What Day of the Week

May 16, 2021 was the 136^th day of the year 2021 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 229 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was 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.

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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• 1770

  14-year old Marie Antoinette marries 15-year-old Louis-Auguste who later becomes king of France.
• 1866

  The U.S. Congress eliminates the half dime coin and replaces it with the five cent piece, or nickel.
• 1874

  A flood on the Mill River in Massachusetts destroys much of four villages and kills 139 people.
• 1877

  May 16, 1877 political crisis in France.
• 1919

  A naval Curtiss aircraft NC-4 commanded by Albert Cushing Read leaves Trepassey, Newfoundland, for Lisbon via the Azores on the first transatlantic flight.
• 1920

  In Rome, Pope Benedict XV canonizes Joan of Arc.
• 1929

  In Hollywood, California, the first Academy Awards are handed out.
• 1953

  American journalist William N. Oatis is released after serving 22 months of a ten-year prison sentence for espionage in Czechslovakia.
• 1960

  Theodore Maiman operates the first optical laser, at Hughes Research Laboratories in Malibu, California.
• 2003

  In Casablanca, Morocco, 33 civilians are killed and more than 100 people are injured in the Casablanca terrorist attacks.

• 1824

  Levi P. Morton, 22nd United States Vice President (d. 1920)
• 1916

  Ephraim Katzir, Israeli politician (d. 2009)
• 1943

  Marko Kravos, Slovenian poet
• 1945

  Alan Flusser, American clothing designer
• 1955

  Hazel O'Connor, English singer
• 1961

  Charles Wright, American professional wrestler
• 1968

  Chingmy Yau, Hong Kong actress
• 1972

  Derek Mears, American actor
• 1977

  Jean-Sébastien Giguère, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1998

  Ariel Waller, Canadian actress

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