This is our day guide for Thursday May 22nd 2025 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 2025
Regional
Malaysia (regional): The Sultan of Pahang Hol
A holiday since 1974 to commemorate the death of the fourth Sultan of Pahang, Sultan Abu Bakar.
Martinique: Abolition Day
Slavery was finally abolished in all French possessions on May 28th 1848
Montenegro: Independence Day Holiday
Second day of holidays to mark Independence Day
Yemen: Unification Day
Marks the anniversary of the unification of North Yemen and South Yemen in 1990.May 21st 2025 | Go to Today | May 23rd 2025
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| General Information for May 22nd 2025 | |
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| There are 4 public holidays today. | |
| Day 142 of 2025 | |
| 223 days left in 2025 | |
| Week 21 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. | |
| 1959 - Lead singer of The Smiths, Morrissey is born. | |
| 1813 - Composer Richard Wagner is born. | |
| 337 - Emperor Constantine, founder of the city of Byzantium and the Byzantine Empire, dies. |
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