The May 22nd (142e Day of the Year or 143e in the event of Leap year) in Sport.

Events

XIX {{E}} century

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XX {{E}} century: 1901 - 1950

• 1943 ( Football ): The Olympique of Marseilles gains the Coupe de France by being essential 4-0 vis-a-vis the Girondins ASP.

XX {{E}} century: 1951 - 2000

• 1955 ( automobile Sport ): At the wheel of its Ferrari 625, Maurice Trintignant gains the Grand Prix of Monaco in front of Eugenio Castellotti (2nd) and Jean Behra (3rd), and becomes the first French pilot of the history of the Formule 1 to gain a Grand Prix of Formula 1.

XXI {{E}} century

• 2005 ( Basketball ): For the first match of the finale of the Western Conference of the championship NBA, the San Antonio Spurs of Tony Parker will be essential in the room of the Phoenix Suns on the score of 121-114 .

Births

• 1879 : Warwick Armstrong, cricketer Australia N. († July 13rd 1947).
• 1939 : Larry Siegfried, professional player American of Basketball. Winner of 5 titles NBA between 1964 and 1969 with the Boston Celtics.
• 1948 : Florea Dumitrache, Football Rumanian or . († April 26th 2007).
• 1968 : Randy Brown, player américan of Basketball, triple champion NBA.
• 1970 : Pedro Diniz, racing driver Brazilian of Formula 1.
• 1987 : Novak Djokovic, Serb tennis player .

Death

• 1966 : Tom Goddard, 65 years, British player of Cricket (° 1 {{er}} October 1900).
• 2004 : Mikhail Voronin, 59 years, gymnaste Russian (° March 26th 1945).
• 2007 : Joseph Planckaert, 73 years, Belgian racing cyclist . (° May 4th 1934).

See too

• the May 22nd in all the fields.