Football player Howard Kendall

Events in 1946 and 22-5

Events in the world in the birth year of Howard Kendall

• First meeting of United Nations General Assembly opens in London (Jan. 10).
• League of Nations dissolved (April).
• Italy abolishes monarchy (June).
• The Philippines gains independence from the United States (July 4).
• 12 Nazi leaders (including 1 tried in absentia) are sentenced to hang, 7 imprisoned, and 3 acquitted in the Nuremberg trials (Oct. 1). Background: Defining Genocide
• Winston Churchill's "Iron Curtain" speech warns of Soviet expansion. Background: The Cold War
• Juan Perón becomes president of Argentina.

Birthday Howard Kendall (22-5) in history

• Day 22-5 year 1455: The opening day of the 30-year War of the Roses in St. Albans.
• Day 22-5 year 1761: The first life insurance policy in the United States was signed and issued in Philadelphia.
• Day 22-5 year 1849: Abraham Lincoln received patent number 6469 for his floating dry dock.
• Day 22-5 year 1927: An earthquake near Xining, China, measuring 8.3 claimed approximately 200,000 victims.
• Day 22-5 year 1947: Harry S. Truman's Doctrine brought aid to Greece and Turkey to combat the spread of Communism.
• Day 22-5 year 1972: Ceylon became Sri Lanka.
• Day 22-5 year 1990: North Yemen and South Yemen merged to form the Republic of Yemen.
• Day 22-5 year 1992: Johnny Carson hosted the last episode of his Tonight Show.
• Day 22-5 year 2003: The UN Security Council approved a resolution lifting the economic sanctions against Iraq and supporting the U.S.-led administration in Iraq.
• Day 22-5 year 2011: At least 140 people are killed and hundreds more injured as a three-quarter-mile-wide tornado hits Joplin, Missouri. The tornado is among the deadliest in the nation's history, destroying nearly a third of the city and damaging about 2,000 buildings, including water treatment and sewage plants.
• Day 22-5 year 2012: Tokyo Skytree, which at 634 meters high is the tallest tower in the world, opened to the public.