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Sunday 22 May 2022

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22 MayArnold McNair, died 1975

22 MayChristopher Columbus Langdell, born 1826

22 MayGaetano Morelli, died 1989

22 MayGerard Brennan, born 1928

22 MayKarl Llewellyn, born 1893

23 MayAbu al-Abbas al-Azafi, died 1236

23 MayAlexander Rekunkov, died 1996

23 MayArabella Mansfield, born 1846

23 MayEdward Livingston, died 1836

23 MayEka Tkeshelashvili, born 1977

23 MayGaetano Morelli, born 1900

24 MayBenjamin N. Cardozo, born 1870

24 MayIvor Richardson, born 1930

24 MayLouis Ignacio-Pinto, died 1984

24 MayPaul Laband, born 1838

25 MayAhmed Cevdet Pasha, died 1895

25 MayBrian Dickson, born 1916

25 MayLaurie Ackermann, died 2024

25 MayPhilip P. Barbour, born 1783

26 MayDonoghue v Stevenson, Decision Date 1932

26 MayImmigration Act of 1924, Enacted Date 1924

26 MayIsaac Alfasi, died 1103

26 MayJules Coleman, born 1947

26 MayLarisa Brychyova, born 1957

26 MayRoberto Ago, born 1907

26 MayVera Chirwa, born 1932

26 MayYorozu Oda, died 1945

27 MayA. Mercer Daniel, born 1887

27 MayAl-Mawardi, died 1058

27 MayAnthony Fitzherbert, died 1538

27 MayChris Dodd, born 1944

27 MayFrederik Harhoff, born 1949

27 MayHabeas Corpus Act 1679, Enacted Date 1679

27 MayNeil MacCormick, born 1941

27 MayNewton Ogilvie Thompson, born 1904

27 MaySecurities Act of 1933, Enacted Date 1933

28 MayCarter Glass, died 1946

28 MayEdward Livingston, born 1764

28 MayFrederic William Maitland, born 1850

28 MayHedley Byrne v Heller, Decision Date 1963

28 MayHubert Parker, Baron Parker of Waddington, born 1900

28 MayIndian Removal Act, Enacted Date 1830

28 MayYoshiko Mibuchi, died 1984

Dates for the Hebrew and Islamic calendars are the tabular reckoning, which is what a printed calendar prints. Communities that begin a month on a sighted crescent may differ by a day, and differ from one another by place.