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 French then this day of the week in French is dimanche.

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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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• 1611

  King James Bible is published for the first time in London, England, by printer Robert Barker.
• 1670

  King Charles II of England grants a permanent charter to the Hudson’s Bay Company to open up the fur trade in North America.
• 1757

  End of Konbaung-Hanthawaddy War, and end of Burmese Civil War (1740–1757)
• 1816

  Marriage of Léopold of Saxe-Coburg and Charlotte Augusta.
• 1885

  Cree and Assiniboine warriors win the Battle of Cut Knife, their largest victory over Canadian forces during the North-West Rebellion.
• 1945

  World War II: Fall of Berlin: The Soviet Union announces the capture of Berlin and Soviet soldiers hoist their red flag over the Reichstag building.
• 1955

  Tennessee Williams wins the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.
• 1964

  First ascent of Shishapangma the fourteenth highest mountain in the world and the lowest of the Eight-thousanders.
• 1972

  In the early morning hours a fire broke out at the Sunshine mine located between Kellogg and Wallace, ID, killing 91 workers.
• 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.

• 1695

  Giovanni Niccolò Servandoni, Italian-born architect (d. 1766)
• 1873

  Jurgis Baltrušaitis, Lithuanian poet (d. 1944)
• 1928

  Jigme Dorji Wangchuck, third king of Bhutan (d. 1972)
• 1938

  Paramount Chief Moshoeshoe II of Lesotho (d. 1996)
• 1945

  Bianca Jagger, Nicaraguan socialite
• 1965

  Félix José, Dominican baseball player
• 1968

  Hikaru Midorikawa, Japanese voice actor
• 1971

  Musashimaru Kōyō, American Samoan sumo wrestler, the 67th Yokozuna
• 1978

  Steve Bays, Canadian musician
• 1983

  Christa Rigozzi, Swiss model

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