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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
- 1816 –A mob in Littleport, Cambridgeshire, England, riots over high unemployment and rising grain costs; the rioting spreads to Ely the next day.
- 1826 –HMS Beagle departs on its first voyage.
- 1848 –Slavery is abolished in Martinique.
- 1939 –World War II: Germany and Italy sign the Pact of Steel.
- 1960 –An earthquake measuring 9.5 on the moment magnitude scale, now known as the Great Chilean Earthquake, hits southern Chile. It is the most powerful earthquake ever recorded.
- 1963 –Assassination attempt of Greek left-wing politician Gregoris Lambrakis, who will die five days afterwards.
- 1967 –The L'Innovation department store in the centre of Brussels, Belgium, burns down. It is the most devastating fire in Belgian history, resulting in 323 dead and missing and 150 injured.
- 1972 –Ceylon adopts a new constitution, thus becoming a Republic, changes its name to Sri Lanka, and joins the Commonwealth of Nations.
- 2004 –The U.S. town of Hallam, Nebraska, is wiped out by a powerful F4 tornado (part of the May 2004 tornado outbreak sequence) that broke a width record at an astounding 2.5 mi wide, which kills one resident.
- 2011 –An EF5 Tornado strikes the US city of Joplin, Missouri killing up to 161 people. It is the single deadliest US tornado since modern record keeping began in 1950.
Who were born on May 22?
- 1808 –Gérard de Nerval, French writer (d. 1855)
- 1844 –Mary Cassatt, American artist (d. 1926)
- 1941 –Paul Winfield, American actor (d. 2004)
- 1943 –Tommy John, American baseball player
- 1955 –Iva Davies, Australian rock star (Icehouse)
- 1980 –Lucy Gordon, British model and actress (d. 2009)
- 1981 –Bryan Danielson, American professional wrestler
- 1981 –Jürgen Melzer, Austrian tennis player
- 1981 –Melissa Gregory, American figure skater
- 1985 –CariDee English, American model
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