What Day of the Week

May 29, 2021 was the 149^th day of the year 2021 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 216 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Saturday.

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

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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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• 1414

  Council of Constance.
• 1453

  Fall of Constantinople: Ottoman armies under Sultan Mehmed II Fatih capture Constantinople after a 53-day siege, ending the Byzantine Empire. Although the date of May 29, 1453, is that of the Julian Calendar, the event is commemorated in Istanbul on this day of the present Gregorian calendar.
• 1886

  Chemist John Pemberton places his first advertisement for Coca-Cola, the ad appearing in the Atlanta Journal.
• 1918

  Armenia defeats the Ottoman Army in the Battle of Sardarapat.
• 1919

  The Republic of Prekmurje founded
• 1924

  AEK Athens FC is established on the anniversary of the siege of Constantinople by the Turks.
• 1932

  World War I Veterans begin to assemble in Washington, D.C. in the Bonus Army to request cash bonuses promised to them to be paid in 1945.
• 1942

  Bing Crosby, the Ken Darby Singers and the John Scott Trotter Orchestra record Irving Berlin’s “White Christmas”, the best-selling Christmas single in history, for Decca Records in Los Angeles.
• 1973

  Tom Bradley is elected the first black mayor of Los Angeles, California.
• 2004

  The World War II Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C.

• 1908

  Diana Morgan, British playwright and screenwriter (d. 1996)
• 1915

  Karl Münchinger, German conductor (d. 1990)
• 1942

  Pierre Bourque, French-Canadian politician
• 1958

  Willem Holleeder, Dutch criminal
• 1963

  Ukyo Katayama, Japanese racing driver
• 1975

  David Burtka, American actor and chef
• 1975

  Jason Allison, Canadian professional ice hockey
• 1975

  Sarah Millican, English comedian
• 1977

  Scott Allen, American figure skater
• 1978

  Sébastien Grosjean, French tennis player

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