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: Day of the Week

was the of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There were until the end of the year. The day of the week was .

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

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Zodiac & Birthstone

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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by the Numbers

  • days since
  • year, month, and days ago
  • month since then
  • is in the th week of the year (ISO 8601)
  • weeks ago
  • The year is not a leap year

Historical Event(s)

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Julia Maesa, aunt of the assassinated Caracalla, is banished to her home in Syria by the self-proclaimed emperor Macrinus and declares her 14-year old grandson Elagabalus, emperor of Rome.
1204
Baldwin IX, Count of Flanders is crowned as the first Emperor of the Latin Empire.
1532
Sir Thomas More resigns as Lord Chancellor of England.
Peninsular War: The allies Spain, Portugal and United Kingdom, defeat the French at the Battle of Albuera.
The Sedition Act of 1918 is passed by the U.S. Congress, making criticism of the government an imprisonable offense.
Holocaust: The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising ends.
Chaim Weizmann is elected the first President of Israel.
The Communist Party of China issues the “May 16 Notice”, marking the beginning of the Cultural Revolution.
Venera program: Venera 5, a Soviet spaceprobe, lands on Venus.
Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom addressed a joint session of the United States Congress. She is the first British monarch to address the U.S. Congress.

Who were born on ?

Maria Gaetana Agnesi, Italian mathematician (d. 1799)
H. H. Holmes, American serial killer (d. 1896)
Harry Carey, Jr., American actor
John Conyers, American politician
Billy Cobham, American drummer
Alan Flusser, American clothing designer
Bob Edwards, American newscaster
Ralph Tresvant, American singer (New Edition)
Steve Lewis, American athlete
Hanna Mariën, Belgian athlete

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