Today in History: The Foundation of Istanbul Bayrampaşa Prison Has Been Laid

May 22 is the 142st day of the year (143nd in leap years) according to the Gregorian calendar. The number of days left until the end of the year is 223.

Railways

• 22 May 1971 Ankara-Kayaş double line is in operation.

Events

• 334 BC – Armies of Alexander the Great, III. He defeated Darius at the Battle of Granicus.
• 1176 – Attempt to assassinate Saladin in Aleppo.
• 1766 – An earthquake called the Great Istanbul Earthquake occurred. More than 4000 people died.
• 1927 – Earthquake in China's Xining province: Nearly 200.000 dead.
• 1929 – Poet Yahya Kemal Beyatlı was appointed to the Madrid Embassy.
• 1931 – Istanbul champion Fenerbahce defeated Greek champion Olimpiakos 1-0.
• 1932 – A death sentence was given for 34 people who participated in the Ağrı uprisings.
• 1942 – Mexico, World War II. He joined the Allies in World War II.
• 1947 - US President Harry Truman signed the aid to Turkey. It was announced that the aid would be controlled by US Secretary of State Marshall. On the same day, the US delegation headed by General Oliver came to Turkey to discuss military aid to Turkey.
• 1950 – With the Democratic Party's victory in the elections on 14 May; Adnan Menderes became the Prime Minister by establishing the 19th Turkish Government.
• 1950 – End of Presidency of İsmet İnönü and election of Celâl Bayar as President.
• 1956 – The foundation of the Istanbul Bayrampasa Prison with a capacity of 1200 people was laid.
• 1958 – The historical Siyavuş Pasha Mansion was burned down in Sulaymaniyah, Istanbul.
• 1960 – Great Chilean Earthquake: Between 9.5 and 4000 people died in an earthquake measuring 5000 on the Richter scale. It is the strongest earthquake ever measured.
• 1960 – Ankara Martial Law Command, which censored communication, forbade five people from walking together.
• 1961 – In the Turkish films competition organized by Istanbul Municipality, directed by Memduh Ün Broken Bowls The movie was selected as the best movie.
• 1962 – Turkish Women's Union Congress was eventful. Günseli Özkaya was elected President.
• 1963 – AC Milan wins the Champion Clubs' Cup.
• 1963 – Istanbul Martial Law Command closed the newspapers Hürriyet, Milliyet, Aksam and Tercüman.
• 1968 – In France, the left opposition's request for the dismissal of the Government was rejected by 11 votes. unions; He expressed his desire to meet with the government and employers' unions. Parliament granted amnesty to the demonstrators. Demonstration in Paris against the withdrawal of Daniel Cohn-Bendit's residence permit.
• 1971 – 6.7 people died in the 878 magnitude earthquake that occurred in Bingöl.
• 1972 - Israeli Consul General Efraim Elrom was found murdered in an apartment. Elrom was kidnapped on May 16, 1971 by members of the People's Liberation Party-Front of Turkey, whose short name is THKP-C.
• 1972 – Yılmaz Güney received the Orhan Kemal Novel Award.
• 1972 - Richard Nixon becomes the first US President to visit the Soviet Union.
• 1979 – The Process Leading to the September 12, 1980 Coup in Turkey (1979- September 12, 1980): Right-wing militant Ahmet Kerse killed left-wing grocer Battal Türkaslan with 6-7 shots.
• 1980 – In order to oppose the Soviet Union's invasion of Afghanistan, the Council of Ministers, following the call of the USA protesting the Moscow Olympics, decided that Turkey should not participate in the Olympics.
• 1987 – The MHP case with 216 defendants was concluded. Of the defendants who were determined to have killed 52 people and attempted to kill 29 people; 11 were sentenced to death, 2 to life imprisonment, and 16 to thirty-six years in prison each.
• 1988 – Galatasaray football player Tanju Çolak broke Metin Oktay's record of 39 goals with 38 goals scored in the league.
• 1989 – 12 terrorists, including foreign nationals, were captured dead in Siirt's Şeyhömer location.
• 1990 - North Yemen and South Yemen united to become the Republic of Yemen.
• 1990 - Microsoft released Windows 3.0.
• 1991 – Nazım Hikmet Culture and Art Foundation was established.
• 1995 – The body of Rıdvan Karakoç, who could not be heard from after his detention, was found in the forests of Beykoz.
• 1997 – The Constitutional Court rejected the request for the Democratic Peace Movement (DBH) to be dissolved.
• 2000 – A giant shopping center was established in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, to serve only women.
• 2007 – As a result of the explosion in Ulus, Ankara; 5 people were killed and 60 injured.
• 2008 – In the General Assembly of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey, in nine provinces where there is no university; The draft law envisaging the establishment of two foundation universities in the state and Istanbul was accepted. Thus, there is no city without a university in Turkey.
• 2010 – At the 33rd CHP General Assembly, Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu was officially nominated for the CHP General Presidency with the votes of 1246 delegates.
• 2010 – An Indian Airlines Boeing 737 passenger plane from Dubai, while landing at Mangalore airport in Karnataka state, missed the runway and crashed into the valley near the airport. Eight of the 166 people on board survived with injuries.
• 2011 – The Palme d'Or at the 64th International Cannes Film Festival, Tree of Life (The Tree of LifeTerrence Malick won for his movie. at the festival, Once Upon a Time in Anatolia director Nuri Bilge Ceylan and Boy on Bicycle (Le gamin au velo) Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne shared the Grand Prize.
• 2020 – Passenger plane crashes in Pakistan: 97 people die.^[1]

