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)

United States President Donald Trump visits the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem and becomes the first sitting U.S. president to visit the Western Wall. Date: May 22, 2017 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 22 📅 Events on this day in 2017 📅 On This Day (Today)

Twenty-two people are killed at an Ariana Grande concert in the 2017 Manchester Arena bombing. Date: May 22, 2017 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 22 📅 Events on this day in 2017 📅 On This Day (Today)

Pakistan International Airlines Flight 8303 crashes in Model Colony near Jinnah International Airport in Karachi, Pakistan, killing 98 people. Date: May 22, 2020 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 22 📅 Events on this day in 2020 📅 On This Day (Today)

Hypothermia kills 21 runners in the 100 km (60-mile) Gansu ultramarathon disaster in China. Date: May 22, 2021 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 22 📅 Events on this day in 2021 📅 On This Day (Today)