What Day of the Week

May 22, 2022 was the 142^nd day of the year 2022 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 223 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Sunday.

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

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Here’s the May calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.

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.

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• 1176

  The Hashshashin (Assassins) attempt to murder Saladin near Aleppo.
• 1816

  A mob in Littleport, Cambridgeshire, England, riots over high unemployment and rising grain costs; the rioting spreads to Ely the next day.
• 1840

  The transporting of British convicts to the New South Wales colony is abolished.
• 1903

  Launch of the White Star Liner, SS Ionic.
• 1942

  The Steel Workers Organizing Committee disbands, and a new trade union, the United Steelworkers, is formed.
• 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.
• 1987

  First ever Rugby World Cup kicks off with New Zealand playing Italy at Eden Park, Auckland.
• 2003

  In Fort Worth, Texas, Annika Sörenstam becomes the first woman to play the PGA Tour in 58 years.
• 2010

  Air India Express Flight 812 overshoots the runway and crashes. 158 people are killed.

• 1808

  Gérard de Nerval, French writer (d. 1855)
• 1934

  Arne Harris, American television sports director (d. 2001)
• 1955

  Iva Davies, Australian rock star (Icehouse)
• 1975

  Tracy Brookshaw, American professional wrestler and valet
• 1977

  Dre Bly, American football player
• 1980

  Chad Tracy, American baseball player
• 1981

  Jürgen Melzer, Austrian tennis player
• 1983

  John Hopkins, American motorcycling racer
• 1985

  Mauro Boselli, Argentine Footballer
• 1985

  Tranquillo Barnetta, Swiss footballer

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