What Day of the Week

May 23, 2021 was the 143^rd day of the year 2021 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 222 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Sunday.

If you are trying to learn Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is domingo.

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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

  Dutch rebels led by Louis of Nassau, brother of William I of Orange, defeat Jean de Ligne, Duke of Aremberg and his loyalist troops in the Battle of Heiligerlee, opening the Eighty Years’ War.
• 1609

  Official ratification of the Second Charter of Virginia takes place.
• 1706

  Battle of Ramillies: John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, defeats a French army under Marshal Villeroi.
• 1873

  The Canadian Parliament establishes the North-West Mounted Police, the forerunner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
• 1900

  American Civil War: Sergeant William Harvey Carney becomes the first African American to be awarded the Medal of Honor, for his heroism in the Assault on the Battery Wagner in 1863.
• 1939

  The U.S. Navy submarine USS Squalus sinks off the coast of New Hampshire during a test dive, causing the death of 24 sailors and two civilian technicians. The remaining 32 sailors and one civilian naval architect are rescued the following day.
• 1945

  World War II: Heinrich Himmler, the head of the SS, commits suicide while in Allied custody.
• 1949

  The Federal Republic of Germany is established and the Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany is proclaimed.
• 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.

• 1617

  Elias Ashmole, English antiquarian (d. 1692)
• 1824

  Ambrose Burnside, American Union Civil War general (d. 1881)
• 1940

  Giles Gordon, Scottish literary agent (d. 2003)
• 1946

  Frederik de Groot, Dutch actor
• 1946

  H. Paul Shuch, American SETI scientist
• 1956

  Albert Voorn, Dutch equestrian
• 1959

  Bob Mortimer, English comedian
• 1976

  Kelly Monaco, American actress
• 1976

  Ricardinho, Brazilian footballer
• 1982

  Cyrill Gloor, Swiss footballer

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