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, 2024 is the 143rd day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 223 days remaining until the end of 2024. The day of the week is Wednesday.
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
- 334 BC –The Macedonian army of Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of the Granicus.
- 1176 –The Hashshashin (Assassins) attempt to murder Saladin near Aleppo.
- 1455 –Wars of the Roses: at the First Battle of St Albans, Richard, Duke of York, defeats and captures King Henry VI of England.
- 1807 –Most of the English town of Chudleigh is destroyed by fire
- 1843 –Thousands of people and their cattle head west via wagon train from Independence, Missouri to what would later become the Oregon Territory. It is part of the Great Migration. They follow what is now known as the Oregon Trail.
- 1915 –Three trains collide in the Quintinshill rail crash near Gretna Green, Scotland, killing 227 people and injuring 246; the accident is found to be the result of non-standard operating practices during a shift change at a busy junction.
- 1963 –Assassination attempt of Greek left-wing politician Gregoris Lambrakis, who will die five days afterwards.
- 1972 –Ceylon adopts a new constitution, thus becoming a Republic, changes its name to Sri Lanka, and joins the Commonwealth of Nations.
- 1997 –Kelly Flinn, US Air Force’s first female bomber pilot certified for combat, accepts a general discharge in order to avoid a court martial.
- 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.
Who were born on May 22?
- 1901 –Maurice J. Tobin, 56th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1953)
- 1904 –Paul Viiding, Estonian poet (d. 1962)
- 1914 –Vance Packard, American author (d. 1996)
- 1950 –Alekos Alavanos, Greek politician
- 1966 –Kenny Hickey, American guitarist (Type O Negative)
- 1973 –Danny Tiatto, Australian footballer
- 1974 –John Bale, American baseball player
- 1974 –Sean Gunn, American actor
- 1975 –Salva Ballesta, Spanish footballer
- 1981 –Bryan Danielson, American professional wrestler
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