What Day of the Week

May 20, 2023 is the 140^th 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.

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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• 1521

  Battle of Pampeluna: Ignatius Loyola is seriously wounded.
• 1570

  Cartographer Abraham Ortelius issues the first modern atlas.
• 1882

  The Triple Alliance between Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy is formed.
• 1883

  Krakatoa begins to erupt. The volcano’s final and most notable explosion occurs on August 26.
• 1891

  History of cinema: The first public display of Thomas Edison’s prototype kinetoscope.
• 1932

  Amelia 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.
• 1941

  World War II: Battle of Crete – German paratroops invade Crete.
• 1948

  Chiang Kai-shek elected to be the first President of the Republic of China.
• 1956

  In Operation Redwing (shot Cherokee), the first United States airborne hydrogen bomb is dropped over Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean;
• 1969

  The Battle of Hamburger Hill in Vietnam ends.

• 1706

  Seth Pomeroy, American gunsmith and soldier (d. 1777)
• 1915

  Peter Copley, British actor (d. 2008)
• 1916

  Alexei Petrovich Maresiev, Russian flying ace (d. 2001)
• 1925

  Chester Ludgin, American baritone (d. 2003)
• 1943

  Al Bano, Italian singer
• 1946

  Cher, American singer & actress
• 1958

  Ron Reagan, American talk show host
• 1970

  Louis Theroux, British television presenter
• 1971

  Šárka Kašpárková, Czech athlete
• 1977

  Leonardo Noeren Franco, Argentine footballer

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