May 22nd, 2280

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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

Birthdays and future age on May 22nd, 2280

293

Novak Djokovic

Serbian tennis player

*May 22nd, 1987, Belgrade

293

Hugo Arthuso

Badminton player

*May 22nd, 1987, Osasco

305

Kelly Morgan

Badminton player

*May 22nd, 1975, Pontypridd

294

Matt Jarvis

English association football player (born 1986)

*May 22nd, 1986, Middlesbrough

321

Linda Emond

American actress

*May 22nd, 1959, New Brunswick

300

Nazanin Boniadi

British-Iranian actress

*May 22nd, 1980, Tehran

340

Klaus Schlappner

German association football player and manager

*May 22nd, 1940, Lampertheim

342

Richard Benjamin

American actor and film director

*May 22nd, 1938, New York City

310

Naomi Campbell

English model

*May 22nd, 1970, Streatham

316

Mark Christopher Lawrence

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

*May 22nd, 1964, Los Angeles

330

Irène Frain

French writer and journalist

*May 22nd, 1950, Lorient

293

Arturo Vidal

Chilean association football player

*May 22nd, 1987, Santiago

311

Cathy McMorris Rodgers

U.S. Representative from Washington

*May 22nd, 1969, Salem

321

Morrissey

British singer

*May 22nd, 1959, Davyhulme

326

Shuji Nakamura

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

*May 22nd, 1954, Ikata

320

Hideaki Anno

Japanese animator, film director, businessman (1960-)

*May 22nd, 1960, Ube

276

Peyton Elizabeth Lee

American actress

*May 22nd, 2004, New York City

304

Christian Vande Velde

American cyclist

*May 22nd, 1976, Lemont

301

Maggie Q

American actress

*May 22nd, 1979, Honolulu

295

Tranquillo Barnetta

Swiss footballer

*May 22nd, 1985, St. Gallen

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