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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• 1532

  Sir Thomas More resigns as Lord Chancellor of England.
• 1771

  The Battle of Alamance, a pre-American Revolutionary War battle between local militia and a group of rebels called The “Regulators”, occurs in present-day Alamance County, North Carolina.
• 1843

  The first major wagon train heading for the Pacific Northwest sets out on the Oregon Trail with one thousand pioneers from Elm Grove, Missouri.
• 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.
• 1960

  Theodore Maiman operates the first optical laser, at Hughes Research Laboratories in Malibu, California.
• 1969

  Venera program: Venera 5, a Soviet spaceprobe, lands on Venus.
• 1991

  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.

• 1917

  James C. Murray, American politician (d. 1999)
• 1929

  Adrienne Rich, American writer
• 1929

  Claude Morin, French Canadian politician
• 1946

  Roger Earl, English rock drummer (Savoy Brown, Foghat)
• 1961

  Charles Wright, American professional wrestler
• 1971

  Rachel Goswell, English singer and songwriter (Slowdive, Mojave 3)
• 1974

  Sonny Sandoval, American singer (P.O.D.)
• 1978

  Lionel Scaloni, Argentine footballer
• 1983

  Daniel Kerr, Australian football player (AFL)
• 1985

  Café, Brazilian footballer

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