Today, May 22 in 1246 Henry Raspe was elected anti-king by the Rhenish prelates in France. 1455 King Henry VI was taken prisoner by the Yorkists at the Battle of St. Albans, during the War of the Roses. 1570 Abraham Ortelius published the first modern atlas in Belgium. 1761 In Philadelphia, the first life insurance policy was issued in the U.S. 1819 The steamship Savannah became the first to cross the Atlantic Ocean. 1841 Henry Kennedy received a patent for the first reclining chair. 1868 Near Marshfield, IN, The "Great Train Robbery" took place. The robbery was worth $96,000 in cash, gold and bonds to the seven members of the Reno gang. 1872 The Amnesty Act restored civil rights to Southerners. 1882 The U.S. formally recognized Korea. 1891 The first public motion picture was given in Thomas Edison's lab. 1892 Dr. Washington Sheffield invented the lead toothpaste tube. 1900 The Associated Press was incorporated as a non-profit news cooperative in New York. 1900 A. DeVilbiss, Jr. patented his pendulum-type computing scale. 1900 Edwin S. Votey received a patent for the pianola (a pneumatic piano player). It could be attached to any piano. 1906 The Wright brothers received a patent their flying machine. 1939 Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini signed a military alliance between Germany and Italy known as the "Pact of Steel." 1947 The Truman Doctrine was enacted by the U.S. Congress to appropriate military and economic aid to Turkey and Greece. 1955 A scheduled dance to be headlined by Fats Domino was canceled by police in Bridgeport, Connecticut because "rock and roll dances might be featured." 1955 Jack Benny did his last live network radio broadcast after a run of 23 years. He devoted his time fully to TV. 1967 "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood" premiered on PBS. 1969 A lunar module of Apollo 10 flew within nine miles of the moon's surface. The event was a rehearsal for the first lunar landing. 1972 U.S. President Nixon became the first U.S. president to visit Russia. He met with Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev. 1972 The island Ceylon adopted a new constitution and became the republic of Sri Lanka. 1977 Janet Guthrie set the fastest time of the second weekend of qualifying, becoming the first woman to earn a starting spot in the Indianapolis 500 since its inception in 1911. 1986 Sylvester Stallone agreed to a 10-picture, six-year deal with United Artists. He signed for a reported $15 million for each film. 1990 In the Middle East, North and South Yemen merged to become a single state known as the Republic of Yemen. 1990 Microsoft released Windows 3.0. 1997 Kelly Flinn, the U.S. Air Force's first female bomber pilot certified for combat, accepted a general discharge. She thereby avoided court-martial on charges of adultery, lying and disobeying an order. 1998 Bolivia was hit with a series of powerful earthquakes. At least 18 were killed. The quakes ranged in magnitude from 5.9 to 6.8. 1998 New information came to light about the June 1996 bombing that killed 19 American airmen. The information indicated that Saudi citizens had been responsible and not Iranians as once believed. 1998 A federal judge said that Secret Service agents could be compelled to testify before a grand jury in Monica Lewinsky investigation concerning U.S. President Clinton. 1998 Voters in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland turned out to cast ballots giving approval to a Northern Ireland peace accord. 2002 Chandra Levy's remains were found in Washington, DC's Rock Creek Park. She was last seen on April 30, 2001. California Congressman Gary Condit was questioned in the case due to his relationship with Levy. 2002 In Birmingham, AL, a jury convicted former Ku Klux Klansman Bobby Frank Cherry of murder in the 1963 church bombing that killed four girls. 2012 In Japan, the Tokyo Skytree tower opened. 2018 Do smiled.