Some of the historical events that took place on May 22nd, that made headlines in the last five years:
2014 Hewlett-Packard CEO Meg Whitman announces reduction of at least 45,000 jobs, expanding the original plan for 34,000 cuts; Whitman seeks to refocus and align HP with changing computing habits such as use of cloud services rather than servers
2014 Gen. Prayuth Chan-ocha has become interim leader of Thailand in a military coup today; the military has thrown out part of the constitution, imposed a curfew and placed media and Internet communication under its control
2013 Sigmundur Davio Gunnlaugsson, the Prime Minister elect of Iceland, announces he will indefinitely extend January’s freeze on European Union membership talks
2013 Ibragim Todashev, a suspect under FBI questioning in Orlando, Florida, for his connections to the April 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, is shot dead after attacking an agent during the course of questioning
2012 Sarah West, a British naval officer Commander is appointed commander of HMS Portland, the Royal Navy frigate; she is the first female officer to take command of a major British warship
2012 Yahoo! sells off its stake in Alibaba Group for $7.1 billion
2011 Jimmy Choo, a U.S. company, is sold to Labelux, a private equity firm for $800 million
2011 Tornadoes hit Joplin, Missouri, and a state of emergency is declared; more tornadoes hit Minneapolis, Minnesota and warnings are announced in states from Texas to Michigan
2010 Air India Express Flight 812 crashes near Mangalore International Airport; eight passengers survive and 158 perish
Source: brainyhistory.com
Compiled by: SELLWANE KHAKHAU
