May 22
May 22 is the 142nd day of the year (143rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 223 days remaining until the end of the year.
Events
Up to 1900
- 192 - Dong Zhuo, Chinese politician and warlord (b. 138)
- 337 – Constantine I of the Roman Empire, Roman emperor (b. 272)
- 748 – Emperor Gensho of Japan (b. 680)
- 985 – Saint Bobo of Provence
- 1068 – Emperor Go-Reizei of Japan (b. 1025)
- 1455 – Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland, English politician
- 1455 – Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset, English commander (b. 1406)
- 1457 - Rita of Cascia, Italian saint (b. 1381)
- 1540 – Francesco Guicciardini (b. 1483)
- 1666 - Gaspar Schott, German physicist and mathematician (b. 1608)
- 1667 – Pope Alexander VII (b. 1599)
- 1746 – Thomas Southerne, Irish dramatist (b. 1660)
- 1795 - Ewald Friedrich von Hertzberg, Prussian statesman (b. 1725)
- 1802 - Martha Washington, First Lady of the United States (b. 1731)
- 1849 - Maria Edgeworth, Irish-English writer (b. 1767)
- 1859 – Emperor Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies (b. 1810)
- 1861 – Thornsbury Bailey Brown, American soldier (b. 1829)
- 1873 – Alessandro Manzoni, Italian poet (b. 1785)
- 1873 - Per-Georg Scheutz, Swedish inventor (b. 1877)
- 1885 – Victor Hugo, French writer (b. 1802)
1901 – 2000
- 1901 – Gaetano Bresci, Italian anarchist (b. 1869)
- 1910 - Jules Renard, French writer (b. 1864)
- 1932 - Augusta, Lady Gregory, Irish playwright (b. 1852)
- 1933 - Tsengeltiin Jigjidjav, Prime Minister of Mongolia (b. 1894)
- 1934 - Joseph M. Dixon, American politician, Governor of Montana (b. 1867)
- 1939 – Ernst Toller, German writer
- 1939 – Jiri Mahen, Czech writer (b. 1882)
- 1943 - Helen Herron Taft, First Lady of the United States (b. 1861)
- 1949 – Klaus Mann, German writer (b. 1906)
- 1966 – Tom Goddard, English cricketer (b. 1900)
- 1967 – Langston Hughes, American writer (b. 1902)
- 1970 - Goodwin Knight, 31st Governor of California (b. 1896)
- 1972 – Cecil Day-Lewis, poet and writer (b. 1904)
- 1972 – Margaret Rutherford, English actress (b. 1892)
- 1975 - Lefty Grove, American baseball player (b. 1900)
- 1983 – Albert Claude, Belgian biologist (b. 1899)
- 1984 - Karl-August Fagerholm, Prime Minister of Finland (b. 1901)
- 1985 - Wolfgang Reithermann, German-American Disney animator, director and producer (b. 1909)
- 1988 - Giorgio Almirante, Italian politician (b. 1914)
- 1990 – Rocky Graziano, American boxer (b. 1922)
- 1992 – Zellig Harris, linguist (b. 1909)
- 1992 - Elizabeth David, English cookery writer (b. 1913)
- 1997 - Myrtle Bachelder, American chemist (b. 1908)
- 1997 – Alfred Hershey, American biochemist (b. 1908)
- 1997 - Renzo Montagnani, Italian actor (b. 1930)
- 1998 – John Derek, American actor, director and photographer (b. 1926)
From 2001
- 2002 - Xi Zhongxun, Chinese politician (b. 1913)
- 2004 – Richard Biggs, actor (b. 1960)
- 2004 – Mikhail Voronin, Russian gymnast (b. 1945)
- 2005 – Charilaos Florakis, Greek politician (b. 1914)
- 2005 – Thurl Ravenscroft, voice actor and singer (b. 1914)
- 2005 – Julia Randall, poet (b. 1924)
- 2006 – Lee Jong-wook, South Korean Director-General of the WHO (b. 1945)
- 2007 - Pemba Doma Sherpa, Nepalese mountaineer (b. 1970)
- 2010 – Martin Gardner, American writer (b. 1914)
- 2012 - Flinder Anderson Khonglam, Indian physician and politician, 18th Chief Minister of Meghalaya (b. 1945)
- 2013 - Henri Dutilleux, French composer (b. 1916)
- 2013 - Andrea Gallo, Italian priest (b. 1928)
