| Holiday name | Holiday location | Holiday type |
|---|---|---|
| National Maritime Day | United states | Observance |
| National Craft Distillery Day * | - | Weird |
| National Solitaire Day | - | Weird |
| National Buy a Musical Instrument Day | - | Weird |
| National Vanilla Pudding Day | - | Weird |
May 22nd 2020 To Today
On the brink of default, Argentina says there's a 'big chance' its May 22 deadline will be extended. Published Wed, May 20 2020 4:29 AM EDT Updated Wed, May 20 2020 4:35 AM EDT. This story is from May 22, 2020 Horoscope Today, 22 May 2020: Check astrological prediction for Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio and other signs Samir Jain May 22, 2020, 08:12 IST.
Historical Events on May 22
- 1804: The Corps of Discovery leaves St. Charles, Missour and officially begins the Lewis and Clark Expedition on this day.
- 1807: Former U.S Vice President Aaron Burr is indicted by a Grand Jury on the charge of Treason.
- 1816: Riots over the rising cost of grain and high unemployment break out around Littleport in England and spreads to other towns in the following days.
- 1819: Trying to become the first steamship to cross the Atlantic Ocean, the SS Savannah heads out of the port at Savannah, Georgia.
- 1826: The HMS Beagle begins its maiden voyage.
- 1848: In Martinique, slavery is officially abolished.
- 1849: United States President Abraham Lincoln become the first U.S President to get a patent when he’s granted one for his invention that lifts boats over obstructions and shoals in a river.
- 1856:S Senator Charles Sumner of Massachusetts is severely beaten with a cane in the hall of the U.S Senate by Congressman Preston Brooks of South Carolina. Senator Sumner had given a speech about Southerners and slavery and that started the instigation.
- 1863: A siege on Port Hudson begins on this day. It would last forty-eight days and is the longest siege in United States Military History.
- 1864: The Red River Campaign undertaken by the Union fails after 10-weeks.
- 1872: The Amnesty Act is signed into law by U.S President Ulysses S. Grant. This act restores full political and civil right to almost all Confederate sympathizers – except for about five hundred of them.
Famous Birthdays on May 22
- British writer, Arthur Conan Doyle is born in 1859.
- English actor and director, Laurence Olivier is born in 1907.
- American politician and activist, Harvey Milk is born in 1930.
- American psychiatrist Robert Spitzer is born in 1932.
- American actress Susan Strasberg is born in 1938.
- American journalist Bernard Shaw is born in 1940.
- Irish peace activist and Nobel Prize laureate, Betty Williams is born in 1943.
- English model Naomi Campbell is born in 1970.
- American author and screenwriter, Max Brooks is born in 1972.
- German actress Karoline Herfurth is born in 1984.
May 22nd 2020 New Moon
