What Day of the Week

May 23, 2022 is the 143^rd day of the year 2022 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 222 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Monday.

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

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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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• 1430

  Siege of Compiègne: Joan of Arc is captured by the Burgundians while leading an army to relieve Compiègne.
• 1706

  Battle of Ramillies: John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, defeats a French army under Marshal Villeroi.
• 1813

  South American independence leader Simón Bolívar enters Mérida, leading the invasion of Venezuela, and is proclaimed El Libertador (“The Liberator”).
• 1846

  Mexican-American War: President Mariano Paredes of Mexico unofficially declares war on the United States.
• 1907

  The unicameral Parliament of Finland gathers for its first plenary session.
• 1915

  World War I: Italy joins the Allies after they declare war on Austria-Hungary.
• 1949

  The Federal Republic of Germany is established and the Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany is proclaimed.
• 1967

  Egypt closes the Straits of Tiran and blockades the port of Eilat at the northern end of the Gulf of Aqaba to Israeli shipping.
• 1990

  Jordan Mack was born.
• 2002

  The “55 parties” clause of the Kyoto protocol is reached after its ratification by Iceland.

• 1834

  Carl Heinrich Bloch, Danish painter (d. 1890)
• 1910

  Scatman Crothers, American actor and musician (d. 1986)
• 1917

  Edward Norton Lorenz, American mathematician and meteorologist (d. 2008)
• 1923

  Alicia de Larrocha, Spanish pianist (d. 2009)
• 1965

  Tom Tykwer, German film director
• 1967

  Anna Ibrisagic, Swedish politician
• 1973

  Mirjam Sterk, Dutch politician
• 1979

  Kirk Saarloos, American baseball player
• 1979

  Rasual Butler, American basketball player
• 1982

  Tristan Prettyman, American musician

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