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May 20, 2022

On May 20, 2022, russo-Ukrainian war: Russia claims full control of the Ukrainian city of Mariupol after a nearly three-month siege. The year's #1 song was "Heat Waves" by Glass Animals.

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2022 (MMXXII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2022nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 22nd year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 3rd year of the 2020s decade.

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On May 20, 2022

  1. 2022 Russo-Ukrainian war: Russia claims full control of the Ukrainian city of Mariupol after a nearly three-month siege.

    Ongoing conflict since 2014

    The Russo-Ukrainian war began in February 2014 and is ongoing. Following Ukraine's Revolution of Dignity, Russia occupied Crimea and annexed it from Ukraine. It then supported Russian separatist armed groups who started a war in the eastern Donbas region against Ukraine's military.

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Died on May 20, 2022

Roger Angell American writer (1920–2022)
Susan Roces Filipino actress (1941–2022)

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