What Day of the Week

May 27, 2021 is the 147^th day of the year 2021 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 218 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Thursday.

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

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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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• 1813

  War of 1812: In Canada, American forces capture Fort George.
• 1849

  The Great Hall of Euston station in London is opened.
• 1860

  Giuseppe Garibaldi begins his attack on Palermo, Sicily, as part of the Italian Unification.
• 1905

  Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of Tsushima begins.
• 1933

  The Walt Disney Company releases the cartoon Three Little Pigs, with its hit song “Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?”
• 1957

  Toronto‘s CHUM-AM, (1050 kHz) becomes Canada’s first radio station to broadcast only top 40 Rock n’Roll music format.
• 1967

  The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy is launched by Jacqueline Kennedy and her daughter Caroline.
• 1975

  Dibbles Bridge Coach Crash near Grassington, North Yorkshire, England kills 33 – the highest ever death toll in a road accident in the United Kingdom.
• 1998

  Oklahoma City bombing: Michael Fortier is sentenced to 12 years in prison and fined $200,000 for failing to warn authorities about the terrorist plot.
• 2006

  The May 2006 Java earthquake strikes at 5:53:58 am local time (22:53:58 UTC May 26) devastating Bantul and the city of Yogyakarta killing over 6,600 people.

• 1819

  Julia Ward Howe, American poet (The Battle Hymn of the Republic) (d. 1910)
• 1897

  John Cockcroft, British physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1967)
• 1918

  Yasuhiro Nakasone, Japanese politician
• 1946

  Lewis Collins, English actor
• 1964

  Adam Carolla, American comedian and television personality
• 1973

  Tana Umaga, New Zealand rugby union player
• 1974

  Derek Webb, American singer and songwriter (Caedmon’s Call)
• 1981

  Marcelo Bonan. Brazilian footballer
• 1984

  Blake Ahearn, American basketball player
• 1997

  Danny McKinnon, Canadian actor

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