What Day of the Week

May 1, 2023 is the 121^st day of the year 2023 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 244 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Monday.

If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is lundi.

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Here’s the May calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.

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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• 1786

  Opening night of the opera The Marriage of Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in Vienna, Austria.
• 1885

  The original Chicago Board of Trade Building opened for business.
• 1901

  The Pan-American Exposition opens in Buffalo, New York.
• 1940

  The 1940 Summer Olympics are cancelled due to war.
• 1946

  The Paris Peace Conference concludes that the islands of the Dodecanese should be returned to Greece by Italy.
• 1948

  The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea) is established, with Kim Il-sung as leader.
• 1961

  The Prime Minister of Cuba, Fidel Castro, proclaims Cuba a socialist nation and abolishes elections.
• 1974

  The Argentine terrorist organization Montoneros is expulsed from Plaza de Mayo by president Juan Perón.
• 1982

  The 1982 World’s Fair opens in Knoxville, Tennessee.
• 1987

  Pope John Paul II beatifies Edith Stein, a Jewish-born Carmelite nun who was gassed in the Nazi concentration camp at Auschwitz.

• 1585

  Sophia Olelkovich Radziwill, Belarusian saint (d. 1612)
• 1738

  King Kamehameha I, King of Hawaii (d. 1819)
• 1829

  Anthony Frederick Augustus Sandys, English Pre-Raphaelite painter (d. 1904)
• 1913

  Walter Susskind, Czech conductor (d. 1980)
• 1919

  Lewis Hill, American pacifist and founder of Pacifica Radio (d. 1957)
• 1929

  Ralf Dahrendorf, German-born sociologist and politician (d. 2009)
• 1930

  Little Walter, American blues singer (d. 1968)
• 1955

  Martin O'Donnell, American composer
• 1975

  Alexey Smertin, Russian footballer
• 1976

  Darius McCrary, American actor

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