American citizens evade taxes and agrees to a US$2.6 billion fine.
• In a New York court, Abu Hamza is convicted of conspiracy to aid terrorist organizations.
• In
  concludes with Maccabi Tel Aviv defeating Real Madrid
  in the final.
• AT&T agrees to purchase DirecTV for US$48.5 billion.
• In
  FA Cup and Atlético Madrid win La Liga
  .
• An Antonov An-74 crashes in Laos, killing multiple government members.

Ongoing: Ukrainian unrest – Balkan flooding – Soma mine disaster

May 22: Unity Day in Yemen (1990)

• 1629 – Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor, and Danish King Christian IV signed the Treaty of Lübeck to end Danish intervention in the Thirty Years' War.
• 1849 – Abraham Lincoln was issued a patent for an invention to lift boats over obstacles in a river, making him the only U.S. President to ever hold a patent.
• 1897 – The first Blackwall Tunnel (construction pictured) under the River Thames was opened to improve commerce and trade in the East End of London.
• Sri Lankan Tamils
  , resulting in up to 300 deaths over the next five days.
• 2010 – Upon landing in Mangalore, Air India Express Flight 812 overshot the runway and fell over a cliff, killing 158 of the 166 people on board in the crash and ensuing fire.

More anniversaries: May 21 – May 22 – May 23