What Day of the Week

May 22, 2018 was the 142^nd day of the year 2018 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 223 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Tuesday.

If you are trying to learn Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Kayōbi.

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Here’s the May calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.

Gemini 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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• 1254

  Serbian King Stephen Uroš I and the Republic of Venice sign a peace treaty.
• 1377

  Pope Gregory XI issues five papal bulls to denounce the doctrines of English theologian John Wycliffe.
• 1762

  Sweden and Prussia sign the Treaty of Hamburg.
• 1826

  HMS Beagle departs on its first voyage.
• 1844

  Persian Prophet The Báb announces his revelation, founding Bábism. He announces to the world the coming of “He whom God shall make manifest”. He is considered the forerunner of Bahá'u'lláh, the founder of the Bahá'í Faith.
• 1848

  Slavery is abolished in Martinique.
• 1856

  Congressman Preston Brooks of South Carolina beats Senator Charles Sumner with a cane in the hall of the United States Senate for a speech Sumner had made attacking Southerners who sympathized with the pro-slavery violence in Kansas (“Bleeding Kansas”).
• 1972

  Ceylon adopts a new constitution, thus becoming a Republic, changes its name to Sri Lanka, and joins the Commonwealth of Nations.
• 1987

  First ever Rugby World Cup kicks off with New Zealand playing Italy at Eden Park, Auckland.
• 2002

  American civil rights movement: a jury in Birmingham, Alabama, convicts former Ku Klux Klan member Bobby Frank Cherry of the 1963 murders of four girls in the bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church.

• 1715

  François-Joachim de Pierre de Bernis, French cardinal and statesman (d. 1794)
• 1813

  Richard Wagner, German composer (d. 1883)
• 1823

  Isabella Glyn, British actress (d. 1889)
• 1913

  František Jílek, Czech conductor (d. 1993)
• 1924

  Charles Aznavour, Armenian-French singer, actor, and composer
• 1934

  Arne Harris, American television sports director (d. 2001)
• 1943

  Betty Williams, Northern Irish political activist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
• 1955

  Jerry Dammers, English musician (The Specials)
• 1968

  Randy Brown, American basketball player
• 1977

  Seán Óg Ó hAilpín, Irish hurler

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