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Monday May 22, 2023

May 22: Day of the Week

May 22, 2023 was the 142nd day of the year 2023 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 223 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Monday.

If you are trying to learn Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is lunes.

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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)

  • 1762
    Sweden and Prussia sign the Treaty of Hamburg.
  • 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.
  • 1826
    HMS Beagle departs on its first voyage.
  • 1856
    Congressman Preston Brooks of South Carolina beats Senator Charles Sumner with a cane in the hall of the United States Senate for a speech Sumner had made attacking Southerners who sympathized with the pro-slavery violence in Kansas (“Bleeding Kansas”).
  • 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.
  • 1960
    An earthquake measuring 9.5 on the moment magnitude scale, now known as the Great Chilean Earthquake, hits southern Chile. It is the most powerful earthquake ever recorded.
  • 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.
  • 1990
    North and South Yemen are unified to create the Republic of Yemen.
  • 1998
    Lewinsky scandal: a federal judge rules that United States Secret Service agents can be compelled to testify before a grand jury concerning the scandal, involving President Bill Clinton.
  • 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?

  • 1902
    Al Simmons, American baseball player (d. 1956)
  • 1904
    Paul Viiding, Estonian poet (d. 1962)
  • 1907
    Hergé, Belgian comic-book creator (d. 1983)
  • 1925
    Jean Tinguely, Swiss artist (d. 1991)
  • 1938
    Frank Converse, American actor
  • 1940
    Michael Sarrazin, Canadian actor (d. 2011)
  • 1950
    Alekos Alavanos, Greek politician
  • 1978
    Ginnifer Goodwin, American actress
  • 1982
    Apolo Anton Ohno, American short track speed skater
  • 1985
    Chrissie Chau, Hong Kong model

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