What Day of the Week

May 2, 2021 was the 122^nd day of the year 2021 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 243 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Sunday.

If you are trying to learn Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is domingo.

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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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• 1335

  Otto the Merry, Duke of Austria, becomes Duke of Carinthia.
• 1559

  John Knox returns from exile to Scotland to become the leader of the beginning Scottish Reformation.
• 1568

  Mary, Queen of Scots, escapes from Loch Leven Castle.
• 1863

  American Civil War: Stonewall Jackson is wounded by friendly fire while returning to camp after reconnoitering during the Battle of Chancellorsville. He succumbs to pneumonia eight days later.
• 1906

  Closing ceremony of the Intercalated Games in Athens, Greece.
• 1952

  The world’s first ever jet airliner, the De Havilland Comet 1 makes its maiden flight, from London to Johannesburg.
• 1964

  First ascent of Shishapangma the fourteenth highest mountain in the world and the lowest of the Eight-thousanders.
• 1999

  Panamanian election, 1999: Mireya Moscoso becomes the first woman to be elected President of Panama.
• 2008

  Cyclone Nargis makes landfall in Myanmar killing over 138,000 people and leaving millions of people homeless.
• 2011

  The 2011 E. coli O104:H4 outbreak strikes Europe, mostly in Germany, leaving more than 30 people dead and many others sick from the bacteria outbreak.

• 1458

  Leonor of Viseu, queen of Portugal (d. 1525)
• 1729

  Catherine II of Russia, Empress of Russia (d. 1796)
• 1859

  Jerome Klapka Jerome, English writer (d. 1927)
• 1887

  Vernon Castle, English dancer (d. 1918)
• 1945

  Judge Dread, English musician (d. 1998)
• 1967

  Bengt Åkerblom, Swedish ice hockey player (d. 1995)
• 1972

  Dwayne Johnson, American professional wrestler and actor
• 1974

  Garðar Thór Cortes, Icelandic tenor
• 1985

  Sarah Hughes, American figure skater
• 1986

  Emily Hart, American actress

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