By The Associated Press
                  - Today is Saturday, May 22, the 142nd day of 1999. There are 223 days
                    left in the year.

                  - On May 22, 1819, the first steam-propelled vessel to attempt a
                    transatlantic crossing, the Savannah, departed from Savannah, Ga. It
                    arrived June 20 in Liverpool, England.
                  - In 1761, the first life insurance policy in the U.S. was issued in
                    Philadelphia.
                  - In 1813, composer Richard Wagner was born in Leipzig, Germany.
                  - In 1868, the Great Train Robbery took place near Marshfield, Ind.,
                    as seven members of the Reno gang made off with $96,000 in loot.
                  - In 1939, Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini signed a "Pact of Steel"
                    committing Germany and Italy to a military alliance.
                  - In 1947, the Truman Doctrine was enacted as Congress appropriated
                    military and economic aid for Greece and Turkey.
                  - In 1969, the lunar module of Apollo X flew to within nine miles of
                    the moon's surface in a dress rehearsal for the first lunar landing.
                  - In 1972, the island nation of Ceylon became the Republic of Sri
                    Lanka.
                  - In 1979, Canadians voted in parliamentary elections that put the
                    Progressive Conservatives in power, ending the 11-year tenure of
                    Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau.
                  - In 1990, pro-Western North Yemen and pro-Soviet South Yemen merged
                    to form a single nation, the Republic of Yemen.
                  - In 1992, after a reign lasting nearly 30 years, Johnny Carson hosted
                    NBC's "Tonight Show" for the last time.
                  - Ten years ago: More than 100 top Chinese military leaders vowed to
                    refrain from entering Beijing to suppress pro-democracy
                    demonstrations.
                  - Five years ago: A worldwide trade embargo against Haiti went into
                    effect to punish Haiti's military rulers for not reinstating the
                    country's ousted elected leader, Jean-Bertrand Aristide.
                  - One year ago: Federal Judge Norma Holloway Johnson ruled that Secret
                    Service agents could be compelled to testify before the grand jury
                    in the Monica Lewinsky investigation. Voters in Northern Ireland and
                    the Republic of Ireland turned out in force to cast ballots giving
                    resounding approval to a Northern Ireland peace accord.

                  *Happy Birthday*
                  - Movie reviewer Judith Crist is 77.
                  - Singer Charles Aznavour is 75.
                  - Actor Michael Constantine is 72.
                  - Conductor Peter Nero is 65.
                  - Actor-director Richard Benjamin is 61.
                  - Actor Frank Converse is 61.
                  - Actor Michael Sarrazin is 59.
                  - Actor Paul Winfield is 58.
                  - Actress Barbara Parkins is 57.
                  - Songwriter Bernie Taupin is 49.
                  - Actor Al Corley ("Dynasty") is 43.
                  - Singer Morrissey is 40.
                  - Country musician Dana Williams (Diamond Rio) is 38.
                  - Rock musician Jesse Valenzuela is 37.
                  - Rhythm-and-blues singer Johnny Gill (New Edition) is 33.
                  - Rock musician Dan Roberts (Crash Test Dummies) is 32.
                  - Model Naomi Campbell is 29.
                  - Actress Alison Eastwood is 27.
                  - Singer Donell Jones is 26.
                  - Actress A.J. Langer is 25.