What Day of the Week

May 11, 2022 was the 131^st day of the year 2022 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 234 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Wednesday.

If you are trying to learn Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is miércoles.

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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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• 1310

  In France, fifty-four members of the Knights Templar are burned at the stake as heretics.
• 1502

  Christopher Columbus leaves for his fourth and final voyage to the West Indies.
• 1867

  Luxembourg gains its independence.
• 1942

  William Faulkner’s collections of short stories, Go Down, Moses, is published.
• 1943

  World War II: American troops invade Attu Island in the Aleutian Islands in an attempt to expel occupying Japanese forces.
• 1953

  The 1953 Waco tornado outbreak: an F5 tornado hits downtown Waco, Texas, killing 114.
• 1967

  Andreas Papandreou, Greek economist and socialist politician, is imprisoned in Athens by the Greek military junta.
• 1987

  Klaus Barbie goes on trial in Lyon for war crimes committed during World War II.
• 1996

  After the aircraft’s departure from Miami, Florida, a fire started by improperly handled oxygen canisters in the cargo hold of Atlanta-bound ValuJet Flight 592 causes the Douglas DC-9 to crash in the Florida Everglades killing all 110 on board.
• 1996

  The 1996 Mount Everest disaster: on a single day eight people die during summit attempts on Mount Everest.

• 1838

  Walter Goodman, British painter, illustrator and author (d. 1912)
• 1870

  Otto von Friesen, Swedish runologist and linguist (d. 1942)
• 1925

  Edward J. King, 66th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 2006)
• 1957

  Peter North, Canadian pornographic actor
• 1964

  Floyd Youmans, American baseball player
• 1965

  Monsour del Rosario, Filipino martial artist and actor
• 1968

  Jeffrey Donovan, American actor
• 1975

  Coby Bell, American actor
• 1986

  Miguel Veloso, Portuguese footballer
• 1986

  Ronny Heberson Furtado de Araújo, Brazilian footballer

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