Births

• 1770 - Elizabeth III, King. She was the seventh child and third daughter of George and Queen Charlotte (d. 1840)
• 1772 – Ram Mohan Roy, prominent reformer of Hinduism and founder of the Brahmo Samaj (d. 1833)
• 1808 – Gerard de Nerval, French poet and writer (forerunner of Romanticism) (d. 1855)
• 1813 – Richard Wagner, German opera composer (d. 1883)
• 1844 – Mary Cassatt, American painter (d. 1926)
• 1859 – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Scottish writer (d. 1930)
• 1885 – Giacomo Matteotti, Italian socialist leader (d. 1924)
• 1891 – Johannes R. Becher, German politician and poet (d. 1958)
• 1892 – Alfonsina Storni, Latin American writer in the modernist era (d. 1938)
• 1894 – Friedrich Pollock, German social scientist and philosopher (d. 1970)
• 1895 – Agop Dilâçar, Turkish linguist specializing in Turkic languages ​​(d. 1979)
• Nahid Sırrı Örik, Turkish novel, story and playwright (d. 1960)
• 1901 – Mehmet Emin Buğra, Uyghur politician and writer (d. 1965)
• 1907 – Carl H. Fischer, American botanist (d. 2005)
• 1907 – Georges Remi Hergé, Belgian illustrator (creator of the comic character Tintin) (d. 1983)
• 1907 – Laurence Olivier, English film and stage actor (d. 1989)
• 1912 – Herbert Brown, British-born American chemist (d. 2004)
• 1919 – Paul Vanden Boeynants, Belgian politician (d. 2001)
• 1920 – Thomas Gold, Austrian astrophysicist (d. 2004)
• 1924 – Charles Aznavour, Armenian-French singer, songwriter, actor and diplomat (d. 2018)
• 1925 – Jean Tinguely, Swiss painter, experimental artist, and sculptor (d. 1991)
• 1927 – George Olah, Hungarian-American chemist (d. 2017)
• 1930 – Harvey Milk, American politician and LGBT activist (d. 1978)
• 1933 – Gül Gülgün, Turkish cinema, TV series and theater actress (d. 2014)
• 1940 – Ergün Uçucu, Turkish theater, cinema, TV series actor and voice actor (d. 2019)
• 1942 – Peter Bongartz, German actor
• 1942 – Theodore Kaczynski, American mathematician, anarchist theorist, and activist
• 1943 – Betty Williams, Northern Irish peacekeeper (b. 2020)
• 1946 – George Best, Northern Irish footballer (d. 2005)
• 1950 – Michio Ashikaga, Japanese football player
• 1953 – Cha Bum-kun, Korean football player and coach
• 1959 – Morrissey, English singer and musician
• 1960 – The Only Soldier girl Akhundova, Azerbaijani pianist, composer and teacher
• 1960 – Hideaki Anno, Japanese animator, director, and actor
• 1962 – Brian Pillman, American professional wrestler (d. 1997)
• 1968 – Igor Ledyahov, Russian football player
• 1970 – Ayberk Pekcan, Turkish actress (d. 2022)
• 1970 – Naomi Campbell, British model
• 1970 – Brody Stevens, American stand-up comedian and actor (d. 2019)
• 1972 - Anna Belknap, American actress
• 1973 – Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Danish actor
• Danny Tiatto, Australian football player
• 1974 – Arseniy Yatsenyuk, Ukrainian politician, economist and lawyer
• 1975 - Salva Ballesta, Spanish former international football player
• 1976 – Daniel Erlandsson, Swedish musician and drummer for Arch Enemy
• 1978 – Ginnifer Goodwin, American actress
• 1978 - Katie Price, English singer and model
• 1979 – Maggie Q, American actress and model
• 1980 – Nazanin Boniadi, Iranian-born British-American TV and film actress
• 1980 – Lucy Gordon, English model and actress (d. 2009)
• 1981 – Daniel Bryan is an American professional wrestler.
• 1981 – Bassel Hartabil, Syrian-Palestinian open source software developer (d. 2015)
• 1981 – Jürgen Melzer is a former Austrian professional tennis player.
• 1982 – Erin McNaught, Australian model
• 1982 – Apolo Ohno is an American short track speed skater
• 1983 – Lina Ben Mhenni, Tunisian female activist, blogger, educator, and linguist (d. 2020)
• 1984 – Didier Ya Konan, former Ivory Coast national football player
• 1984 - Dustin Moskovitz is an American Internet entrepreneur.
• 1985 – Tranquillo Barnetta, Italian-born Swiss former football player
• 1986 – Thanduyise Khuboni is a South African football player.
• 1986 – Tatyana Volosojar, figure skater who competed for Russia and Ukraine
• 1987 – Novak Đoković, Serbian tennis player
• 1987 – Rômulo Souza Orestes Caldeira, Brazilian football player
• 1987 – Arturo Vidal, Chilean national football player
• 1990 – Danick Snelder, Dutch handball player
• 1991 - Jared Cunningham was an American professional basketball player
• 1991 – Kentin Mahé is a French handball player
• 1991 – Joel Obi is a Nigerian football player.
• 1991 – Suho, South Korean singer
• 1994 – Joseph Attamah is a Ghanaian football player.
• 1994 – Athena Manukyan, Armenian-Greek singer
• 1995 – Nazlıcan Scale, Turkish basketball player

