What Day of the Week

May 15, 2020 was the 136^th day of the year 2020 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 230 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Friday.

If you are trying to learn Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Kin'yōbi.

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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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• 1829

  The Aaronic Priesthood is restored to Joseph Smith Jr. and Oliver Cowdery, prior to the organization of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
• 1858

  Opening of the present Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, London.
• 1864

  American Civil War: Battle of Resaca, Georgia ends.
• 1891

  Pope Leo XIII defends workers’ rights and property rights in the encyclical Rerum Novarum, the beginning of modern Catholic social teaching.
• 1911

  In Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey v. United States, the United States Supreme Court declares Standard Oil to be an “unreasonable” monopoly under the Sherman Antitrust Act and orders the company to be broken up.
• 1935

  The Moscow Metro is opened to public.
• 1940

  USS Sailfish (SS-192) recommissioned, originally the USS Squalus.
• 1943

  Joseph Stalin dissolves the Comintern (or Third International).
• 1974

  Ma'alot massacre: In an Arab terrorist attack and hostage taking at an Israeli school, a total of 31 people are killed, including 22 schoolchildren.
• 2008

  California becomes the second U.S. state after Massachusetts in 2004 to legalize same-sex marriage after the state’s own Supreme Court rules a previous ban unconstitutional.

• 1895

  Astrid Zachrison, Swedish supercentenarian (d. 2008)
• 1911

  Max Frisch, Swiss author (d. 1991)
• 1936

  Ralph Steadman, British cartoonist
• 1940

  Don Nelson, American professional basketball coach
• 1951

  Frank Wilczek, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1957

  Juan José Ibarretxe, Basque statesman
• 1960

  Rhonda Burchmore, Australian Entertainer
• 1969

  Emmitt Smith, American football player
• 1985

  Cristiane, Brazilian footballer
• 1986

  Adam Moffat, British football player

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