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'''[[May 22]]'''
 
'''[[May 22]]'''
 
*[[1453]]: Byzantines saw the lunar eclipse that occured while [[Constantinople]] was under siege as a bad omen. An old legend stated that Constantinople would never fall while the Moon was waxing in the sky.
 
*[[1453]]: Byzantines saw the lunar eclipse that occured while [[Constantinople]] was under siege as a bad omen. An old legend stated that Constantinople would never fall while the Moon was waxing in the sky.
*[[1825]]: [[Laskarina Bouboulina]], heroine of the Greek [[War of Independence]], was shot dead after a family dispute with in-laws.
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*[[1825]]: [[Laskarina Bouboulina]] was shot dead after a family dispute with in-laws.
 
*[[1963]]: MP [[Grigoris Lambrakis]] was run down by a delivery truck driven by two right-wing extremists. He died five days later.
 
*[[1963]]: MP [[Grigoris Lambrakis]] was run down by a delivery truck driven by two right-wing extremists. He died five days later.
*[[2006]]: The 19th century painting '''''The Naughty Grandchild''''' by [[Nikiforos Lytras]] became the most expensively sold piece of artwork by a Greek painter, going for 1.08 million euros at an auction at Sotheby's in London.
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*[[2006]]: The 19th century painting '''''The Naughty Grandchild''''' by [[Nikiforos Lytras]] became the most expensively piece of artwork by a Greek painter, going for 1.08 million euros at an auction at Sotheby's in London.
 
*Births: [[Ploutis Servas]], [[Cyprus|Cypriot]] politician, founder of [[AKEL]] ([[1907]]), [[Fanis Christodoulou]], [[basketball]] player ([[1965]]).
 
*Births: [[Ploutis Servas]], [[Cyprus|Cypriot]] politician, founder of [[AKEL]] ([[1907]]), [[Fanis Christodoulou]], [[basketball]] player ([[1965]]).
*Deaths: [[Laskarina Bouboulina]]([[1825]]), [[Sir Herbert Richmond Palmer]], colonial governor of [[Cyprus]] in the [[1930s]] ([[1958]]).
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*Deaths: [[Laskarina Bouboulina]] ([[1825]]); [[Sir Herbert Richmond Palmer]], colonial governor of [[Cyprus]] ([[1958]]).
 
<span style="font-size:11px; padding-top:3px;">Recent days: [[May 21]] - [[May 20]]</span>
 
<span style="font-size:11px; padding-top:3px;">Recent days: [[May 21]] - [[May 20]]</span>
 
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May 22

Recent days: May 21 - May 20