May 22nd, 2023

Born on May 22nd, 2023

Age in days, weeks and months
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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?

36

Novak Djokovic

Serbian tennis player (1987–)

*May 22nd, 1987, Belgrade

36

Hugo Arthuso

Badminton player

*May 22nd, 1987, Osasco

48

Kelly Morgan

Badminton player

*May 22nd, 1975, Pontypridd

94

Charles Aznavour

Armenian-French singer and diplomat (1924-2018)

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

37

Matt Jarvis

English association football player (born 1986)

*May 22nd, 1986, Middlesbrough

69

Richard Wagner

German composer (1813–1883)

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

43

Nazanin Boniadi

British-Iranian actress

*May 22nd, 1980, Tehran

71

Arthur Conan Doyle

British writer and physician (1859–1930)

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

64

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

53

Naomi Campbell

English model

*May 22nd, 1970, Streatham

83

Klaus Schlappner

German association football player and manager

*May 22nd, 1940, Lampertheim

36

Arturo Vidal

Chilean association football player

*May 22nd, 1987, Santiago

85

Richard Benjamin

American actor and film director

*May 22nd, 1938, New York City

59

Mark Christopher Lawrence

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

*May 22nd, 1964, Los Angeles

60

Susan Strasberg

American film and stage actress (1938-1999)

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

73

Irène Frain

French writer and journalist

*May 22nd, 1950, Lorient

90

Georges Rol

French priest and theologian

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

19

Peyton Elizabeth Lee

American actress

*May 22nd, 2004, New York City

82

Laurence Olivier

English actor and director (1907–1989)

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

54

Cathy McMorris Rodgers

U.S. Representative from Washington

*May 22nd, 1969, Salem

87

Leonardo Del Vecchio

Italian businessman

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

64

Morrissey

British singer

*May 22nd, 1959, Davyhulme

59

George Best

Northern Irish association football player (1946-2005)

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

27

Nikol Plosaj

Polish cyclist

*May 22nd, 1996, Goleniów

69

Shuji Nakamura

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

*May 22nd, 1954, Ikata

81

Hans Olav Tungesvik

Norwegian politician

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

62

Fritz von Uhde

German artist (1848–1911)

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

38

Tranquillo Barnetta

Swiss footballer

*May 22nd, 1985, St. Gallen

47

Christian Vande Velde

American cyclist

*May 22nd, 1976, Lemont

42

Albrecht von Graefe

German ophthalmologist

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

63

Hideaki Anno

Japanese animator, film director, businessman (1960-)

*May 22nd, 1960, Ube

44

Maggie Q

American actress

*May 22nd, 1979, Honolulu

33

Bassel Khartabil

Free culture and democracy activist, Syrian political prisoner

*May 22nd, 1981, Syria †November 30th, 2014, Damascus

69

Theodor Bergk

German classical philologist (1812–1881)

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

39

Alex Atapuma

Colombian bicycle racer

*May 22nd, 1984, Túquerres

81

Ted Kaczynski

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

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

32

Suho

South Korean singer, group EXO leader

*May 22nd, 1991, Seoul

50

Pascal Touron

French rower

*May 22nd, 1973, Arcachon

45

Ginnifer Goodwin

American actress

*May 22nd, 1978, Memphis

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