Civil rights movement: A jury in Birmingham, Alabama, convicts former Ku Klux Klan member Bobby Frank Cherry of the 1963 murder of four girls in the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing. Date: May 22, 2002 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 22 📅 Events on this day in 2002 📅 On…
Inter Milan beat Bayern Munich 2–0 in the UEFA Champions League final in Madrid, Spain to become the first, and so far only, Italian team to win the historic treble (Serie A, Coppa Italia, Champions League). Date: May 22, 2010 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 22 📅 Events on this…
Air India Express Flight 812, a Boeing 737 crashes over a cliff upon landing at Mangalore, India, killing 158 of 166 people on board, becoming the deadliest crash involving a Boeing 737 until the crash of Lion Air Flight 610. Date: May 22, 2010 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 22…
An EF5 tornado strikes Joplin, Missouri, killing 158 people and wreaking $2.8 billion in damages, the costliest and seventh-deadliest single tornado in U.S. history. Date: May 22, 2011 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 22 📅 Events on this day in 2011 📅 On This Day (Today)
SpaceX COTS Demo Flight 2 launches a Dragon capsule on a Falcon 9 rocket in the first commercial flight to the International Space Station. Date: May 22, 2012 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 22 📅 Events on this day in 2012 📅 On This Day (Today)
Tokyo Skytree opens to the public. It is the tallest tower in the world (634 m), and the second tallest man-made structure on Earth after Burj Khalifa (829.8 m). Date: May 22, 2012 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 22 📅 Events on this day in 2012 📅 On This Day…
Fusilier Lee Rigby is murdered by 2 Islamic extremists in Woolwich, Southeast London Date: May 22, 2013 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 22 📅 Events on this day in 2013 📅 On This Day (Today)
An explosion occurs in Ürümqi, capital of China's far-western Xinjiang region, resulting in at least 43 deaths and 91 injuries. Date: May 22, 2014 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 22 📅 Events on this day in 2014 📅 On This Day (Today)
General Prayut Chan-o-cha becomes interim leader of Thailand in a military coup d'état, following six months of political turmoil. Date: May 22, 2014 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 22 📅 Events on this day in 2014 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Republic of Ireland becomes the first nation in the world to utilise a public referendum to legalise gay marriage. Date: May 22, 2015 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 22 📅 Events on this day in 2015 📅 On This Day (Today)