What Day of the Week

May 1, 2020 was the 122^nd day of the year 2020 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 244 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Friday.

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

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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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• 1751

  The first cricket match is played in America.
• 1776

  Establishment of the Illuminati in Ingolstadt (Upper Bavaria), by Jesuit-taught Adam Weishaupt.
• 1778

  American Revolution: The Battle of Crooked Billet begins in Hatboro, Pennsylvania.
• 1844

  Hong Kong Police Force, the world’s second, Asia’s first modern police force is established.
• 1915

  The RMS Lusitania departs from New York City on her two hundred and second, and final, crossing of the North Atlantic. Six days later, the ship is torpedoed off the coast of Ireland with the loss of 1,198 lives, including 128 Americans, rousing American sentiment against Germany.
• 1950

  Guam is organized as a United States commonwealth.
• 1977

  36 people are killed in Taksim Square, Istanbul, during the Labour Day celebrations.
• 1978

  Japan’s Naomi Uemura, travelling by dog sled, becomes the first person to reach the North Pole alone.
• 1991

  Rickey Henderson of the Oakland Athletics steals his 939th base, making him the all-time leader in this category. However, his accomplishment is overshadowed later that evening by Nolan Ryan of the Texas Rangers, when he pitches his seventh career no-hitter, breaking his own record.
• 2008

  The London Agreement on translation of European patents, concluded in 2000, enters into force in 14 of the 34 Contracting States to the European Patent Convention.

• 1901

  Heinz Eric Roemheld, American film composer (d. 1985)
• 1912

  Otto Kretschmer, German U-Boat commander (d. 1998)
• 1917

  Danielle Darrieux, French singer and actress
• 1918

  Jack Paar, American television host (d. 2004)
• 1937

  Una Stubbs, English actress
• 1954

  Joel Rosenberg, science fiction author
• 1957

  Kow Otani, Japanese composer
• 1977

  Vera Lischka, Austrian swimmer, politician
• 1986

  Adam Casey, Australian footballer
• 1991

  Creagen Dow, American actor

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