About 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 this year. The day of the week is Wednesday.
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Gemini is the sun sign of a person born on this day. Emerald is the modern birthstone for this month. Sapphire is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 252 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
What Happened On 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.
- 1809 –On the second and last day of the Battle of Aspern-Essling (near Vienna), Napoleon is repelled by an enemy army for the first time.
- 1819 –The SS Savannah leaves port at Savannah, Georgia, United States, on a voyage to become the first steamship to cross the Atlantic Ocean. The ship arrived at Liverpool, England on June 20.
- 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.
- 1844 –Persian Prophet The Báb announces his revelation, founding Bábism. He announces to the world the coming of “He whom God shall make manifest”. He is considered the forerunner of Bahá'u'lláh, the founder of the Bahá'í Faith.
- 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”).
- 1897 –The Blackwall Tunnel under the River Thames is officially opened
- 1936 –Aer Lingus (Aer Loingeas) is founded by the Irish government as the national airline of the Republic of Ireland.
- 1962 –Continental Airlines Flight 11 crashes after bombs explode on board.
- 1964 –U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson announces the goals of his Great Society social reforms to bring an “end to poverty and racial injustice” in America.
- 1969 –Apollo 10's lunar module flies within 8.4 nautical miles (16 km) of the moon’s surface.
- 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 –Microsoft releases the Windows 3.0 operating system.
- 1992 –After 30 years, 66-year-old Johnny Carson hosts The Tonight Show for the last time.
- 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.
- 2008 –The Late-May 2008 tornado outbreak sequence unleashes 235 tornadoes, including an EF4 and an EF5 tornado, between May 22 and May 31, 2008. The tornadoes struck 19 states and one Canadian province.
- 2010 –Air India Express Flight 812 overshoots the runway and crashes. 158 people are killed.
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