What Day of the Week

May 15, 2021 was the 135^th day of the year 2021 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 230 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Saturday.

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

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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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• 1858

  Opening of the present Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, London.
• 1934

  Kārlis Ulmanis establishes an authoritarian government in Latvia.
• 1936

  Amy Johnson arrives back in England after a record-breaking return flight to Cape Town
• 1940

  McDonald’s opens its first restaurant in San Bernardino, California.
• 1940

  World War II: After fierce fighting, the poorly trained and equipped Dutch troops surrender to Germany, marking the beginning of five years of occupation.
• 1960

  The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 4.
• 1969

  People’s Park: California Governor Ronald Reagan has an impromptu student park owned by University of California at Berkeley fenced off from student anti-war protestors, sparking a riot called Bloody Thursday.
• 1970

  Philip Lafayette Gibbs and James Earl Green are killed at Jackson State University by police during student protests.
• 1970

  President Richard Nixon appoints Anna Mae Hays and Elizabeth P. Hoisington the first female United States Army Generals.
• 1972

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

• 1817

  Debendranath Tagore, Indian religious reformer (d. 1905)
• 1854

  Ioannis Psycharis, Greek author and linguist (d. 1929)
• 1914

  Norrie Paramor, British arranger, conductor (d. 1979)
• 1923

  John Lanchbery, British composer (d. 2003)
• 1938

  Mireille Darc, French actress
• 1969

  Hideki Irabu, Japanese baseball player (d. 2011)
• 1976

  Torraye Braggs, American basketball player
• 1981

  Justin Morneau, Canadian baseball player
• 1982

  Jessica Sutta, American dancer, singer and actress (Pussycat Dolls)
• 1987

  Ersan İlyasova, Turkish basketball player

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