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 Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is martes.

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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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• 1551

  National University of San Marcos, the oldest university in the Americas, is founded in Lima, Peru.
• 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.
• 1881

  In North Africa, Tunisia becomes a French protectorate.
• 1935

  Bill Wilson and Dr. Bob Smith (founders of Alcoholics Anonymous) meet for the first time in Akron, Ohio, at the home of Henrietta Siberling.
• 1975

  Mayagüez incident: the Cambodian navy seizes the American merchant ship SS Mayaguez in international waters.
• 1982

  During a procession outside the shrine of the Virgin Mary in Fátima, Portugal, security guards overpower Juan Fernandez Krohn before he can attack Pope John Paul II with a bayonet. Krohn, an ultraconservative Spanish priest opposed to the Vatican II reforms, believed that the Pope had to be killed for being an “agent of Moscow”.
• 2006

  Iranian Azeris interpret a cartoon published in an Iranian magazine as insulting, resulting in massive riots throughout the country.
• 2006

  Mass unrest by the Primeiro Comando da Capital begins in São Paulo (Brazil), leaving at least 150 dead.
• 2007

  Riots in which over 50 people are killed and over 100 are injured take place in Karachi upon the arrival in town of the Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry.
• 2008

  An earthquake (measuring around 8.0 magnitude) occurs in Sichuan, China, killing over 69,000 people.

• 1622

  Louis de Buade de Frontenac, Governor General of New France (d. 1698)
• 1700

  Luigi Vanvitelli, Italian architect (d. 1773)
• 1895

  Jiddu Krishnamurti, Indian philosopher (d. 1986)
• 1914

  James Bacon, American entertainment columnist and reporter (d. 2010)
• 1928

  Henry Cosby, American songwriter (d. 2002)
• 1950

  Bruce Boxleitner, American actor
• 1961

  Paul Begala, American political commentator
• 1963

  Gavin Hood, South African film director
• 1973

  Travis Lutter, American mixed martial arts fighter
• 1977

  Rebecca Herbst, American actress

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