May 22

Events

 * 1900 - U.S. patent was granted for the first practical pneumatic piano attachment, or pianola to Edwin S. Votey
 * 1973 - Robert Metcalfe wrote a memo describing a multipoint data communications system.He called this "Ethernet"

Births

 * 1813 – Richard Wagner, German composer (d. 1883)
 * 1891 – Eddie Edwards, American jazz trombonist (d. 1963)
 * 1911 – Anatol Rapoport, Russian-born mathematical psychologist and pianist (d. 2007)
 * 1914 – Sun Ra, American musician (d. 1993)
 * 1917 – Georg Tintner, Austrian-born conductor (d. 1999)
 * 1924 – Charles Aznavour, Armenian-French singer, actor, and composer
 * 1930 – Kenny Ball, British musician.
 * 1934 – Peter Nero, American musician
 * 1942 – Calvin Simon, American musician (P Funk)
 * 1950 – Bernie Taupin, English songwriter
 * 1955 – Jimmy Lyon, American guitarist (Eddie Money)
 * 1955 – Jerry Dammers, English musician (The Specials)
 * 1955 – Chalmers "Spanky" Alford, American jazz guitarist (d. 2008)
 * 1956 – Natasha Shneider, Russian-born musician
 * 1966 – Kenny Hickey, American guitarist (Type O Negative)
 * 1967 – John Vanderslice, American musician
 * 1980 – Rhett Fisher, actor/musician