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Today in HistoryToday in History for Thursday, May 22ndToday in History for Thursday, May 22ndThe Associated PressHighlights of this day in history: Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy sign the 'Pact of Steel'; Richard Nixon is the first U.S. president to visit the Soviet Union; Actor Laurence Olivier born; Johnny Carson hosts his last 'Tonight Show.' (May 22)[Notes:ANCHOR VOICE] May 22nd, 1939: (AP Photos)In Europe, Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy sign the "Pact of Steel" --- forming a military alliance just months before the start of World War Two.1972: (AP Photos / AP Archive Video)Richard Nixon begins the first visit by an American President to what's then the Soviet Union.He and Soviet leaders sign the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty ... part of Cold War detente between Washington and its communist rivals Moscow and Beijing.2002: (AP Photos / AP Archive Video)A former Ku Klux Klansman becomes the third man convicted for one of the deadliest attacks during America's civil rights era.A jury finds Bobby Frank Cherry guilty of murder in the 1963 church bombing that killed four black girls in Birmingham, Alabama. Cherry receives life in prison --- and dies behind bars more than two years later.1907: (AP Photos)(NAT of Olivier from Hamlet)Laurence Olivier --- actor, director and producer of both stage and the silver screen --- is born in Dorking, Surrey, England.And, 1992: (AP Photos)(SOT of Carson)Johnny Carson hosts his last Tonight Show on NBC --- after nearly 30 years as TV's "King of Late Night."Today in History, May 22nd --- ___ ___, The Associated Press.(****END****) ANCHOR VOICE:-------------------------Ed DonahueVIDEO PRODUCER:------------------------------Ray BassettVIDEO SOURCE:--------------------------VariousVIDEO APPROVAL:------------------------------Nick MooreVIDEO RESTRICTIONS:----------------------------------NoneSCRIPT/WIRE SOURCE:------------------------------------