What Day of the Week

May 16, 2021 is the 136^th day of the year 2021 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 229 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is 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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• 218

  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.
• 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.
• 1918

  The Sedition Act of 1918 is passed by the U.S. Congress, making criticism of the government an imprisonable offense.
• 1920

  In Rome, Pope Benedict XV canonizes Joan of Arc.
• 1948

  Chaim Weizmann is elected the first President of Israel.
• 1974

  Josip Broz Tito is re-elected president of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. This time he is elected for life.
• 1983

  Sudan People’s Liberation Army/Movement rebels against the Sudanese government.
• 2005

  Kuwait permits women’s suffrage in a 35-23 National Assembly vote.

• 1611

  Pope Innocent XI (d. 1689)
• 1891

  Richard Tauber, Austrian tenor (d. 1948)
• 1919

  Ramon Margalef, Spanish scientist (d. 2004)
• 1925

  Bobbejaan Schoepen, Belgian entertainer (d. 2010)
• 1929

  Claude Morin, French Canadian politician
• 1946

  Roger Earl, English rock drummer (Savoy Brown, Foghat)
• 1955

  Debra Winger, American actress
• 1964

  Boyd Tinsley, American musician (Dave Matthews Band)
• 1966

  Janet Jackson, American singer
• 1972

  Derek Mears, American actor

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