May 22 in US history. "The Great Emigration". Reno gang. Plane crash for insurance purposes.

1. 1819 The first steamship set sail across the Atlantic Ocean. The ship "Savannah" left the port of Savannah in the state of Georgia. On June 20, the ship touched the shore of Liverpool, England.

2. 1841 year. Henry Kennedy (Henry Kennedy) from Philadelphia, Pa., Patented a recliner or chaise longue.

3. 1843 year. Around 1000, settlers from Independence, Missouri, began their journey to a new place of residence - the state of Oregon, located on the west coast of the continent. Travelers drove with them almost 1000 heads
cattle. By the end of the “Great Emigration”, after two years of travel, another 2000 people had joined the original detachment.

4. 1868 Seven members of the Reno Brothers gang committed a train robbery in Indiana. The criminals fled, taking with them 98 thousand dollars and a locomotive. The gang was created by the Renault brothers - John, Simeon, Frank and
By William. Later, all but John were arrested and executed by hanging.

5. 1892 year. Dentist Washington Sheffield (Washington Sheffield) from New London, Connecticut for the first time used a metal tube as a packaging for toothpaste.

6. 1931 year. In the city of Arcadia, Florida, for the first time in the country, canned rattlesnake meat went on sale. It was served as American Legionnaire lunch.

7. 1961 The first restaurant in the United States was located 500 feet (152 m) above the ground. It was The Top Of The Needle restaurant in Seattle, Washington.

8. 1962 A Continental Airlines Boeing 707 crashed on a flight from Chicago to Los Angeles. As the investigation showed, an explosive device planted by one of the passengers went off in the rear compartment. As a result of the explosion, the plane's tail was torn off and the car crashed to the ground. All 45 passengers died. The organizer of the explosion was 34-year-old Thomas Doty, who shortly before the flight, having collected his last money, purchased insurance in the amount of 150 thousand dollars. The story formed the basis of the work “Airplane” by Arthur Haley.

9. 1990 year. Microsoft has released the operating system Windows 3.0, writes AmericaRu.com