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May 22nd 1813
German composer Richard Wagner is born.
May 22nd 1914
Britain acquires control of oil properties in the Persian Gulf from the Anglo-Persian Oil Company.
May 22nd 1993
Runways at Los Angeles airport are closed for about 40 minutes while Christophe, a fashionable Beverly Hills hairdresser, cuts US President Bill Clinton's hair on board his official plane, Air Force One. The incident becomes known as 'Hairgate'.
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