What Day of the Week

May 23, 2020 was the 144^th day of the year 2020 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 222 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was 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.

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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• 1498

  Girolamo Savonarola is burned at the stake in Florence, Italy, on the orders of Pope Alexander VI.
• 1568

  The Netherlands declare their independence from Spain.
• 1788

  South Carolina ratifies the Constitution as the 8th American state.
• 1813

  South American independence leader Simón Bolívar enters Mérida, leading the invasion of Venezuela, and is proclaimed El Libertador (“The Liberator”).
• 1873

  The Canadian Parliament establishes the North-West Mounted Police, the forerunner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
• 1934

  The Auto-Lite Strike culminates in the “Battle of Toledo”, a five-day melée between 1,300 troops of the Ohio National Guard and 6,000 picketers.
• 1948

  Thomas C. Wasson, US Consul-General assassinated in Jerusalem.
• 1967

  Egypt closes the Straits of Tiran and blockades the port of Eilat at the northern end of the Gulf of Aqaba to Israeli shipping.
• 2002

  The “55 parties” clause of the Kyoto protocol is reached after its ratification by Iceland.
• 2008

  The International Court of Justice (ICJ) awards Middle Rocks to Malaysia and Pedra Branca (Pulau Batu Puteh) to Singapore, ending a 29-year territorial dispute between the two countries.

• 1052

  King Philip I of France (d. 1108)
• 1890

  Herbert Marshall, English actor (d. 1966)
• 1908

  Hélène Boucher, French aviatrix (d. 1934)
• 1910

  Scatman Crothers, American actor and musician (d. 1986)
• 1934

  Robert Moog, American inventor (d. 2005)
• 1943

  Vicky Moscholiou, Greek singer (d. 2005)
• 1946

  H. Paul Shuch, American SETI scientist
• 1970

  Bryan Herta, American race car driver
• 1972

  Rubens Barrichello, Brazilian racing driver
• 1981

  Gwenno Saunders, Welsh dancer and singer (The Pipettes)

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