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Fascinating events that happened on May 22 throughout history.

1. In 1453, Constantinople fell to the Ottoman Turks, ending the Byzantine Empire & marking a turning point in history.
2. In 1859, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, creator of Sherlock Holmes, was born in Edinburgh, Scotland.
3. In 1927, Italian aviators Italo Balbo & Arturo Ferrarin completed the first non-stop transatlantic flight from Italy to Brazil.
4. In 1939, The Pact of Steel, a military alliance between Italy & Germany, was signed, solidifying Axis powers before WWII.
5. In 1990, Yemen unified into a single country, formally establishing the Republic of Yemen after decades of division.