May 22 Holidays & National Days & Fun Days | May 22 Calendar
May 22th Daily Holidays include:
- Bitcoin Pizza Day
- Canadian Immigrants Day
- Harvey Milk Day (California)
- International Day for Biological Diversity
- National Buy a Musical Instrument Day
- National Maritime Day
- National Solitaire Day
- National Vanilla Pudding Day
- Sherlock Holmes Day
- Victoria Day – May 22, 2023 (Monday Prior to May 25th)
- World Goth Day
May 22: Famous Birthdays
- May 22, 1770 – Princess Elizabeth of the United Kingdom (d. 1840)
- May 22, 1907 – Laurence Olivier, English actor, director, and producer (Wuthering Heights, Rebecca) (d. 1989)
- May 22, 1930 – Harvey Milk, American lieutenant and politician (d. 1978) Harvey Milk Day is celebrated on this day in California
- May 22, 1950 – Bernie Taupin, English singer and songwriter who wrote most of Elton John’s songs
- May 22, 1970 – Naomi Campbell, English model and actress
- May 22, 1979 – Maggie Q, American model and actress (Nikita, Divergent)
May 22: Historical Events
- May 22, 1807 – US Vice President Aaron Burr is indicted by a grand jury for treason
- May 22, 1849 – Prior becoming the US President, Abraham Lincoln is issued a patent for an invention to lift boats over obstacles in rivers
- May 22, 1872 – US President Ulysses S. Grant signs the Amnesty Act into law which restored full civil and political rights to all but about 500 Confederate sympathizers.
- May 22, 1900 – The Associated Press (AP) is formed in NYC as a non-profit news cooperative
- May 22, 1915 – Mt. Lassen erupts
- May 22, 1927 – An 8.3 magnitude earthquake hits near Xining, China causing 200K deaths
- May 22, 1960 – A 9.5 magnitude earthquake in southern Chile earns a record as the most powerful earthquake ever recorded
- May 22, 1962 – Continental Airlines Flight 11 crashes after bombs explode on board
- May 22, 1973 – US President Richard Nixon confesses his role in the Watergate scandal
- May 22, 2011 – Joplin, Missouri gets hit with an EF5 tornado that kills 162 people and does $2.8 billion in damages
- May 22, 2017 – US. President Donald Trump becomes the first sitting U.S. President to visit the Western Wall in Jerusalem
May 22: Music Events
- May 22, 1965 – Ticket To Ride by The Beatles’ hits #1 in the US
- May 22, 1967 – The Monkees’ release their third album Headquarters that has them performing their own instruments for the first time.
- May 22, 1968 – Young Girl from Gary Puckett & the Union Gap hits #1 in the UK (video below)
- May 22, 1971 – The Rolling Stones’ album, Sticky Fingers hits #1 in the US
- May 22, 1976 – Silly Love Songs by Paul McCartney & Wings hits #1 in the US
- May 22, 2000 – Kiss This is released by Aaron Tippin
May 22: Astrological Sign
The Astrological Sign for May 22 is Gemini.
May Birthstone:
What is the May Birthstone? Emerald
As the birthstone for May, the emerald, a symbol of rebirth, is believed to grant the owner foresight, good fortune, and youth.
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