May 20: Day of the Week
May 20, 2023 is the 140th day of the year 2023 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 225 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Saturday.
If you are trying to learn Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is sábado.
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Here’s the May calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.
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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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May 20 Historical Event(s)
- 1521Battle of Pampeluna: Ignatius Loyola is seriously wounded.
- 1570Cartographer Abraham Ortelius issues the first modern atlas.
- 1882The Triple Alliance between Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy is formed.
- 1883Krakatoa begins to erupt. The volcano’s final and most notable explosion occurs on August 26.
- 1891History of cinema: The first public display of Thomas Edison’s prototype kinetoscope.
- 1932Amelia Earhart takes off from Newfoundland to begin the world’s first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean by a female pilot, landing in Ireland the next day.
- 1941World War II: Battle of Crete – German paratroops invade Crete.
- 1948Chiang Kai-shek elected to be the first President of the Republic of China.
- 1956In Operation Redwing (shot Cherokee), the first United States airborne hydrogen bomb is dropped over Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean;
- 1969The Battle of Hamburger Hill in Vietnam ends.
Who were born on May 20?
- 1706Seth Pomeroy, American gunsmith and soldier (d. 1777)
- 1915Peter Copley, British actor (d. 2008)
- 1916Alexei Petrovich Maresiev, Russian flying ace (d. 2001)
- 1925Chester Ludgin, American baritone (d. 2003)
- 1943Al Bano, Italian singer
- 1946Cher, American singer & actress
- 1958Ron Reagan, American talk show host
- 1970Louis Theroux, British television presenter
- 1971Šárka Kašpárková, Czech athlete
- 1977Leonardo Noeren Franco, Argentine footballer
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