What Day of the Week

May 12, 2020 was the 133^rd day of the year 2020 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 233 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Tuesday.

If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is mardi.

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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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• 1328

  Antipope Nicholas V, a claimant to the papacy, is consecrated in Rome by the Bishop of Venice.
• 1588

  French Wars of Religion: Henry III of France flees Paris after Henry of Guise enters the city and a spontaneous uprising occurs.
• 1780

  American Revolutionary War: In the largest defeat of the Continental Army, Charleston, South Carolina is taken by British forces.
• 1863

  American Civil War: Battle of Raymond: two divisions of James B. McPherson’s XVII Corps (ACW) turn the left wing of Confederate General John C. Pemberton’s defensive line on Fourteen Mile Creek, opening up the interior of Mississippi to the Union Army during the Vicksburg Campaign.
• 1865

  American Civil War: the Battle of Palmito Ranch: the first day of the last major land action to take place during the Civil War, resulting in a Confederate victory.
• 1885

  North-West Rebellion: the four-day Battle of Batoche, pitting rebel Métis against the Canadian government, comes to an end with a decisive rebel defeat.
• 1926

  UK General Strike 1926: In the United Kingdom, a nine-day general strike by trade unions ends.
• 1937

  George VI and Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon are crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
• 1949

  The Soviet Union lifts its blockade of Berlin.
• 1952

  Gaj Singh is crowned Maharaja of Jodhpur.

• 1803

  Justus von Liebig, German chemist (d. 1873)
• 1912

  Archibald Cox, U.S. Solicitor General (d. 2004)
• 1922

  Marco Denevi, Argentine writer (d. 1998)
• 1947

  Michael Ignatieff, Canadian politician
• 1961

  Lar Park Lincoln, American actress
• 1968

  Catherine Tate, British comedian
• 1969

  Kim Fields, American actress
• 1981

  Kentaro Sato, Japanese composer
• 1982

  David Thaxton, British stage actor and singer
• 1987

  Gianluca Sansone, Italian footballer

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