What Day of the Week

May 11, 2020 was the 132^nd day of the year 2020 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 234 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Monday.

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

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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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• 1502

  Christopher Columbus leaves for his fourth and final voyage to the West Indies.
• 1862

  American Civil War: The ironclad Ship CSS is scuttled in the James River northwest of Norfolk, Virginia.
• 1880

  Seven people are killed in the Mussel Slough Tragedy, a gun battle in California
• 1946

  UMNO is created.
• 1968

  The Toronto Transit Commission opens the largest expansion of its Bloor–Danforth line, going to Scarborough in the East, and Etobicoke in the West.
• 1983

  Aberdeen F.C. defeat Real Madrid 2-1 to win the European Cup Winners’ Cup in Gothenburg, Sweden.
• 1985

  Bradford City stadium fire: Fifty-six spectators die and more than 200 are injured in a flash fire at Valley Parade football ground during a match against Lincoln City in Bradford, England.
• 1987

  In Baltimore, Maryland, the first heart-lung transplant takes place. The surgery is performed by Dr. Bruce Reitz of the Stanford University School of Medicine.
• 1996

  The 1996 Mount Everest disaster: on a single day eight people die during summit attempts on Mount Everest.
• 2000

  Second Chechen War: Chechen separatists ambush Russian paramilitary forces in the Republic of Ingushetia.

• 1771

  Laskarina Bouboulina, Greek naval commander in the Greek War of Independence (d. 1825)
• 1881

  Jan van Gilse, Dutch composer and conductor (d. 1944)
• 1892

  Margaret Rutherford, English actress (d. 1972)
• 1927

  Mort Sahl, Canadian comedian and political commentator
• 1939

  Carlos Lyra, Brazilian musician
• 1952

  Frances Fisher, English-born actress
• 1958

  Phil Smyth, Australian basketball player
• 1974

  Stanley Gene, Papua New Guinean rugby league footballer
• 1978

  Laetitia Casta, French supermodel and actress
• 1989

  Giovani dos Santos, Mexican footballer

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