Monday May 26, 2025
A date scroll with Latin text from “The Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.

: Day of the Week

was the of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There were until the end of the year. The day of the week was .

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

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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 nd week of the year (ISO 8601)
  • weeks ago
  • The year is not a leap year

Historical Event(s)

1293
An earthquake strikes Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan, killing about 30,000.
Pequot War: A combined Protestant and Mohegan force under English Captain John Mason attacks a Pequot village in Connecticut, massacring approximately 500 Native Americans.
116 people die in the Grue Church fire, the biggest fire disaster in Norway’s history.
The Indian Removal Act is passed by the U.S. Congress; it is signed into law by President Andrew Jackson two days later.
American Civil War: Confederate General Edmund Kirby Smith, commander of the Confederate Trans-Mississippi division, is the last general of the Confederate Army to surrender, at Galveston, Texas.
Boston University is chartered by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
In the House of Commons of Northern Ireland, Tommy Henderson begins speaking on the Appropriation Bill. By the time he sits down in the early hours of the following morning, he had spoken for 10 hours.
George Willig climbs the South Tower of New York City’s World Trade Center.
A strong 7.7 magnitude earthquake strikes Japan, triggering a tsunami that kills at least 104 people and injures thousands. Many people go missing and thousands of buildings are destroyed.
The United States Army veteran Terry Nichols is found guilty of 161 state murder charges for helping carry out the Oklahoma City bombing.

Who were born on ?

Nicolaus Ludwig Zinzendorf, German religious and social reformer (d. 1760)
Dorothea Lange, American photographer (d. 1965)
Vlado Perlemuter, Polish pianist (d. 2002)
Nguyen Ngoc Tho, Vietnamese politician
Sir Matt Busby, Scottish footballer and manager (d. 1994)
Ben Alexander, American actor (d. 1969)
Moondog, American composer, musician and poet (d. 1999)
Phil Doyle, Australian writer
Justin Pierre, American singer (Motion City Soundtrack)
Valerie Garcia, Filipina actress

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