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May 22: Day of the Week
May 22, 2024 is the 143rd day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 223 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Wednesday.
If you are trying to learn Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is miércoles.
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Here’s the May calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.
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Zodiac & Birthstone
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.
May 22 Historical Event(s)
1809
On the second and last day of the Battle of Aspern-Essling (near Vienna), Napoleon is repelled by an enemy army for the first time.
1816
A mob in Littleport, Cambridgeshire, England, riots over high unemployment and rising grain costs; the rioting spreads to Ely the next day.
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.
1848
Slavery is abolished in Martinique.
1942
The Steel Workers Organizing Committee disbands, and a new trade union, the United Steelworkers, is formed.
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.
1968
The nuclear-powered submarine the USS Scorpion sinks with 99 men aboard 400 miles southwest of the Azores.
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.
2003
In Fort Worth, Texas, Annika Sörenstam becomes the first woman to play the PGA Tour in 58 years.
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?
1813
Richard Wagner, German composer (d. 1883)
1900
Yvonne de Gaulle, widow of Charles de Gaulle (d. 1979)
1934
Arne Harris, American television sports director (d. 2001)
1946
Howard Kendall, English footballer and football manager
1955
Chalmers “Spanky” Alford, American jazz guitarist (d. 2008)
1957
Gary Sweet, Australian actor
1957
Lisa Murkowski, American politician
1960
Hideaki Anno, Japanese director
1966
Scott Putski, Former American professional Wrestler.
1971
Manuel Ortiz, Mexican professional wrestler
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