>On May 22, 1947, the Truman Doctrine was enacted as Congress appropriated military and economic aid for Greece and Turkey.

On May 22, 1859, Arthur ConanDoyle, the British writer best known for his creation of the detective Sherlock Holmes, was born.

On May 22, 1868, The Great Train Robbery took place near Marshfield, Ind., as seven members of the Reno gang made off with $96,000 in cash, gold and bonds.

~The New York Times~