What Day of the Week

May 3, 2021 is the 123^rd day of the year 2021 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 242 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Monday.

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

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Here’s the May calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.

Taurus 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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• 1808

  Peninsular War: The Madrid rebels who rose up on May 2 are executed near Príncipe Pío hill.
• 1830

  The Canterbury and Whitstable Railway is opened. It is the first steam hauled passenger railway to issue season tickets and include a tunnel.
• 1913

  Raja Harishchandra the first full-length Indian feature film is released, marking the beginning of the Indian film industry.
• 1915

  The poem In Flanders Fields is written by Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae.
• 1928

  Japanese atrocities in Jinan, China.
• 1942

  World War II: Japanese naval troops invade Tulagi Island in the Solomon Islands during the first part of Operation Mo that results in the Battle of the Coral Sea between Japanese forces and forces from the United States and Australia.
• 1948

  The U.S. Supreme Court rules, in Shelley v. Kraemer, that covenants prohibiting the sale of real estate to blacks and other minorities are legally unenforceable.
• 1952

  Lieutenant Colonels Joseph O. Fletcher and William P. Benedict of the United States land a plane at the North Pole.
• 1952

  The Kentucky Derby is televised nationally for the first time on the CBS network.
• 1960

  The Off-Broadway musical comedy, The Fantasticks, opens in New York City’s Greenwich Village, eventually becoming the longest-running musical of all time.

• 1446

  Margaret of York, wife of Charles I, Duke of Burgundy (d. 1503)
• 1860

  John Scott Haldane, Scottish physiologist (d. 1936)
• 1867

  J.T. Hearne, English cricketer (d. 1944)
• 1940

  Konrad “Conny” Plank, German record producer and musician
• 1949

  Ken Hom, Chinese American chef
• 1958

  Sandi Toksvig, Danish born writer, broadcaster and comedian
• 1959

  Uma Bharati, Indian politician
• 1972

  Shonie Carter, American MMA fighter
• 1977

  Mashima Hiro, Japanese manga artist of Rave Master and Fairy Tail
• 1977

  Ryan Dempster, American baseball player

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