On This Day: May 22

7 verified moments happened on May 22. Here they are in the order they actually happened — the same kind of puzzle you solve in Whensly every day.

1. 1856🪵 South Carolina congressman Preston Brooks beats Massachusetts senator Charles Sumner nearly senseless with a cane on the Senate floor in retaliation for an anti-slavery speech.USA 250 · Source: U.S. Senate, Caning of Senator Charles Sumner (May 22 1856)
2. 1966Marvin Panch wins the World 600 at Charlotte driving for Petty Enterprises, the last victory of his careerStock Car Racing · Source: Wikipedia, "1966 World 600" — held May 22, 1966; Panch's final Grand National win
3. 1973🔌 Robert Metcalfe circulates a typed memo at Xerox PARC naming Ethernet, proposing how to wire the lab's experimental Alto workstations together — before the personal-computer era.Technology · Source: Computer History Museum, 'This Day in History: May 22' (May 22 1973)
4. 1980👾 Namco releases the Pac-Man arcade game in Japan, sending a yellow dot-muncher fleeing four colorful ghosts.Technology · Source: Wikipedia, 'Pac-Man' (May 22 1980)
5. 1999🎯 Mia Hamm slips her 108th international goal past Brazil in Orlando to become the world's all-time leading scorer.Soccer · Source: Soccer America; UNC Athletics (May 22 1999)
6. 2003Annika Sorenstam tees off at the Colonial, the first woman to play a PGA Tour event in over fifty years.Sports · Source: PGA Tour, 'Remembering Annika Sorenstam at Colonial Country Club' (May 22 2003)
7. 2010Inter Milan beat Bayern Munich 2-0 in the Champions League final, with Diego Milito scoring twice to complete the trebleSports · Source: Wikipedia / UEFA / ESPN, 2010 UEFA Champions League final