A date scroll with Latin text from “The Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.
: Day of the Week
is the of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are until the end of the year. The day of the week is .
If you are trying to learn Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is lunes.
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Zodiac & Birthstone
Gemini is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Pearl is the modern birthstone for this month. Moonstone is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
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by the Numbers
days since
year, month, and days ago
month since then
is in the rd week of the year (ISO 8601)
weeks ago
The year is not a leap year
Historical Event(s)
First Récollet missionaries arrive at Quebec City, from Rouen, France.
Napoleonic Wars: A Franco-Spanish fleet recaptures Diamond Rock, an uninhabited island at the entrance to the bay leading to Fort-de-France, from the British.
Guglielmo Marconi applies for a patent for his newest invention: the radio.
World War II: German paratoopers murder Greek civilians in the village of Kondomari.
The coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, who is crowned Queen of the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Her Other Realms and Territories & Head of the Commonwealth, the first major international event to be televised.
The USSR and Yugoslavia sign the Belgrade declaration and thus normalize relations between both countries, discontinued since 1948.
Surveyor program: Surveyor 1 lands in Oceanus Procellarum on the Moon, becoming the first U.S. spacecraft to soft land on another world.
In Denver, Colorado, Timothy McVeigh is convicted on 15 counts of murder and conspiracy for his role in the 1995 bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
Europe launches its first voyage to another planet, Mars. The European Space Agency’s Mars Express probe launches from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan.
Ken Jennings begins his 74-game winning streak on the syndicated game show Jeopardy!
Who were born on ?
Barbara Pym, English novelist (d. 1980)
Marcel Reich-Ranicki, Polish-born critic
Betty Freeman, American philanthropist and photographer (d. 2009)
Bob Lillis, baseball player
Roger Brierley, English actor (d. 2005)
Jimmy Jones, American singer and songwriter
Peter Sutcliffe, English serial killer
Tony Hadley, English singer (Spandau Ballet)
Queen 'Masenate Mohato Seeiso of Lesotho
Leela James, American singer-songwriter
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