Tuesday May 20, 2025
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 French then this day of the week in French is mardi.

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Zodiac & Birthstone

Taurus 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.

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by the Numbers

  • days since
  • year, month, and days ago
  • month since then
  • is in the st week of the year (ISO 8601)
  • weeks ago
  • The year is not a leap year

Historical Event(s)

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The Battle of Dun Nechtain is fought between a Pictish army under King Bridei III and the invading Northumbrians under King Ecgfrith, who are decisively defeated.
The city of Magdeburg in Germany is seized by forces of the Holy Roman Empire and most of its inhabitants massacred, in one of the bloodiest incidents of the Thirty Years’ War.
York Minster is badly damaged by fire
American Civil War: Battle of Ware Bottom Church – in the Virginia Bermuda Hundred Campaign, 10,000 troops fight in this Confederate victory.
Krakatoa begins to erupt. The volcano’s final and most notable explosion occurs on August 26.
Dinuzulu kaCetshwayo becomes the king of the Zulu Nation.
At 07:52 Charles Lindbergh takes off from Roosevelt Field in Long Island, New York, on the world’s first solo non-stop flight across the Atlantic Ocean. He touched down at Le Bourget Field in Paris at 22:22 the next day.
In Operation Redwing (shot Cherokee), the first United States airborne hydrogen bomb is dropped over Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean;
In a referendum in Quebec, the population rejects by a 60% vote the proposal from its government to move towards independence from Canada.
The Chinese authorities declare martial law in the face of pro-democracy demonstrations, setting the scene for the Tiananmen Square massacre.

Who were born on ?

Salomo Glassius, German theologian (d. 1656)
Sir William Congreve, English inventor (d. 1828)
Chandrashekarendra Saraswati, Indian Hindu sage, Jivanmukta (d. 1994)
Peter Copley, British actor (d. 2008)
Anthony Zerbe, American actor
Zbigniew Preisner, Polish film composer
Chad Muska, American professional skateboarder
Mark Winterbottom, Australian racing driver
Keith Grennan, American football player
Mauro, Brazilian footballer

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