May 22nd, 2002

Born on May 22nd, 2002

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on May 22nd, 2002?

May 22nd, 2002

Civil rights movement: A jury in Birmingham, Alabama, convicts former Ku Klux Klan member Bobby Frank Cherry of the 1963 murder of four girls in the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_rights_movement

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.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Bureau_of_Prisons

What else happened on May 22nd?

May 22nd, 2014

Prayut Chan-o-cha (pictured), 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, 1998

In Public Prosecutor v Taw Cheng Kong, the Court of Appeal of Singapore overruled a High Court decision in 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.

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

Born on May 22nd, 2002

22

Maisa Silva

Brazilian actress, TV hostess, model, singer and YouTuber

*May 22nd, 2002, São Bernardo do Campo

22

Anthony Richardson

American football player (born 2002)

*May 22nd, 2002, Gainesville

22

Svyatoslav Kozhedub

Russian footballer

*May 22nd, 2002, Kostanay

22

David Ankeye

Nigerian association football player

*May 22nd, 2002, Abuja

22

Mathías Llontop

Peruvian footballer

*May 22nd, 2002, Lima

22

Matheus Araujo

Brazilian footballer

*May 22nd, 2002, Osasco

22

Taniela Otukolo

Tongan rugby league footballer

*May 22nd, 2002, Tongatapu

22

Shoki Nagano

Japanese association football player

*May 22nd, 2002, Kitakyushu

22

Mikalaj Makarevič

Belarusian association football player

*May 22nd, 2002, Barysaw

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

37

Novak Djokovic

Serbian tennis player

*May 22nd, 1987, Belgrade

37

Hugo Arthuso

Badminton player

*May 22nd, 1987, Osasco

49

Kelly Morgan

Badminton player

*May 22nd, 1975, Pontypridd

38

Matt Jarvis

English association football player (born 1986)

*May 22nd, 1986, Middlesbrough

20

Peyton Elizabeth Lee

American actress

*May 22nd, 2004, New York City

44

Nazanin Boniadi

British-Iranian actress

*May 22nd, 1980, Tehran

94

Charles Aznavour

Armenian-French singer and diplomat (1924-2018)

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

69

Richard Wagner

German composer (1813–1883)

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

23

Joshua Zirkzee

Dutch association football player

*May 22nd, 2001, Schiedam

37

Arturo Vidal

Chilean association football player

*May 22nd, 1987, Santiago

65

Linda Emond

American actress

*May 22nd, 1959, New Brunswick

90

Giulio Orlando

Italian politician (1926-2017)

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

71

Arthur Conan Doyle

British writer and physician (1859–1930)

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

54

Naomi Campbell

English model

*May 22nd, 1970, Streatham

60

Mark Christopher Lawrence

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

*May 22nd, 1964, Los Angeles

84

Klaus Schlappner

German association football player and manager

*May 22nd, 1940, Lampertheim

86

Richard Benjamin

American actor and film director

*May 22nd, 1938, New York City

23

Denzel Hall

Dutch footballer

*May 22nd, 2001, Rotterdam

28

Nikol Plosaj

Polish cyclist

*May 22nd, 1996, Goleniów

25

Camren Bicondova

American actress and dancer

*May 22nd, 1999, San Diego

Same year
Born in 2002

21

Alika Milova

Estonian singer-songwriter

*September 5th, 2002, Narva

22

Josie Nelson

British cyclist

*April 8th, 2002, Burton upon Trent

21

João Gomes

Brazilian singer-songwriter

*July 31st, 2002, Serrita

21

NLE Choppa

American rapper from Tennessee (born 2002)

*November 1st, 2002, Memphis

22

Lil Mosey

American rapper and singer-songwriter

*January 25th, 2002, Mountlake Terrace

21

Lil Tecca

American rapper and singer-songwriter

*August 26th, 2002, Queens

22

Eleonora Gasparrini

Italian cyclist

*March 25th, 2002, Turin

21

Jasmine Liu

American Samoan beach handball player

*September 2nd, 2002, Vaitogi

22

Trueno

Argentinian rapper and singer

*March 25th, 2002, Buenos Aires

19

Einár

Swedish rapper (2002–2021)

*September 5th, 2002, Stockholm †October 21st, 2021, Hammarby Sjöstad

22

Matteo Romano

Italian singer (2002-)

*March 20th, 2002, Cuneo

22

Indah Cahya Sari Jamil

Badminton player

*March 16th, 2002, Gowa Regency

21

Riko Gunji

Badminton player

*July 31st, 2002, Ebina

21

Rui Hirokami

Badminton player

*July 26th, 2002, Takaoka

22

Christo Popov

Badminton player

*March 8th, 2002, Sofia

22

Cheng Xing

Chinese badminton player

*May 7th, 2002, Jiujiang, Guangdong

21

Srivedya Gurazada

US American badminton player

*August 15th, 2002, Boston

21

Katharina Fink

Italian badminton player

*November 14th, 2002, Bolzano

22

Jesita Putri Miantoro

Badminton player

*May 1st, 2002, Depok

22

Ishaan Bhatnagar

Indian badminton player

*February 2nd, 2002, Raipur

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 2002 is a normal year and no leap year.

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