What Day of the Week

May 27, 2018 was the 147^th day of the year 2018 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 218 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was 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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• 1120

  Richard III of Capua is anointed as Prince two weeks before his untimely death.
• 1703

  Tsar Peter the Great founds the city of Saint Petersburg.
• 1860

  Giuseppe Garibaldi begins his attack on Palermo, Sicily, as part of the Italian Unification.
• 1863

  American Civil War: First Assault on the Confederate works at the Siege of Port Hudson.
• 1896

  The F4-strength St. Louis-East St. Louis Tornado hits in St. Louis, Missouri and East Saint Louis, Illinois, killing at least 255 people and causing $2.9 billion in damage (1997 USD).
• 1930

  The 1046 ft Chrysler Building in New York City, the tallest man-made structure at the time, opens to the public.
• 1933

  The Walt Disney Company releases the cartoon Three Little Pigs, with its hit song “Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?”
• 1935

  New Deal: The Supreme Court of the United States declares the National Industrial Recovery Act to be unconstitutional in A.L.A. Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States, (295 U.S. 495).
• 1940

  World War II: In the Le Paradis massacre, 99 soldiers from a Royal Norfolk Regiment unit are shot after surrendering to German troops. Two survive.
• 1957

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

• 1820

  Mathilde Bonaparte, French princess and socialite (d. 1904)
• 1867

  Arnold Bennett, British novelist (d. 1931)
• 1884

  Max Brod, Czech-born writer, literary executor of Franz Kafka (d. 1968)
• 1923

  Henry Kissinger, 56th United States Secretary of State, Nobel Peace Prize laureate
• 1939

  Socratis Kokkalis, Greek businessman
• 1945

  Bruce Cockburn, Canadian musician
• 1946

  Lewis Collins, English actor
• 1970

  Michele Bartoli, Italian cyclist
• 1981

  Marcelo Bonan. Brazilian footballer
• 1982

  Michael de Grussa, Australian Singer/Songwriter

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