May 22nd, 1410

Born on May 22nd, 1410

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 224,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 753 days, exactly on June 1st, 2026, people who were born on May 22nd, 1410 will be 225,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on May 22nd?

May 22nd, 2014

Prayut Chan-o-cha, the commander-in-chief of the Royal Thai Army, launched a coup d'état against the caretaker government following six months of political crisis.

May 22nd, 2010

Upon landing in Mangalore, Air India Express Flight 812 overshot the runway and fell down a hillside, killing 158 of the 166 people on board.

May 22nd, 2002

Police announced that the skeletal remains of Federal Bureau of Prisons intern Chandra Levy, who had been missing for a year, had been found in Rock Creek Park in Washington, D.C.

May 22nd, 1998

In Public Prosecutor v Taw Cheng Kong, the Court of Appeal of Singapore overruled a High Court decision that was the only time a statute in Singapore had been ruled unconstitutional.

May 22nd, 1980

Location testing for Pac-Man, a Japanese arcade game that became an icon of 1980s popular culture, began in Shibuya, Tokyo.

May 22nd, 1972

The Dominion of Ceylon changed its name to Sri Lanka, adopted a new constitution, and officially became a republic within the Commonwealth.

May 22nd, 1960

The most powerful earthquake ever recorded, registering approximately 9.5 Mw, struck near Valdivia, Chile, generating tsunamis that reached Hawaii and Japan.

May 22nd, 1958

Ethnic riots mostly targeting the minority Sri Lankan Tamils broke out in Ceylon, resulting in at least 158 deaths over the next few days.

May 22nd, 1939

Germany and Italy signed the Pact of Steel, a military and political alliance.

May 22nd, 1915

California's Lassen Peak violently erupted, the only volcanic eruption in the contiguous U.S. in the 20th century until Mount St. Helens erupted in 1980.

May 22nd, 1905

Sultan Abdul Hamid II established the Ullah millet, a separate millet for the Aromanians within the Ottoman Empire.

May 22nd, 1897

The first Blackwall Tunnel under the River Thames was opened to improve commerce and trade in the East End of London.

May 22nd, 1856

Senator Charles Sumner (pictured) was assaulted by Representative Preston Brooks in the United States Senate chamber in retaliation for a speech in which Sumner fiercely criticized slaveholders.

May 22nd, 1849

Abraham Lincoln was issued a patent for an invention to lift boats over obstacles in a river, making him the only U.S. president ever to hold a patent.

May 22nd, 1844

In Shiraz, Iran, the Báb declared himself to be a messenger of God to Mullá Husayn, leading to the foundation of Bábism, considered to be a precursor to the Baháʼí Faith.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on May 22nd

Same Day
Who's birthday is on May 22nd?

69

Richard Wagner

German composer (1813–1883)

*May 22nd, 1813, Leipzig †February 13th, 1883, Venice

36

Novak Djokovic

Serbian tennis player (1987–)

*May 22nd, 1987, Belgrade

36

Hugo Arthuso

Badminton player

*May 22nd, 1987, Osasco

71

Arthur Conan Doyle

British writer and physician (1859–1930)

*May 22nd, 1859, Edinburgh †July 7th, 1930, Crowborough

94

Charles Aznavour

Armenian-French singer and diplomat (1924-2018)

*May 22nd, 1924, 6th arrondissement of Paris †October 1st, 2018, Mouriès

48

Kelly Morgan

Badminton player

*May 22nd, 1975, Pontypridd

90

Giulio Orlando

Italian politician (1926-2017)

*May 22nd, 1926, Martina Franca †May 18th, 2017, Fermo

37

Matt Jarvis

English association football player (born 1986)

*May 22nd, 1986, Middlesbrough

64

Linda Emond

American actress

*May 22nd, 1959, New Brunswick

43

Nazanin Boniadi

British-Iranian actress

*May 22nd, 1980, Tehran

83

Klaus Schlappner

German association football player and manager

*May 22nd, 1940, Lampertheim

85

Richard Benjamin

American actor and film director

*May 22nd, 1938, New York City

60

Susan Strasberg

American film and stage actress (1938-1999)

*May 22nd, 1938, New York City †January 21st, 1999, New York City

53

Naomi Campbell

English model

*May 22nd, 1970, Streatham

90

Georges Rol

French priest and theologian

*May 22nd, 1926, Thiviers †April 13th, 2017, L'Isle-d'Espagnac

82

Laurence Olivier

English actor and director (1907–1989)

*May 22nd, 1907, Dorking †July 11th, 1989, West Sussex

42

Albrecht von Graefe

German ophthalmologist

*May 22nd, 1828, Berlin †July 20th, 1870, Berlin

59

Mark Christopher Lawrence

American character actor, stand-up comedian, and voice-over artist

*May 22nd, 1964, Los Angeles

62

Fritz von Uhde

German artist (1848–1911)

*May 22nd, 1848, Limbach-Oberfrohna †February 25th, 1911, Munich

69

Theodor Bergk

German classical philologist (1812–1881)

*May 22nd, 1812, Leipzig †July 20th, 1881, Bad Ragaz

73

Irène Frain

French writer and journalist

*May 22nd, 1950, Lorient

36

Arturo Vidal

Chilean association football player

*May 22nd, 1987, Santiago

87

Leonardo Del Vecchio

Italian businessman

*May 22nd, 1935, Milan †June 27th, 2022, Milan

81

Hans Olav Tungesvik

Norwegian politician

*May 22nd, 1936, Skånevik †June 16th, 2017, Bergen

59

George Best

Northern Irish association football player (1946-2005)

*May 22nd, 1946, Belfast †November 25th, 2005, London

54

Cathy McMorris Rodgers

U.S. Representative from Washington

*May 22nd, 1969, Salem

64

Morrissey

British singer

*May 22nd, 1959, Davyhulme

70

Doris Barnett

German politician

*May 22nd, 1953, Ludwigshafen

69

Shuji Nakamura

Japanese doctor of Engineering (1954-), inventor of the blue LED, 2014 Nobel laureate in Physics

*May 22nd, 1954, Ikata

46

Gérard de Nerval

French writer, poet, essayist and translator (1808–1855)

*May 22nd, 1808, Paris †January 26th, 1855, Paris

63

Hideaki Anno

Japanese animator, film director, businessman (1960-)

*May 22nd, 1960, Ube

89

George Andrew Olah

Hungarian chemist (1927-2017)

*May 22nd, 1927, Budapest †March 8th, 2017, Beverly Hills

81

Ted Kaczynski

American domestic terrorist, mathematician and anarchist (1942–2023)

*May 22nd, 1942, Evergreen Park †June 10th, 2023, Federal Medical Center, Butner

84

Thomas Gold

Austrian astrophysicist (1920-2004)

*May 22nd, 1920, Vienna †June 22nd, 2004, Ithaca

81

Félix Bracquemond

French painter (1833-1914)

*May 22nd, 1833, Paris †October 29th, 1914, Sèvres

47

Christian Vande Velde

American cyclist

*May 22nd, 1976, Lemont

39

Karoline Herfurth

German actress

*May 22nd, 1984, Pankow

19

Peyton Elizabeth Lee

American actress

*May 22nd, 2004, New York City

44

Maggie Q

American actress

*May 22nd, 1979, Honolulu

82

Mary Cassatt

American painter and printmaker (1844—1926)

*May 22nd, 1844, Allegheny †June 14th, 1926, Le Mesnil-Théribus

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1410 is a normal year and no leap year.

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