What Day of the Week

May 24, 2020 is the 145^th day of the year 2020 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 221 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Sunday.

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

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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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• 1798

  The Irish Rebellion of 1798 led by the United Irishmen against British rule begins.
• 1930

  Amy Johnson lands in Darwin, Northern Territory, becoming the first woman to fly solo from England to Australia (she left on May 5 for the 11,000 mile flight).
• 1941

  World War II: In the Battle of the Atlantic, the German Battleship Bismarck sinks the then pride of the Royal Navy, HMS Hood, killing all but three crewmen.
• 1948

  Arab–Israeli War: Egypt captures the Israeli kibbutz of Yad Mordechai, but the five-day effort gives Israeli forces time to prepare enough to stop the Egyptian advance a week later.
• 1962

  Project Mercury: American astronaut Scott Carpenter orbits the Earth three times in the Aurora 7 space capsule.
• 1968

  FLQ separatists bomb the U.S. consulate in Quebec City.
• 1976

  The London to Washington, D.C. Concorde service begins.
• 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

  Israel conducts Operation Solomon, evacuating Ethiopian Jews to Israel.
• 2002

  Russia and the United States sign the Moscow Treaty.

• 1522

  John Jewel, English Bishop of Salisbury (d. 1571)
• 1941

  Bob Dylan, American singer and songwriter
• 1944

  Patti LaBelle, American R&B singer, songwriter and actress
• 1953

  Nell Campbell, American actress and singer
• 1956

  Richard B. Bernstein, American constitutional and legal historian
• 1964

  Pat Verbeek, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1966

  Ricky Craven, American NASCAR driver
• 1972

  Greg Berlanti, American television writer and producer
• 1985

  Tim Bridgman, British racing driver
• 1988

  Artem Anisimov, Russian hockey player

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