May 22, 1980 (Wednesday, clear)
- 9:00: Citizens converge on Provincial Hall Square and Geumnam-no.
- 10:30: Military helicopters circle around dropping leaflets “To the rioters.”
- 11:25: Red Cross Hospital blood donor vans and demonstrator jeeps go around asking for blood donations.
- 12:00: Korean flag on the roof of Provincial Hall lowered to half mast along with black ribbons.
- 13:30: Eight representatives from the Citizen Settlement Committee visit Martial Law Command outpost and convey a seven-article plan.
- 15:08: About 500 university students from Seoul arrive in Gwangju. Welcoming ceremony held.
- 15:58: Citizens convene mass meeting at Provincial Hall Square while 18 bodies lay in state.
- 17:18: Citizen Settlement Committee reports results from visit to Martial Law Command.
- 17:40: 23 more bodies arrive at Provincial Hall Square.
- 21:30: Prime Minister Park Chung-gun broadcasts that a “state of lawlessness” exists in Gwangju.
