May 22
People born on this day are Gemini.
- 2011
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.
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Tokyo Skytree opens to the public. It is the tallest tower in the world (634 m), and the third tallest man-made structure on Earth after Merdeka 118 (680.5 m) and Burj Khalifa (829.8 m).
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SpaceX COTS Demo Flight 2 launches a Dragon capsule on a Falcon 9 rocket in the first commercial flight to the International Space Station.
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Fusilier Lee Rigby is murdered by two Islamic extremists in Woolwich, Southeast London.
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General Prayut Chan-o-cha becomes interim leader of Thailand in a military coup d'état, following six months of political turmoil.
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An explosion occurs in Ürümqi, capital of China's far-western Xinjiang region, resulting in at least 43 deaths and 91 injuries.
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The Republic of Ireland becomes the first nation in the world to utilise a public referendum to legalise gay marriage.
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Twenty-two people are killed at an Ariana Grande concert in the 2017 Manchester Arena bombing.
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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.
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Pakistan International Airlines Flight 8303 crashes in Model Colony near Jinnah International Airport in Karachi, Pakistan, killing 98 people.
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Hypothermia kills 21 runners in the 100 km (60-mile) Gansu ultramarathon disaster in China.
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A gas explosion at a coal mine in Changzhi, Shanxi, leaves at least 82 people dead.
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2004Peyton Elizabeth Lee, American actress
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2002Anthony Richardson, American football player
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2001Emma Chamberlain, American internet personality
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2001Joshua Zirkzee, Dutch footballer
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1999Samuel Chukwueze, Nigerian footballer
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1999Hōshōryū Tomokatsu, Mongolian sumo wrestler
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1997Lauri Markkanen, Finnish basketball player
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1997Brandon Duhaime, American ice hockey player
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1994Florian Luger, Austrian male model
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1992Anna Baryshnikov, American actress
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1991Joel Obi, Nigerian footballer
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1991Suho, South Korean singer and actor
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