What Day of the Week

May 22, 2002 was the 142^nd day of the year 2002 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 223 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Wednesday.

If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is mercredi.

A person born on this day will be 21 years old today. If that same person saved a Quarter every day starting at age 6, then by now that person has accumulated $1,402.75 today.

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Here’s the May 2002 calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly 2002 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.

Horse is the mythical animal and Water is the element for a person born on this day if we consider the very old art of Chinese astrology (or Chinese zodiac).

• 2002

  American civil rights movement: a jury in Birmingham, Alabama, convicts former Ku Klux Klan member Bobby Frank Cherry of the 1963 murders of four girls in the bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church.
• 2002

  In Washington, D.C., the remains of the missing Chandra Levy are found in Rock Creek Park.

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