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May 22nd Feast Day and Historical Events

Published May 22, 2025, 07:26
May 22nd Feast Day and Historical Events

Today, Thursday, May 22nd, the feast day is celebrated for Aimilia, Emilia, Emily, Emma, Milia, Aimilios, and Milios, as well as Kodros and Kodra. This day is dedicated to World Biodiversity Day. Significant historical events that occurred on May 22nd include an assassination attempt on Saladin in 1176, Richard of York's victory in the Wars of the Roses in 1455, the signing of the Treaty of Hamburg between Sweden and Prussia in 1762, the abdication of King Constantine in 1917, the signing of the Hitler-Mussolini alliance in 1939, the failed British counterattack in the Battle of Crete in 1941, the enactment of the Truman Doctrine in 1947, and the Great Chilean Earthquake in 1960. Additionally, in 1963, the assassination attempt on MP Grigoris Lambrakis took place in Thessaloniki.