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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