This is our day guide for Sunday May 22nd 2016 which shows you at a glance what's happening on this day around the world. Using the calendar on this page, you can look at a day guide for any day. Why not look up your birthday to see which holidays you share it with?
Holidays on May 22nd 2016
International: Waisak Day
Marks three key events in Buddhas life - his birthday, the enlightenment and his achievement of Nirvana
Bangladesh: Shab e-Barat
Muslims believe that on the night of Shab-E-Barat God writes the destinies of all men for the coming year by taking into account the deeds committed by them in the past
Yemen: Unification Day
Marks the anniversary of the unification of North Yemen and South Yemen in 1990.| Choose a Day |
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| General Information for May 22nd 2016 | |
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| There are 3 public holidays today. | |
| Day 143 of 2016 | |
| 223 days left in 2016 | |
| Week 20 of the year | |
| On this Day in History | |
| 2006 - At 1pm, thousands of GCSE students across the United Kingdom sit down to their first Humanities paper - little do they know that they are victims of the 2006 GCSE Humanities Paper Debacle. | |
| 1915 - The worst train crash ever to occur in the UK takes place at Quintinshill in Scotland - the accident involves five different trains, with a death toll of 227. | |
| 1455 - The Yorkists are victorious over the Lancastrians at the First Battle of St Albans, heralding the start of the War of the Roses. | |
| 337 - Emperor Constantine, founder of the city of Byzantium and the Byzantine Empire, dies. |
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