What Day of the Week

May 20, 2022 was the 140^th day of the year 2022 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 225 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Friday.

If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is vendredi.

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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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• 526

  An earthquake kills about 300,000 people in Syria and Antiochia.
• 1217

  The Second Battle of Lincoln is fought near Lincoln, England, resulting in the defeat of Prince Louis of France by William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke.
• 1802

  By the Law of 20 May 1802, Napoleon Bonaparte reinstates slavery in the French colonies, revoking its abolition in the French Revolution
• 1840

  York Minster is badly damaged by fire
• 1862

  U.S. President Abraham Lincoln signs the Homestead Act into law.
• 1873

  Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis receive a U.S. patent for blue jeans with copper rivets.
• 1891

  History of cinema: The first public display of Thomas Edison’s prototype kinetoscope.
• 1927

  Treaty of Jedda: the United Kingdom recognizes the sovereignty of King Ibn Saud in the Kingdoms of Hejaz and Nejd, which later merge to become the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
• 1980

  In a referendum in Quebec, the population rejects by a 60% vote the proposal from its government to move towards independence from Canada.
• 1990

  The first post-Communist presidential and parliamentary elections are held in Romania.

• 1830

  Hector Malot, French writer (d. 1907)
• 1897

  Diego Abad de Santillán, Spanish anarchist (d. 1983)
• 1915

  Peter Copley, British actor (d. 2008)
• 1927

  Franciszek Macharski, Polish Catholic cardinal
• 1931

  Ken Boyer, American baseball player (d. 1982)
• 1953

  Robert Doyle, Australian politician
• 1957

  Yoshihiko Noda, Prime Minister of Japan
• 1973

  Elsa Lunghini, French singer and actress
• 1975

  Andrew Sega, American musician
• 1976

  Tomoya Satozaki, Japanese baseball player

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