Tukuk-OS📅 May 22
25 events · 12 births · 12 deaths
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What happened on May 22? Below are the notable events chosen by Wikipedia’s editors for this date, followed by celebrated births, deaths and the observances recognised around the world.
Events
- 2026 — A gas explosion at a coal mine in Changzhi, Shanxi, China, leaves at least 82 people dead.
- 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.
Prayut Chan-o-chaList of commanders-in-chief of the Royal Thai Army2014 Thai coup d'état
- 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.
- 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.
Federal Bureau of PrisonsKilling of Chandra LevyRock Creek Park
- 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.
Public Prosecutor v Taw Cheng KongCourt of Appeal of SingaporeHigh Court of Singapore
- 1987 — During Hindu–Muslim rioting in Meerut, India, 19 members of the Provincial Armed Constabulary allegedly massacred 42 Muslims and dumped their bodies in water canals.
- 1980 — Location testing for Pac-Man, a Japanese arcade game that became an icon of 1980s popular culture, began in Shibuya, Tokyo.
- 1972 — The Dominion of Ceylon changed its name to Sri Lanka, adopted a new constitution, and officially became a republic within the Commonwealth.
Dominion of CeylonSri LankaRepublics in the Commonwealth of Nations
- 1960 — The most powerful earthquake ever recorded, registering approximately 9.5 Mw, struck near Valdivia, Chile, generating tsunamis that reached Hawaii and Japan.
- 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.
- 1939 — Germany and Italy signed the Pact of Steel, a military and political alliance.
- 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.
- 1911 — The Uruguayan Regional Workers' Federation declared a general strike in solidarity with trolley workers in Montevideo.
Uruguayan Regional Workers' FederationGeneral strikeMontevideo
- 1905 — Sultan Abdul Hamid II established the Ullah millet, a separate millet for the Aromanians within the Ottoman Empire.
- 1897 — The first Blackwall Tunnel under the River Thames was opened to improve commerce and trade in the East End of London.
- 1874 — Giuseppe Verdi's Requiem was first performed in the San Marco church in Milan to commemorate the first anniversary of Alessandro Manzoni's death.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 1826 — HMS Beagle (pictured) departed on her first voyage from Plymouth for a hydrographic survey of the Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego regions of South America.
- 1816 — A riot broke out in Littleport, England, over high unemployment and rising grain costs, spreading to Ely the next day before being quelled by troops.
Ely and Littleport riots of 1816LittleportEly, Cambridgeshire
- 1766 — A magnitude-7.1 earthquake struck Constantinople and was followed by a tsunami that caused significant damage.
- 1762 — The Trevi Fountain (pictured) in Rome was officially inaugurated by Pope Clement XIII.
- 1629 — Albrecht von Wallenstein and King Christian IV of Denmark signed the Treaty of Lübeck to end Danish intervention in the Thirty Years' War.
Albrecht von WallensteinChristian IV of DenmarkTreaty of Lübeck
- 853 — Arab–Byzantine wars: The Byzantine navy began a raid on the Nile Delta port city of Damietta, whose garrison was absent at the time.
Births
- 2004 — Peyton Elizabeth Lee, American actress
- 2002 — Anthony Richardson, American football player
- 2001 — Enzo Barrenechea, Argentine footballer
- 2001 — Emma Chamberlain, American internet personality
- 2001 — Joshua Zirkzee, Dutch footballer
- 2000 — Julián Carranza, Argentine footballer
- 1999 — Samuel Chukwueze, Nigerian footballer
- 1999 — Femke Huijzer, Dutch model
- 1999 — Hōshōryū Tomokatsu, Mongolian sumo wrestler
- 1998 — Samile Bermannelli, Brazilian fashion model
- 1997 — Lauri Markkanen, Finnish basketball player
- 1997 — Brandon Duhaime, American ice hockey player
Deaths
- 2026 — Richard A. Tapia, American mathematician, National Medal of Science recipient (born 1939)
- 2024 — David Wilkie, Scottish swimmer (born 1954)
- 2022 — Dervla Murphy, Irish touring cyclist and author (born 1931)
- 2020 — Denise Cronenberg, Canadian costume designer (born 1938)
- 2019 — Judith Kerr, German-born British writer and illustrator (born 1923)
- 2017 — Nicky Hayden, American motorcycle racer (born 1981)
- 2016 — Velimir "Bata" Živojinović, Serbian actor and politician (born 1933)
- 2015 — Marques Haynes, American basketball player and coach (born 1926)
- 2015 — Vladimir Katriuk, Ukrainian-Canadian SS officer (born 1921)
- 2013 — Sigurd Ottovich Schmidt, Russian historian and ethnographer (born 1922)
- 2012 — Muzafar Bhutto, Pakistani politician (born 1970)
- 2012 — Wesley A. Brown, American lieutenant and engineer (born 1927)
Observances & holidays
- Abolition Day (Martinique)
- Aromanian National Day (marginal, celebration on May 23 is more common)
- Christian feast day: Castus and Emilius
- Christian feast day: Fulk
- Christian feast day: Humilita
- Christian feast day: Blessed John Forest
- Christian feast day: Blessed Maria Domenica Brun Barbantini
- Christian feast day: Michael Hồ Đình Hy (one of Vietnamese Martyrs)
- Christian feast day: Quiteria
- Christian feast day: Rita of Cascia
- Christian feast day: Romanus of Subiaco
- Christian feast day: May 22 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Harvey Milk Day (California)
- International Day for Biological Diversity (International)
- United States National Maritime Day
- National Sovereignty Day (Haiti)
- Republic Day (Sri Lanka)
- Translation of the Relics of Saint Nicholas from Myra to Bari (Ukraine)
Translation of the Relics of Saint Nicholas from Myra to BariUkraine
- Unity Day (Yemen), celebrates the unification of North and South Yemen into the Republic of Yemen in 1990.
- World Goth Day
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