What Day of the Week

May 16, 2020 was the 137^th day of the year 2020 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 229 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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• 1532

  Sir Thomas More resigns as Lord Chancellor of England.
• 1822

  Greek War of Independence: The Turks capture the Greek town of Souli.
• 1874

  A flood on the Mill River in Massachusetts destroys much of four villages and kills 139 people.
• 1920

  In Rome, Pope Benedict XV canonizes Joan of Arc.
• 1943

  Holocaust: The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising ends.
• 1948

  Chaim Weizmann is elected the first President of Israel.
• 1953

  American journalist William N. Oatis is released after serving 22 months of a ten-year prison sentence for espionage in Czechslovakia.
• 1961

  Park Chung-hee leads a coup d'état to overthrow the Second Republic of South Korea.
• 1975

  India annexes Sikkim after the mountain state holds a referendum in which the popular vote is in favor of merging with India.
• 1975

  Junko Tabei becomes the first woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest.

• 1918

  Wilf Mannion, English former footballer (d. 2000)
• 1923

  Peter Underwood, English parapsychologist
• 1931

  Hana Brady, Polish Holocaust victim (d. 1944)
• 1931

  Lowell P. Weicker, Jr., American politician
• 1936

  Roy Hudd, English radio and television actor
• 1947

  Bill Smitrovich, American actor
• 1948

  Judy Finnegan, English TV presenter (Richard & Judy)
• 1955

  Debra Winger, American actress
• 1955

  Olga Korbut, Belarussian gymnast
• 1973

  Jason Acuña, American television personality

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