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Day Of The Week: May 22

What day of the week?

May 22, 2025 is the 142nd day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 223 days remaining until the end of 2025. The day of the week is Thursday.

If you are into daily horoscope then Gemini is your zodiac sign. Emerald is your modern birthstone. Sapphire is your mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

Historical Events: May 22

  • 1176
    The Hashshashin (Assassins) attempt to murder Saladin near Aleppo.
  • 1807
    A grand jury indicts former Vice President of the United States Aaron Burr on a charge of treason.
  • 1826
    HMS Beagle departs on its first voyage.
  • 1871
    The U.S. Army issued an order for abandonment of Fort Kearny in Nebraska.
  • 1872
    Reconstruction: U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant signs the Amnesty Act of 1872 into law restoring full civil rights to all but about 500 Confederate sympathizers.
  • 1939
    World War II: Germany and Italy sign the Pact of Steel.
  • 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.
  • 1972
    Ceylon adopts a new constitution, thus becoming a Republic, changes its name to Sri Lanka, and joins the Commonwealth of Nations.
  • 1980
    Namco releases the highly influential arcade game Pac-Man.
  • 1990
    North and South Yemen are unified to create the Republic of Yemen.

Who were born on May 22?

  • 1885
    Toyoda Soemu, Japanese admiral (d. 1957)
  • 1927
    George Andrew Olah, Hungarian-born chemist, Nobel laureate
  • 1927
    Phil Tucker, American director (d. 1985)
  • 1930
    Harvey Milk, American politician and civil rights activist (d. 1978)
  • 1947
    Andreas Gerasimos Michalitsianos, Greek-American astronomer and a NASA astrophysicist (d. 1997)
  • 1970
    Pedro Diniz, Brazilian Formula One driver
  • 1973
    Julián Tavárez, Dominican baseball player
  • 1974
    A. J. Langer, American actress
  • 1977
    Seán Óg Ó hAilpín, Irish hurler
  • 1987
    Novak Djokovic, Serbian tennis player

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