Deaths

• 192 – Dong Zhuo, late Han Dynasty politician and warlord in China (b. 139)
• 337 – Constantine I (Constantine the Great), Roman Emperor (b. 272)
• 1067 – Constantine X, Byzantine emperor who reigned between 1059-1067
• 1068 – Go-Reizei, 70th emperor of Japan in traditional succession (b. 1025)
• 1540 – Francesco Guicciardini, Italian historian, diplomat, and statesman (b. 1483)
• 1545 – Shir Shah, founder and first ruler of the Suri Dynasty (b. 1473)
• 1667 – VII. Alexander, Pope (b. 1599)
• 1859 – II. Ferdinando, king of the Two Sicilies (b. 1810)
• 1864 – Aimable Pélissier, French general (b. 1794)
• 1868 – Julius Plücker, German physicist, mathematician, and academic (b. 1801)
• 1873 – Alessandro Manzoni, Italian poet and novelist (b. 1785)
• 1880 – Heinrich von Gagern, statesman who advocated German unification (b. 1799)
• 1885 – Victor Hugo, French writer (b. 1802)
• 1898 – Edward Bellamy, American socialist writer (b. 1850)
• 1912 – Poet Eşref, Turkish poet and district governor (b. 1847)
• 1945 – Walter Krüger, German SS officer (b. 1890)
• 1946 – Karl Hermann Frank, German Nazi officer (b. 1898)
• 1955 – Nene Hatun, Turkish heroine (in 1877-1878 Ottoman-Russian War) (b. 1857)
• 1960 – İbrahim Çallı, Turkish painter (b. 1882)
• 1967 – Langston Hughes, American poet and author (b. 1902)
• 1969 – Semyon Aralov, Soviet soldier, statesman, and revolutionary (b. 1880)
• 1982 – Cevdet Sunay, Turkish soldier and statesman (b. 1899)
• 1983 – Albert Claude, Belgian biologist and Nobel Prize laureate in Medicine or Physiology (b. 1899)
• 1984 – Valeriy Voronin, Soviet football player (b. 1939)
• 1984 – Karl-August Fagerholm, Prime Minister of Finland (b. 1901)
• 1985 – Alister Hardy, British marine biologist; zooplankton and marine ecosystem specialist (b. 1896)
• 1990 – Rocky Graziano, American boxer (b. 1922)
• 2004 – Richard Biggs, American actor (b. 1960)
• 2010 – Martin Gardner, American math and science writer (b. 1914)
• 2012 – Janet Carroll, American actress (b. 1940)
• 2014 – Matthew Cowles, American actor and writer (b. 1944)
• 2016 – Adolf Born, Czech painter, cartoonist and cartoonist (b. 1930)
• 2016 – Leonorilda Ochoa, Mexican actress and comedian (b. 1937)
• 2017 – William Carney, American politician (b. 1942)
• 2017 – Oscar Fulloné, Argentine coach and former football player (b. 1939)
• 2017 – Nick Hayden, American professional motorcycle racer (b. 1981)
• 2017 – Dina Merrill, American actress (b. 1923)
• 2017 – Mickey Roker, American jazz musician (b. 1932)
• 2017 – Zbigniew Wodecki, Polish singer, musician, composer, actor and TV presenter (b. 1950)
• 2018 – Alberto Dines, award-winning Brazilian journalist and author (b. 1932)
• 2018 – Júlio Pomar, Portuguese painter (b. 1926)
• 2018 – Philip Roth, American author and Pulitzer Prize winner (b. 1933)
• 2019 – Judith Kerr, German-English translator and writer (b. 1923)
• 2019 – Sultan Ahmed Shah, Sultan of the Malaysian State of Pahang (b. 1930)
• 2020 – Ashley Cooper, Australian tennis player (b. 1936)
• 2020 – Mory Kanté, Guinean singer, kora musician and songwriter. (b. 1950)
• 2020 – Luigi Simoni, Italian former football player and manager (b.1939)
• 2020 – Jerry Sloan, American professional former basketball player and basketball head coach (b. 1942)
• 2021 – Robert Marchand, French cyclist and trade unionist over the age of 100 (b. 1911)
• 2021 – YC Simhadri, Indian academic and administrator (b. 1941)

Holidays and special occasions

• International Day of Biodiversity