Friday May 23, 2025
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: Day of the Week

is the of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are until the end of the year. The day of the week is .

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

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Zodiac & Birthstone

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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by the Numbers

  • days since
  • year, month, and days ago
  • month since then
  • is in the st week of the year (ISO 8601)
  • The year is not a leap year

Historical Event(s)

1498
Girolamo Savonarola is burned at the stake in Florence, Italy, on the orders of Pope Alexander VI.
1533
The marriage of King Henry VIII to Catherine of Aragon is declared null and void.
Official ratification of the Second Charter of Virginia takes place.
Napoleon Bonaparte is crowned King of Italy with the Iron Crown of Lombardy in the Cathedral of Milan.
South American independence leader Simón Bolívar enters Mérida, leading the invasion of Venezuela, and is proclaimed El Libertador (“The Liberator”).
The Canadian Parliament establishes the North-West Mounted Police, the forerunner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
The unicameral Parliament of Finland gathers for its first plenary session.
Explorer 1 ceases transmission.
Egypt closes the Straits of Tiran and blockades the port of Eilat at the northern end of the Gulf of Aqaba to Israeli shipping.
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.

Who were born on ?

Thoralf Skolem, Norwegian mathematician (d. 1963)
Hans Frank, German lawyer and Nazi official (d. 1946)
John Bardeen, American physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 1991)
Margaret Wise Brown, American author (d. 1952)
Joshua Lederberg, American molecular biologist, Nobel laureate (d. 2008)
Wally Dallenbach Jr., American race car driver and announcer
Ken Jennings, American game show contestant
Mónica Naranjo, Spanish singer
Rasual Butler, American basketball player
Sam Milby, Filipino-American actor and commercial model

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