What Day of the Week

May 11, 2021 is the 131^st day of the year 2021 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 234 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Tuesday.

If you are trying to learn Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Kayōbi.

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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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• 1745

  War of Austrian Succession: Battle of Fontenoy – French forces defeat an Anglo-Dutch-Hanoverian army.
• 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.
• 1944

  World War II: The Allies begin a major offensive against the Axis Powers on the Gustav Line.
• 1945

  World War II: Off the coast of Okinawa, the aircraft carrier USS Bunker Hill, is hit by two kamikazes, killing 346 of her crew. Although badly damaged, the ship is able to return to the U.S. under her own power.
• 1953

  The 1953 Waco tornado outbreak: an F5 tornado hits downtown Waco, Texas, killing 114.
• 1960

  In Buenos Aires, Argentina, four Israeli Mossad agents capture fugitive Nazi Adolf Eichmann who is living under the alias of Ricardo Klement.
• 1973

  Citing government misconduct, Daniel Ellsberg has charges for his involvement in releasing the Pentagon Papers to The New York Times dismissed.
• 1997

  Deep Blue, a chess-playing supercomputer, defeats Garry Kasparov in the last game of the rematch, becoming the first computer to beat a world-champion chess player in a classic match format.
• 1998

  India conducts three underground atomic tests in Pokhran to include a thermonuclear device.

• 1854

  Jack Blackham, Australian cricketer (d. 1932)
• 1909

  Ellis R. Dungan, American born Indian film director (d. 2001)
• 1925

  Edward J. King, 66th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 2006)
• 1956

  Alex Lester, British broadcaster
• 1964

  Floyd Youmans, American baseball player
• 1970

  Harold Ford Jr., Political commentator and former U.S. Congressman
• 1975

  Francisco Cordero, Dominican baseball player
• 1984

  Andrés Iniesta, Spanish football player
• 1985

  Matt Giraud, American singer
• 1987

  Monica Roşu, Romanian gymnast

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