What day of the week was May 22, 1997?

The day of the week May 22nd, 1997 fell on was a Thursday.

Alfred Hershey the American biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1908) died on this day in 1997. As did Renzo Montagnani the Italian actor (b. 1930) .

Kelly Flinn the the US Air Force's first female bomber pilot certified for combat, accepts a general discharge in order to avoid a court-martial.