- 2013 - Lee Rigby, British soldier (b. 1987)
- 2015 - Marques Haynes, American basketball player (b. 1926)
- 2015 - Radomir Naumov, Serbian politician (b. 1946)
- 2015 - Terry Sue-Patt, English actor (b. 1964)
- 2016 - Adolf Born, Czech painter, filmmaker, illustrator and caricaturist (b. 1930)
- 2016 - Leonorilda Ochoa, Mexican actress and comedienne (b. 1939)
- 2016 - Bata Zivojinovic, Serbian actor (b. 1922)
- 2016 - Lucjan Avgustini, Albanian Roman Catholic prelate (b. 1963)
- 2016 - Velimir Sombolac, Serbian footballer and coach (b. 1939)
- 2017 - Oscar Fulloné, Argentine footballer and coach (b. 1939)
- 2017 - Nicky Hayden, American motorcycle racer (b. 1981)
- 2017 - Dina Merrill, American actress (b. 1923)
- 2017 - Zbigniew Wodecki, Polish singer, composer and television presenter (b. 1950)
- 2017 - Leonhard Nagenrauft, German luger (b. 1938)
- 2017 - Mickey Roker, American jazz drummer (b. 1932)
- 2018 - Alberto Dines, Brazilian journalist (b. 1932)
- 2018 - Philip Roth, American writer (b. 1933)
- 2018 - Daniela Samulski, German swimmer (b. 1984)
- 2018 - Júlio Pomar, Portuguese painter and illustrator (b. 1926)
- 2019 - Judith Kerr, German-born British writer and illustrator (b. 1923)
- 2019 - Ahmad Shah of Pahang, former King of Malaysia (b. 1930)
- 2019 - Eduard Punset, Spanish politician, lawyer, economist and science populariser (b. 1936)
Births
1901 – 1950
- 1901 – Maurice J. Tobin, 56th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1953)
- 1903 – Yves Rocard, French physicist (d. 1992)
- 1904 – Pyotr Sobolevsky, Soviet actor (d. 1977)
- 1905 - Bodo von Borries, German physicist (d. 1956)
- 1907 – Hergé, Belgian cartoonist (d. 1983)
- 1907 – Laurence Olivier, British actor (d. 1989)
- 1908 - Rattana Pestonji, Thai director, producer, screenwriter and cinematographer (d. 1970)
- 1908 - Horton Smith, American golfer (d. 1970)
- 1911 - Anatol Rapoport, Russian-American psychologist (d. 2007)
- 1912 – Herbert C. Brown, English-born chemist (d. 2004)
- 1914 – Sun Ra, American musician (d. 1993)
- 1917 - Georg Tintner, Austrian-born conductor (d. 1999)
- 1917 - George Aratani, Japanese-American entrepreneur (d. 2013)
- 1919 – Paul Vanden Boeynants, Prime Minister of Belgium (d. 2001)
- 1920 - Thomas Gold, Austrian-American astrophysicist (d. 2004)
- 1923 - Faye Adams, American singer
- 1924 – Charles Aznavour, Armenian-French singer, songwriter and actor (d. 2018)
- 1925 – Jean Tinguely, Swiss artist (d. 1991)
- 1927 – George Andrew Olah, Hungarian-born chemist (d. 2017)
- 1927 – Michael Constantine, American actor
- 1927 - Peter Matthiessen, American writer (d. 2014)
- 1928 - Jackie Cain, American jazz singer (d. 2014)
- 1928 - T. Boone Pickens, American businessman and financier
- 1929 - Sergio Mantovani, Italian racing driver (d. 2001)
- 1930 – Harvey Milk, American politician (d. 1978)
- 1930 – Marisol Escobar, American artist and sculptor (d. 2016)
- 1932 - Tavo Burat, Italian journalist, writer and politician (d. 2009)
- 1932 - Robert Spitzer, American psychiatrist (d. 2015)
- 1936 - George H. Heilmeier, American engineer (d. 2014)
- 1937 - Guy Marchand, French actor and director
- 1938 - Richard Benjamin, American actor and movie director
- 1938 – Susan Strasberg, American actress (d. 1999)
- 1939 - Adamou Moumouni Djermakoye, Nigerien officer, politician and diplomat
- 1940 - Michael Sarrazin, Canadian actor (d. 2011)
- 1941 – Menzies Campbell, Scottish athlete and politician, former leader of the Liberal Democrats
- 1942 - Calvin Simon, American singer and musician
