What Day of the Week

May 24, 2021 was the 144^th day of the year 2021 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 221 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Monday.

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

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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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• 1830

  Mary Had a Little Lamb by Sarah Josepha Hale is published.
• 1844

  Samuel Morse sends the message “What hath God wrought” (a biblical quotation, Numbers 23:23) from the Old Supreme Court Chamber in the United States Capitol to his assistant, Alfred Vail, in Baltimore, Maryland to inaugurate the first telegraph line.
• 1956

  Conclusion of the Sixth Buddhist Council on Vesak Day, marking the 2,500 year anniversary after the Lord Buddha’s Parinibbāna.
• 1961

  American civil rights movement: Freedom Riders are arrested in Jackson, Mississippi for “disturbing the peace” after disembarking from their bus.
• 1968

  FLQ separatists bomb the U.S. consulate in Quebec City.
• 1970

  The drilling of the Kola Superdeep Borehole begins in the Soviet Union.
• 1973

  Earl Jellicoe resigns as Lord Privy Seal and Leader of the House of Lords.
• 1976

  The London to Washington, D.C. Concorde service begins.
• 1988

  Section 28 of the United Kingdom’s Local Government Act 1988, a controversial amendment stating that a local authority cannot intentionally promote homosexuality, is enacted.
• 1988

  The fourth game of the 1988 Stanley Cup Finals between the Edmonton Oilers and the Boston Bruins had to end in a tie because of a power failure. The Oilers went on to win the Stanley Cup with a 6-3 victory in game 5.

• 1522

  John Jewel, English Bishop of Salisbury (d. 1571)
• 1544

  William Gilbert, English natural philosopher (d. 1603)
• 1887

  Edward “Mick” Mannock, Irish World War I pilot (d. 1918)
• 1900

  Lionel Conacher, Canadian athlete and politician (d. 1954)
• 1901

  José Nasazzi, Uruguayan footballer (d. 1968)
• 1946

  Irena Szewińska, Russian-born Polish sprinter
• 1966

  Ricky Craven, American NASCAR driver
• 1972

  Joanna Wiśniewska, Polish discus thrower
• 1976

  Catherine Cox, Australian netballer
• 1993

  Oliver Davis, American actor

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