What Day of the Week

May 24, 2018 was the 144^th day of the year 2018 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 221 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Thursday.

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

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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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• 1626

  Peter Minuit buys Manhattan.
• 1830

  The first revenue trains in the United States begin service on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad between Baltimore, Maryland and Ellicott’s Mills, Maryland.
• 1846

  Mexican-American War: General Zachary Taylor captures Monterrey.
• 1940

  Igor Sikorsky performs the first successful single-rotor helicopter flight.
• 1956

  The first Eurovision Song Contest is held in Lugano, Switzerland
• 1960

  Following the 1960 Valdivia earthquake, the largest ever recorded earthquake, Cordón Caulle begins to erupt.
• 1961

  American civil rights movement: Freedom Riders are arrested in Jackson, Mississippi for “disturbing the peace” after disembarking from their bus.
• 1970

  The drilling of the Kola Superdeep Borehole begins in the Soviet Union.
• 1981

  Ecuadorian president Jaime Roldós Aguilera, his wife and his presidential committee died in an aircraft accident while travelling from Quito to Zapotillo minutes after the president famous speech regarding the 24 de mayo anniversary of the Battle of Pichincha.
• 1991

  Eritrea gains its independence from Ethiopia.

• 1522

  John Jewel, English Bishop of Salisbury (d. 1571)
• 1855

  Arthur Wing Pinero, English playwright (d. 1934)
• 1911

  Barbara West, English survivor of the Titanic sinking (d. 2007)
• 1926

  Stanley Baxter, Scottish actor
• 1936

  Harold Budd, American composer and poet
• 1937

  Archie Shepp, American jazz saxophonist
• 1963

  Ivan Capelli, Italian racing driver
• 1966

  Eric Cantona, French footballer
• 1966

  Russell Kun, Nauruan politician
• 1982

  Issah Ahmed, Ghanaian football player

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