About May 22
May 22, 2022 is the 142nd day of the year 2022 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 223 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Sunday.
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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 245 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
What Happened On May 22
- 334 BC –The Macedonian army of Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of the Granicus.
- 853 –A Byzantine fleet sacks and destroys undefended Damietta in Egypt
- 1455 –Wars of the Roses: at the First Battle of St Albans, Richard, Duke of York, defeats and captures King Henry VI of England.
- 1762 –Sweden and Prussia sign the Treaty of Hamburg.
- 1840 –The transporting of British convicts to the New South Wales colony is abolished.
- 1897 –The Blackwall Tunnel under the River Thames is officially opened
- 1903 –Launch of the White Star Liner, SS Ionic.
- 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.
- 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.
- 1962 –Continental Airlines Flight 11 crashes after bombs explode on board.
- 1963 –Assassination attempt of Greek left-wing politician Gregoris Lambrakis, who will die five days afterwards.
- 1969 –Apollo 10's lunar module flies within 8.4 nautical miles (16 km) of the moon’s surface.
- 1987 –First ever Rugby World Cup kicks off with New Zealand playing Italy at Eden Park, Auckland.
- 1990 –Microsoft releases the Windows 3.0 operating system.
- 1990 –North and South Yemen are unified to create the Republic of Yemen.
- 1992 –Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Slovenia join the United 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.
- 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.
- 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.
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