^B{^#!16!22 May^N! Feast day of St Helen of Carnavon, St Rita of Cascia, St Julia of Corsica, St Aigulf of Bourges, St Romanus, Saints Castus and Aemilius, St Humility, St Joachima de Mas, and St Quiteria.
^B{853^B} A Greek expedition captured Damietta, in Egypt. ^B{853^B} Olaf the White, son of the King of Norway, received the submission of Vikings and Danes in Ireland and made Dublin his capital. ^B{1455^B} In the Wars of the Roses, Richard of York and the Nevilles attacked the court at St Albans, capturing Henry VI and killing Edmund Beaufort, Duke of Somerset. ^B{1498^B} A death sentence was pronounced on Savonarola, former Prior of St Mark's and effective ruler of Florence, who had been excommunicated in June 1497 for attempting to seek the deposition of Pope Alexander VI. ^B{1912^B} The Reichstag (German parliament) was adjourned following Socialist attacks on German emperor. ^B{1914^B} Britain acquired control of oil properties in Persian Gulf from Anglo-Persian Oil Company. ^B{1923^B} Stanley Baldwin formed a Conservative ministry, with Neville Chamberlain as Chancellor of the Exchequer. ^B{1972^B} US President Richard Nixon visited Moscow to discuss arms limitations with Soviet President Leonid Brezhnev.
^B{^I{^#!14!Born ^N}Richard Wagner, German composer, ^B{1813^B}; Aston Webb, English architect, ^B{1849^B}; Arthur Conan Doyle, English novelist, ^B{1859^B}; Laurence Olivier, English actor, ^B{1907^B}; Charles Aznavour, French singer, ^B{1924^B}; George Best, Irish footballer, ^B{1946^B}.
^B{^I{^#!14!Died ^N}Thomas Southerne, Irish playwright, ^B{1746^B}; Augustin Thierry, French historian, ^B{1856^B}; John French, Earl of Ypres, British soldier, ^B{1925^B}; Ernst Toller, German poet and playwright, ^B{1939^B}; Cecil Day Lewis, English poet, ^B{1972^B}; Rajiv Gandhi, Indian leader, assassinated, ^B{1991^B}.
