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 142nd day of the year 2023 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 223 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Monday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is May 9, 2023 – a Monday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 467,976 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.
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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 264 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 3,804 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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May 22 Historical Events
- 853 –A Byzantine fleet sacks and destroys undefended Damietta in Egypt
- 1254 –Serbian King Stephen Uroš I and the Republic of Venice sign a peace treaty.
- 1863 –American Civil War: Siege of Port Hudson – Union forces begin to lay siege to the Confederate-controlled Port Hudson, Louisiana.
- 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.
- 1947 –Cold War: in an effort to fight the spread of Communism, U.S. President Harry S. Truman signs an act into law that will later be called the Truman Doctrine. The act grants $400 million in military and economic aid to Turkey and Greece, each battling an internal Communist movement.
- 1964 –U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson announces the goals of his Great Society social reforms to bring an “end to poverty and racial injustice” in America.
- 1972 –Ceylon adopts a new constitution, thus becoming a Republic, changes its name to Sri Lanka, and joins the Commonwealth of Nations.
- 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.
- 2002 –In Washington, D.C., the remains of the missing Chandra Levy are found in Rock Creek Park.
- 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.
Who were born on May 22?
- 1715 –François-Joachim de Pierre de Bernis, French cardinal and statesman (d. 1794)
- 1724 –Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne, French explorer (d. 1772)
- 1902 –Al Simmons, American baseball player (d. 1956)
- 1917 –Georg Tintner, Austrian-born conductor (d. 1999)
- 1926 –Peter Wilson, English Polymath (d. 2009)
- 1927 –George Andrew Olah, Hungarian-born chemist, Nobel laureate
- 1935 –Ron Piché, Canadian baseball player
- 1938 –Frank Converse, American actor
- 1975 –Salva Ballesta, Spanish footballer
- 1980 –Rhett Fisher, American actor and musician
Who died on May 22?
- 1745 –François-Marie, 1st duc de Broglie, French military leader (b. 1671)
- 1746 –Thomas Southerne, Irish dramatist (b. 1660)
- 1760 –Israel ben Eliezer, Polish-born mystical rabbi (b. 1700)
- 1861 –Thornsbury Bailey Brown, first Union soldier to be killed by a Confederate soldier in the American Civil War (b. 1829)
- 1901 –Gaetano Bresci, Italian-American anarchist (b. 1869)
- 1932 –Lady Gregory, Irish playwright (b. 1852)
- 1991 –Stan Mortensen, English professional footballer (b. 1921)
- 1992 –Zellig Harris, American linguist (b. 1909)
- 2003 –Ousmane Zongo, Burkinabé shooting victim
- 2005 –Charilaos Florakis, Greek politician, long-time General Secretary of the Communist Party of Greece (b. 1914)
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