On this day …
May 22, 2017
- In 1570, the first atlas, Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, was published with 70 maps.
- In 1804, the Lewis and Clark Expedition officially began when the Corps of Discovery departed St. Charles, Mo.
- In 1807, former Vice President Aaron Burr was indicted on a charge of treason.
- In 1826, the HMS Beagle departed on its first voyage.
- In 1856, Representative Preston Brooks severely beat Senator Charles Sumner with a cane in the hall of the U.S. Senate.
- In 1900, the Associated Press was formed in New York City as a non-profit news cooperative.
- In 1906, Wilbur and Orville Wright were granted U.S. patent number 821,393 for what they called their “flying machine.”
- In 1960, an earthquake measuring 9.5 on the Richter scale–the greatest such event ever recorded–hit southern Chile.
- In 2015, the Republic of Ireland became the first nation in the world to legalize gay marriage by public referendum.
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