Today is Sunday, May 22, the 143rd day of 2016. There are 223 days left in the year.

Today’s birthdays: Singer Charles Aznavour is 92. Former CNN anchor Bernard Shaw is 76. Actress Barbara Parkins is 74. Retired MLB All-Star pitcher Tommy John is 73. Songwriter Bernie Taupin is 66. Country musician Dana Williams (Diamond Rio) is 55. Rock musician Jesse Valenzuela is 54. Actor Mark Christopher Lawrence is 52. Actress Maggie Q is 37. Olympic gold-medal speed skater Apolo Anton Ohno is 34. Actress Camren Bicondova (TV: ‘‘Gotham’’) is 17.

In 1913, the American Cancer Society was founded in New York under its original name, the American Society for the Control of Cancer.

In 1915, the Lassen Peak volcano in Northern California exploded, devastating nearby areas but causing no deaths.

In 1939, the foreign ministers of Germany and Italy signed a ‘‘Pact of Steel’’ committing the two countries to a military alliance.

In 1947, the Truman Doctrine was enacted as Congress appropriated military and economic aid for Greece and Turkey.

In 1968, the nuclear-powered submarine USS Scorpion, with 99 men aboard, sank in the Atlantic Ocean.

In 1969, the lunar module of Apollo 10 flew to within nine miles of the moon’s surface in a dress rehearsal for the first lunar landing.

In 1972, President Richard Nixon began a visit to the Soviet Union, during which he and Kremlin leaders signed the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty.

In 1981 ‘‘Yorkshire Ripper’’ Peter Sutcliffe was convicted in London of murdering 13 women; he got life in prison.

In 1992, after a reign lasting nearly 30 years, Johnny Carson hosted NBC’s ‘‘Tonight Show’’ for the last time.

In 2015, Ireland’s citizens voted in a landslide to legalize gay marriage.