What Day of the Week

May 11, 2018 was the 131^st day of the year 2018 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 234 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Friday.

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

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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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• 912

  Alexander becomes Emperor of the Byzantine Empire.
• 1867

  Luxembourg gains its independence.
• 1891

  The Ōtsu incident: Tsarevich Nicholas Alexandrovich of Imperial Russia (later Nicholas II) suffers a critical head injury during a sword attack by Japanese policeman Tsuda Sanzō. He is rescued by Prince George of Greece and Denmark.
• 1894

  Pullman Strike: Four thousand Pullman Palace Car Company workers go on a wildcat strike in Illinois.
• 1942

  William Faulkner’s collections of short stories, Go Down, Moses, is published.
• 1946

  UMNO is created.
• 1960

  In Buenos Aires, Argentina, four Israeli Mossad agents capture fugitive Nazi Adolf Eichmann who is living under the alias of Ricardo Klement.
• 1970

  The Lubbock Tornado, a F5 tornado, hits Lubbock, Texas, killing 26 and causing $250 million in damage.
• 1973

  Citing government misconduct, Daniel Ellsberg has charges for his involvement in releasing the Pentagon Papers to The New York Times dismissed.
• 1983

  Aberdeen F.C. defeat Real Madrid 2-1 to win the European Cup Winners’ Cup in Gothenburg, Sweden.

• 1801

  Henri Labrouste, French architect (d. 1875)
• 1907

  Rose Ausländer, German poet (d. 1988)
• 1930

  Edsger Dijkstra, Dutch computer scientist (d. 2002)
• 1943

  Juliet Harmer, English actress
• 1952

  Warren Littlefield, American television executive
• 1956

  Alex Lester, British broadcaster
• 1959

  Martha Quinn, American television personality
• 1974

  Darren Ward, Welsh footballer
• 1985

  Matt Giraud, American singer
• 1986

  Abou Diaby, French footballer

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