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May 23: Day of the Week
May 23, 2024 is the 144th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 222 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Thursday.
If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is jeudi.
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Here’s the May calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.
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Zodiac & Birthstone
Gemini is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Emerald is the modern birthstone for this month. Sapphire is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
May 23 Historical Event(s)
1498
Girolamo Savonarola is burned at the stake in Florence, Italy, on the orders of Pope Alexander VI.
1618
The Second Defenestration of Prague precipitates the Thirty Years’ War.
1805
Napoleon Bonaparte is crowned King of Italy with the Iron Crown of Lombardy in the Cathedral of Milan.
1911
The New York Public Library is dedicated.
1939
The U.S. Navy submarine USS Squalus sinks off the coast of New Hampshire during a test dive, causing the death of 24 sailors and two civilian technicians. The remaining 32 sailors and one civilian naval architect are rescued the following day.
1949
The Federal Republic of Germany is established and the Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany is proclaimed.
1951
Tibetans sign the Seventeen Point Agreement for the Peaceful Liberation of Tibet with the People’s Republic of China.
1967
Egypt closes the Straits of Tiran and blockades the port of Eilat at the northern end of the Gulf of Aqaba to Israeli shipping.
1995
The first version of the Java programming language is released.
1998
The Good Friday Agreement is accepted in a referendum in Northern Ireland with 75% voting yes.
Who were born on May 23?
1617
Elias Ashmole, English antiquarian (d. 1692)
1820
Lorenzo Sawyer, American jurist (d. 1891)
1855
Isabella Ford, English feminist and union activist (d. 1924)
1912
Jean Françaix, French composer (d. 1997)
1929
Ulla Jacobsson, Swedish actress (d. 1982)
1947
Bernard Comrie, English linguist
1956
Mark Shaw, New Zealand rugby footballer
1957
Mark Arnold, American actor
1966
Ernst-Paul Hasselbach, Dutch TV host and producer
1978
Carolyn Moos, American model and professional basketball player
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