What are the important events that happened on May 22? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

May 22: Facts & Myths About This Day

May 22 is the 142^nd day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 223 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Thursday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is May 9, 2025 – a Thursday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 485,520 hours has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.

Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘hectatetracontadigon’ day.

Gemini is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Emerald is the modern birthstone for this month. Sapphire is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 271 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,535 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

May 22 Historical Events

• 1762 –
  Sweden and Prussia sign the Treaty of Hamburg.
• 1807 –
  A grand jury indicts former Vice President of the United States Aaron Burr on a charge of treason.
• 1848 –
  Slavery is abolished in Martinique.
• 1872 –
  Reconstruction: U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant signs the Amnesty Act of 1872 into law restoring full civil rights to all but about 500 Confederate sympathizers.
• 1915 –
  Lassen Peak erupts with a powerful force, and is the only mountain other than Mount St. Helens to erupt in the continental US during the 20th century.
• 1958 –
  Sri Lankan riots of 1958: This riot is a watershed event in the race relationship of the various ethnic communities of Sri Lanka. The total number of deaths is estimated to be 300, mostly Sri Lankan Tamils.
• 1990 –
  Microsoft releases the Windows 3.0 operating system.
• 1997 –
  Kelly Flinn, US Air Force’s first female bomber pilot certified for combat, accepts a general discharge in order to avoid a court martial.
• 1998 –
  Lewinsky scandal: a federal judge rules that United States Secret Service agents can be compelled to testify before a grand jury concerning the scandal, involving President Bill Clinton.
• 2003 –
  In Fort Worth, Texas, Annika Sörenstam becomes the first woman to play the PGA Tour in 58 years.

Who were born on May 22?

• 1907 –
  Hergé, Belgian comic-book creator (d. 1983)
• 1924 –
  Charles Aznavour, Armenian-French singer, actor, and composer
• 1938 –
  Frank Converse, American actor
• 1950 –
  Alekos Alavanos, Greek politician
• 1950 –
  Bernie Taupin, English songwriter
• 1951 –
  Kenneth Bianchi, American serial killer
• 1955 –
  Jimmy Lyon, American guitarist (Eddie Money)
• 1968 –
  Randy Brown, American basketball player
• 1979 –
  Nadia Khan, Pakistani TV presenter
• 1986 –
  Luca Gentili, Italian footballer

Who died on May 22?

• 192 –
  Dong Zhuo, Chancellor of Han (slain by his adoptive son Lü Bu) (b. 138)
• 1760 –
  Israel ben Eliezer, Polish-born mystical rabbi (b. 1700)
• 1851 –
  Mordecai Manuel Noah, American writer, journalist (b. 1755)
• 1868 –
  Julius Plücker, German mathematician and physicist (b. 1801)
• 1885 –
  Victor Hugo, French author (b. 1802)
• 1910 –
  Jules Renard, French author (b. 1864)
• 1975 –
  Lefty Grove, American baseball player (b. 1900)
• 1988 –
  Giorgio Almirante, Italian politician (b. 1914)
• 1989 –
  Steven DeGroote, South African classical pianist (b. 1953)
• 2003 –
  Ousmane Zongo, Burkinabé shooting victim