What happened this day in history May 22

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 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 223 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is May 9, 2024 – a Wednesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 28,605,600 minutes 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.

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 252 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 4,170 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

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May 22 Historical Events

  • 1377
    Pope Gregory XI issues five papal bulls to denounce the doctrines of English theologian John Wycliffe.
  • 1762
    Sweden and Prussia sign the Treaty of Hamburg.
  • 1807
    Most of the English town of Chudleigh is destroyed by fire
  • 1819
    The SS Savannah leaves port at Savannah, Georgia, United States, on a voyage to become the first steamship to cross the Atlantic Ocean. The ship arrived at Liverpool, England on June 20.
  • 1915
    Three trains collide in the Quintinshill rail crash near Gretna Green, Scotland, killing 227 people and injuring 246; the accident is found to be the result of non-standard operating practices during a shift change at a busy junction.
  • 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.
  • 1980
    Namco releases the highly influential arcade game Pac-Man.
  • 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.
  • 2010
    Air India Express Flight 812 overshoots the runway and crashes. 158 people are killed.
  • 2011
    An EF5 Tornado strikes the US city of Joplin, Missouri killing up to 161 people. It is the single deadliest US tornado since modern record keeping began in 1950.

Who were born on May 22?

  • 1901
    Maurice J. Tobin, 56th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1953)
  • 1913
    František Jílek, Czech conductor (d. 1993)
  • 1940
    Michael Sarrazin, Canadian actor (d. 2011)
  • 1942
    Ted Kaczynski. American terrorist, known as the Unabomber
  • 1943
    Tommy John, American baseball player
  • 1944
    Vaiko, Indian politician
  • 1974
    Graham Fenton, English footballer
  • 1975
    Salva Ballesta, Spanish footballer
  • 1982
    Erin McNaught, Australian beauty paegent and TV presenter
  • 1986
    Luca Gentili, Italian footballer

Who died on May 22?

  • 985
    Saint Bobo of Provence
  • 1861
    Thornsbury Bailey Brown, first Union soldier to be killed by a Confederate soldier in the American Civil War (b. 1829)
  • 1885
    Victor Hugo, French author (b. 1802)
  • 1901
    Gaetano Bresci, Italian-American anarchist (b. 1869)
  • 1932
    Lady Gregory, Irish playwright (b. 1852)
  • 1972
    Margaret Rutherford, English actress (b. 1892)
  • 1975
    Lefty Grove, American baseball player (b. 1900)
  • 1988
    Giorgio Almirante, Italian politician (b. 1914)
  • 1997
    Renzo Montagnani, Italian actor (b. 1930)
  • 1998
    John Derek, American actor, director and photographer (b. 1926)

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