Top 10 May 22 Birthdays
Dishonorable Mention: May 22, 1942: Theodore Kaczynzski. He could have been one of the great scientists or mathematicians of his generation. Instead, he turned to a primitive life. When the encroachment of society rendered that too difficult, he became the "Unabomber": From 1978 to 1995, he killed 3 people and injured 23 others in 16 separate bombings. Thanks to assistance from his own brother, the FBI arrested him in 1996. In 2021, he was transferred to a federal prison hospital for health reasons. 10. May 22, 1844: Mary Cassatt. One of the few women in the Impressionist painting movement, she was probably the leading female American painter until Georgia O'Keeffe came along. 9. May 22, 1930: Harvey Milk. The 1st openly gay politician elected to office in America, he didn't even get to serve one full year as a member of the Board of Supervisors (San Francisco's equivalent of a City Council) before he was assassinated. He might not have become so big an icon if...