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
- 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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