- 1942 – Ted Kaczynski, American terrorist, the 'Unabomber'
- 1943 – Gesine Schwan, German politician
- 1943 – Betty Williams, Northern Irish political activist, Nobel Peace Prize winner
- 1943 - David Bernstein, English businessman
- 1944 - Beaton Tulk, Canadian politician, 7th Premier of Newfoundland (d. 2019)
- 1945 - Piero Ferrari, Italian businessman
- 1946 – George Best, Northern Irish footballer (d. 2005)
- 1946 - Howard Kendall, English footballer and manager (d. 2015)
- 1949 - Ieuan Wyn Jones, Welsh politician, former leader of Plaid Cymru
- 1950 - Bernie Taupin, English singer-songwriter and poet
1951 – 1975
- 1952 - Louise Christian, British human rights lawyer
- 1953 – Cha Bum-Kun, South Korean footballer
- 1953 - Paul Mariner, English football manager
- 1954 - Shuji Nakamura, Japanese-American electronic engineer
- 1955 – Dale Winton, English television and radio presenter (d. 2018)
- 1957 – Lisa Murkowski, American politician
- 1958 – Denise Welch, British actress
- 1959 – Steven Morrissey, British singer
- 1959 - Andres Luure, Estonian philosopher and translator
- 1959 - Jon Sopel, British journalist
- 1960 - Hideaki Anno, Japanese animator and movie director
- 1961 - Wang Xiaoshuai, Chinese actor, screenwriter and movie director
- 1964 - Mark Christopher Lawrence, American actor and comedian
- 1964 - Ramunas Butautas, Lithuanian basketball player and coach
- 1965 - Jay Carney, American journalist
- 1966 – Kenny Hickey, American guitarist (Type O Negative)
- 1966 - Wang Xiaoshuai, Chinese film director and screenwriter
- 1968 - Michael Kelly, American actor
- 1970 – Naomi Campbell, British model
- 1972 - Alison Eastwood, American actress and model
- 1972 - Jaouad Gharib, Moroccan long-distance runner
- 1972 - Anna Belknap, American actress
- 1974 - Arseniy Yatsenyuk, former Prime Minister of Ukraine
- 1975 - Janne Niinimaa, Finnish ice hockey player
From 1976
- 1976 - Daniel Erlandsson, Swedish musician
- 1976 – Lee Hughes, English footballer
- 1978 – Katie Price, English model and television personality
- 1978 – Ginnifer Goodwin, American actress
- 1979 - Maggie Q, American actress
- 1980 – Lucy Gordon, British actress (d. 2009)
- 1980 - Róbert Gunnarsson, Icelandic handball player
- 1980 - Shinu K Abraham, Indian football player
- 1981 – Jürgen Melzer, Austrian tennis player
- 1981 – Melissa Gregory, American figure skater
- 1981 - Bassel Khartabil, Palestinian-Syrian software engineer
- 1982 - Erin McNaught, Australian model and television host
- 1982 - Sara Pascoe, English comedienne
- 1983 – Abdulrahman Al-Qahtani, Saudi footballer
- 1983 – John Hopkins, American motorcycle racer
- 1984 - Dustin Moskovitz, American entrepreneur (Facebook)
- 1985 – Tranquillo Barnetta, Swiss footballer
- 1985 - Hideaki Takeda, Japanese footballer
- 1985 - Mauro Boselli, Argentine footballer
- 1986 - Luca Gentili, Italian footballer
- 1986 – Matt Jarvis, English footballer
- 1987 – Novak Djokovic, Serbian tennis player
- 1987 – Arturo Vidal, Chilean footballer
- 1988 - Chris Budinger, American actress
- 1989 - Giordano Benedetti, Italian runner
- 1991 - Kyle Bartley, English footballer
- 1992 - Chinami Tokunaga, Japanese singer
- 1999 - Camren Bicondova, American actress and singer
Deaths
Observances
- Saint of the Day: Saint Rita of Cascia[1]
- Republic Day (Sri Lanka)
- Unity Day or National Day (Yemen)
- National Sovereignty Day (Haiti)
- International Day for Biological Diversity
- Harvey Milk Day (California)
- National Maritime Day (United States)
- Abolition Day (Martinique)