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May 12: Day of the Week
May 12, 2024 is the 133rd day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 233 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Sunday.
If you are trying to learn Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Nichiyōbi.
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Here’s the May calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.
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Zodiac & Birthstone
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.
May 12 Historical Event(s)
303
Roman Emperor Diocletian orders the beheading of the 14-year-old Pancras of Rome.
1264
The Battle of Lewes, between King Henry III of England and the rebel Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester, begins.
1689
King William’s War: William III of England joins the League of Augsburg starting a war with France.
1862
U.S. federal troops occupy Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
1873
Oscar II is crowned King of Sweden.
1916
James Connolly was sat on a chair and shot dead in Kilmainham Gaol in Dublin, after his role in the Easter Uprising
1949
The western occupying powers approve the Basic Law for the new German state: the Federal Republic of Germany.
1965
The Soviet spacecraft Luna 5 crashes on the Moon.
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.
2003
The Riyadh compound bombings, carried out by Al Qaeda, kill 26 people.
Who were born on May 12?
1700
Luigi Vanvitelli, Italian architect (d. 1773)
1812
Edward Lear, British author and poet (d. 1888)
1842
Jules Massenet, French composer (d. 1912)
1933
Andrey Voznesensky, Russian poet
1942
Ian Dury, British musician (d. 2000)
1961
Bruce McCulloch, Canadian actor
1968
Tony Hawk, American skateboarder
1973
Robert Tinkler, Canadian voice actor
1976
Kardinal Offishall, Canadian rapper
1979
Erdinç Saçan, Turkish-Dutch politician
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