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 143rd day of the year 2016 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 223 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Sunday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is May 9, 2016 – a Sunday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,463,875,200 seconds 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 ‘hectatetracontatrigon’ day.
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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 251 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 1,248 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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May 22 Historical Events
- 1807 –A grand jury indicts former Vice President of the United States Aaron Burr on a charge of treason.
- 1816 –A mob in Littleport, Cambridgeshire, England, riots over high unemployment and rising grain costs; the rioting spreads to Ely the next day.
- 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.
- 1942 –The Steel Workers Organizing Committee disbands, and a new trade union, the United Steelworkers, is formed.
- 1942 –World War II: Ted Williams of the Boston Red Sox enlists in the United States Marine Corps as a flight instructor.
- 1962 –Continental Airlines Flight 11 crashes after bombs explode on board.
- 1969 –Apollo 10's lunar module flies within 8.4 nautical miles (16 km) of the moon’s surface.
- 1972 –Ceylon adopts a new constitution, thus becoming a Republic, changes its name to Sri Lanka, and joins the Commonwealth of Nations.
- 2004 –The U.S. town of Hallam, Nebraska, is wiped out by a powerful F4 tornado (part of the May 2004 tornado outbreak sequence) that broke a width record at an astounding 2.5 mi wide, which kills one resident.
- 2008 –The Late-May 2008 tornado outbreak sequence unleashes 235 tornadoes, including an EF4 and an EF5 tornado, between May 22 and May 31, 2008. The tornadoes struck 19 states and one Canadian province.
Who were born on May 22?
- 1770 –Princess Elizabeth of the United Kingdom (d. 1840)
- 1874 –Daniel François Malan, Prime Minister of South Africa (d. 1959)
- 1914 –Edward Arthur Thompson, British historian (d. 1994)
- 1917 –Georg Tintner, Austrian-born conductor (d. 1999)
- 1942 –Barbara Parkins, Canadian actress
- 1942 –Calvin Simon, American musician (P Funk)
- 1942 –Ted Kaczynski. American terrorist, known as the Unabomber
- 1948 –Richard Baker, American politician
- 1973 –Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Danish actor
- 1980 –Chad Tracy, American baseball player
Who died on May 22?
- 192 –Dong Zhuo, Chancellor of Han (slain by his adoptive son Lü Bu) (b. 138)
- 337 –Constantine the Great, Roman Emperor (b. 272)
- 985 –Saint Bobo of Provence
- 1745 –François-Marie, 1st duc de Broglie, French military leader (b. 1671)
- 1901 –Gaetano Bresci, Italian-American anarchist (b. 1869)
- 1939 –Jiri Mahen, Czech author (b. 1882)
- 1967 –Langston Hughes, American writer (b. 1902)
- 1991 –Stan Mortensen, English professional footballer (b. 1921)
- 2004 –Mikhail Voronin, Russian gymnast (b. 1945)
- 2005 –Julia Randall, American poet (b. 1924)
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