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
- 853 –A Byzantine fleet sacks and destroys undefended Damietta in Egypt
- 1807 –Most of the English town of Chudleigh is destroyed by fire
- 1816 –A mob in Littleport, Cambridgeshire, England, riots over high unemployment and rising grain costs; the rioting spreads to Ely the next day.
- 1942 –The Steel Workers Organizing Committee disbands, and a new trade union, the United Steelworkers, is formed.
- 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.
- 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.
- 1992 –Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Slovenia join the United Nations.
- 1998 –Lewinsky scandal: a federal judge rules that United States Secret Service agents can be compelled to testify before a grand jury concerning the scandal, involving President Bill Clinton.
- 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?
- 1874 –Daniel François Malan, Prime Minister of South Africa (d. 1959)
- 1914 –Vance Packard, American author (d. 1996)
- 1928 –T. Boone Pickens, Jr., American businessman
- 1938 –Richard Benjamin, American actor
- 1948 –Richard Baker, American politician
- 1953 –Cha Bum-Kun, Korean footballer
- 1972 –Anna Belknap, American actress
- 1973 –Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Danish actor
- 1977 –Alastair Ralphs, Canadian professional wrestler
- 1979 –Maggie Q, American actress
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