On this day: May 22

May 22: Birth of Muhammad al-Mahdi (Shia Islam, 2016); Pesach Sheni (Judaism, 2016); World Biodiversity Day; Unity Day in Yemen (1990)

Preston Brooks' attack on Charles Sumner

• 1629 – Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor, and Danish King Christian IV signed the Treaty of Lübeck to end Danish intervention in the Thirty Years' War.
• 1816 – A riot broke out in Littleport, Cambridgeshire, England, over high unemployment and rising grain costs, spreading to Ely the next day.
• 1856 – US Congressman Preston Brooks attacked (pictured) Senator Charles Sumner with a cane for a speech Sumner had made attacking Southerners who sympathized with the pro-slavery violence in Kansas.
• 1958 – Ethnic rioting broke out in Ceylon, targeted mostly at the minority Sri Lankan Tamils, resulting in up to 300 deaths over the next five days.
• 1980 – Pac-Man, an arcade game that became an icon of 1980s popular culture, made its debut in Japan.

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