What Day of the Week

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

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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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• 1536

  Anne Boleyn, Queen of England, stands trial in London on charges of treason, adultery and incest. She is condemned to death by a specially-selected jury.
• 1793

  Diego Marín Aguilera flies a glider for “about 360 meters”, at a height of 5-6 meters, during one of the first attempted .
• 1800

  George III of the United Kingdom survives an assassination attempt by James Hadfield, who is later acquitted by reason of insanity.
• 1817

  Opening of the first private mental health hospital in the United States, the Asylum for the Relief of Persons Deprived of the Use of Their Reason (now Friends Hospital) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
• 1858

  Opening of the present Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, London.
• 1904

  The Russian minelayer Amur laid a minefield about 15 miles off Port Arthur and sank Japan’s battleships Hatsuse, 15,000 tons, with 496 crew and “Yashima”.
• 1942

  World War II: in the United States, a bill creating the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) is signed into law.
• 1957

  At Malden Island in the Pacific, Britain tests its first hydrogen bomb in Operation Grapple. The device fails to detonate properly.
• 1966

  After a policy dispute, Prime Minister Nguyen Cao Ky of South Vietnam’s ruling junta launches a military attack on the forces of General Ton That Dinh, forcing him to abandon his command.
• 1972

  The island of Okinawa, under U.S. military governance since its conquest in 1945, reverts to Japanese control.

• 1854

  Ioannis Psycharis, Greek author and linguist (d. 1929)
• 1926

  Peter Shaffer, British playwright
• 1931

  Ken Venturi, American golfer
• 1945

  Duarte Pio, Duke of Braganza, Portuguese noble
• 1948

  Yutaka Enatsu, Japanese professional baseball pitcher
• 1961

  Katrin Cartlidge, British actress (d. 2002)
• 1978

  Amy Chow, American gymnast
• 1979

  Chris Masoe, New Zealander rugby player
• 1982

  Jessica Sutta, American dancer, singer and actress (Pussycat Dolls)
• 1982

  Tatsuya Fujiwara, Japanese actor

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