What Day of the Week

May 28, 2021 was the 148^th day of the year 2021 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 217 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Friday.

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

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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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• 585 BC

  A solar eclipse occurs, as predicted by Greek philosopher and scientist Thales, while Alyattes is battling Cyaxares in the Battle of the Eclipse, leading to a truce. This is one of the cardinal dates from which other dates can be calculated.
• 1533

  The Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Cranmer declares the marriage of King Henry VIII of England to Anne Boleyn valid.
• 1754

  French and Indian War: in the first engagement of the war, Virginia militia under 22-year-old Lieutenant Colonel George Washington defeat a French reconnaissance party in the Battle of Jumonville Glen in what is now Fayette County in southwestern Pennsylvania.
• 1830

  President Andrew Jackson signs the Indian Removal Act which relocates Native Americans.
• 1937

  The Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, California, is officially opened by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in Washington, D.C., who pushes a button signaling the start of vehicle traffic over the span.
• 1940

  World War II: Belgium surrenders to Germany to end the Battle of Belgium.
• 1952

  The women of Greece are given the right to vote.
• 1996

  U.S. President Bill Clinton’s former business partners in the Whitewater land deal, James McDougal and Susan McDougal, and the Governor of Arkansas Jim Guy Tucker, are convicted of fraud.
• 2002

  The Mars Odyssey finds signs of large ice deposits on the planet Mars.
• 2003

  Peter Hollingworth becomes the first Governor-General of Australia to resign his office as a result of criticism of his conduct.

• 1738

  Joseph-Ignace Guillotin, French physician (d. 1814)
• 1911

  Dame Thora Hird, British actress (d. 2003)
• 1922

  Lou Duva, American boxing trainer
• 1953

  Arto Lindsay, American guitarist and singer
• 1964

  Christa Miller, American actress
• 1974

  Alicia Minshew, American actress
• 1980

  Miguel Pérez, Spanish footballer
• 1983

  Humberto Sanchez, Dominican baseball player
• 1986

  Berrick Barnes, Australian rugby player
• 1999

  Cameron Boyce, American child actor

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