What Day of the Week

May 10, 2021 was the 130^th day of the year 2021 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 235 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was 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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• 70

  Siege of Jerusalem: Titus, son of emperor Vespasian, opens a full-scale assault on Jerusalem and attacks the city’s Third Wall to the northwest.
• 1497

  Amerigo Vespucci allegedly leaves Cádiz for his first voyage to the New World.
• 1774

  Louis XVI becomes King of France.
• 1801

  First Barbary War: The Barbary pirates of Tripoli declare war on the United States of America.
• 1849

  Astor Place Riot: A riot breaks out at the Astor Opera House in Manhattan, New York City over a dispute between actors Edwin Forrest and William Charles Macready, killing at least 25 and injuring over 120.
• 1865

  American Civil War: Jefferson Davis is captured by Union troops near Irwinville, Georgia.
• 1869

  The First Transcontinental Railroad, linking the eastern and western United States, is completed at Promontory Summit, Utah (not Promontory Point, Utah) with the golden spike.
• 1924

  J. Edgar Hoover is appointed the Director of the United States’ Federal Bureau of Investigation, and remains so until his death in 1972.
• 1933

  Censorship: In Germany, the Nazis stage massive public book burnings.
• 1942

  World War II: The Thai Phayap Army invades the Shan States during the Burma Campaign.

• 1838

  John Wilkes Booth, American actor and assassin of Abraham Lincoln (d. 1865)
• 1872

  Marcel Mauss, French sociologist (d. 1950)
• 1886

  Felix Manalo, Philippine Founder and 1st Executive Minister of the Iglesia ni Cristo (d. 1963)
• 1889

  Mae Murray, American actress (d. 1965)
• 1902

  David O. Selznick, American film producer (d. 1965)
• 1915

  Sir Denis Thatcher, British businessman and husband of Margaret Thatcher (d. 2003)
• 1955

  Mark David Chapman, American murderer of John Lennon
• 1962

  Brad Soderberg, American college basketball head coach
• 1973

  Jerome Williams, American basketball player
• 1983

  Gustav Fridolin, Swedish politician

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