What Day of the Week

May 12, 2021 was the 132^nd day of the year 2021 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 233 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Wednesday.

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

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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.
• 1797

  First Coalition: Napoleon I of France conquers Venice.
• 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.
• 1881

  In North Africa, Tunisia becomes a French protectorate.
• 1926

  UK General Strike 1926: In the United Kingdom, a nine-day general strike by trade unions ends.
• 1942

  World War II: Second Battle of Kharkov: in eastern Ukraine, Red Army forces under Marshal Semyon Timoshenko launch a major offensive from the Izium bridgehead, only to be encircled and destroyed by the troops of Army Group South two weeks later.
• 1998

  Four students are shot at Trisakti University, leading to widespread riots and the fall of Suharto
• 2002

  Former US President Jimmy Carter arrives in Cuba for a five-day visit with Fidel Castro becoming the first President of the United States, in or out of office, to visit the island since Castro’s 1959 revolution.
• 2003

  Fifty-nine Democratic lawmakers bring the Texas Legislature to a standstill by going into hiding in a dispute over a Republican congressional redistricting plan.
• 2006

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

• 1840

  Alejandro Gorostiaga, Chilean military, participated on Battle of Huamachuco (d. 1912)
• 1912

  Archibald Cox, U.S. Solicitor General (d. 2004)
• 1962

  Brett Gurewitz, American songwriter (Bad Religion) and record producer (Epitaph Records)
• 1963

  Deborah Kara Unger, Canadian actress
• 1963

  Panagiotis Fasoulas, Greek basketball player, Mayor of Piraeus
• 1970

  Samantha Mathis, American actress
• 1973

  Kendra Kassebaum, American stage actress
• 1978

  Jason Biggs, American actor
• 1978

  Malin Åkerman, Swedish-Canadian actress and model
• 1978

  Wilfred Le Bouthillier, Canadian singer

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