Are you asking the question “What day of the week was I born?” Continue reading to find out what day of the week you were born.
Day Of The Week: May 22
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
- 1377 –Pope Gregory XI issues five papal bulls to denounce the doctrines of English theologian John Wycliffe.
- 1807 –A grand jury indicts former Vice President of the United States Aaron Burr on a charge of treason.
- 1816 –A mob in Littleport, Cambridgeshire, England, riots over high unemployment and rising grain costs; the rioting spreads to Ely the next day.
- 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”).
- 1903 –Launch of the White Star Liner, SS Ionic.
- 1942 –World War II: Ted Williams of the Boston Red Sox enlists in the United States Marine Corps as a flight instructor.
- 1958 –Sri Lankan riots of 1958: This riot is a watershed event in the race relationship of the various ethnic communities of Sri Lanka. The total number of deaths is estimated to be 300, mostly Sri Lankan Tamils.
- 1992 –Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Slovenia join the United Nations.
- 2002 –In Washington, D.C., the remains of the missing Chandra Levy are found in Rock Creek Park.
- 2003 –In Fort Worth, Texas, Annika Sörenstam becomes the first woman to play the PGA Tour in 58 years.
Who were born on May 22?
- 1885 –Giacomo Matteotti, Italian politician (d. 1924)
- 1925 –James King, American tenor (d. 2005)
- 1953 –Cha Bum-Kun, Korean footballer
- 1956 –Natasha Shneider, Russian-born musician (d. 2008)
- 1957 –Gary Sweet, Australian actor
- 1959 –Steven Morrissey, English singer
- 1966 –Scott Putski, Former American professional Wrestler.
- 1975 –Janne Niinimaa, Finnish ice-hockey player
- 1975 –Salva Ballesta, Spanish footballer
- 1985 –Mauro Boselli, Argentine Footballer
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