What Day of the Week

May 31, 2021 was the 151^st day of the year 2021 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 214 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Monday.

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

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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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• 1578

  Martin Frobisher sails from Harwich, England to Frobisher Bay, Canada, eventually to mine fool’s gold, used to pave streets in London.
• 1775

  American Revolution: The Mecklenburg Resolutions are allegedly adopted in the Province of North Carolina.
• 1859

  The clock tower at the Houses of Parliament, which houses Big Ben, starts keeping time.
• 1864

  American Civil War Overland Campaign: Battle of Cold Harbor – The Army of Northern Virginia under Robert E. Lee engages the Army of the Potomac under Ulysses S. Grant & George G. Meade.
• 1889

  Johnstown Flood: Over 2,200 people die after a dam break sends a 60-foot (18-meter) wall of water over the town of Johnstown, Pennsylvania.
• 1916

  World War I: Battle of Jutland – The British Grand Fleet under the command of Sir John Jellicoe & Sir David Beatty engage the Kaiserliche Marine under the command of Reinhard Scheer & Franz von Hipper in the largest naval battle of the war, which proves indecisive.
• 1929

  The first talking cartoon of Mickey Mouse, “The Karnival Kid”, is released.
• 1941

  A Luftwaffe air raid in Dublin, Ireland, claims 38 lives.
• 1981

  Burning of Jaffna library, Sri Lanka, It is one of the violent examples of ethnic biblioclasm of the twentieth century.
• 1991

  Bicesse Accords in Angola lay out a transition to multi-party democracy under the supervision of the United Nations’ UNAVEM II mission.

• 1469

  Manuel I of Portugal (d. 1521)
• 1894

  Fred Allen, American comedian (d. 1956)
• 1922

  Denholm Elliott, English actor (d. 1992)
• 1939

  Terry Waite, British humanitarian
• 1940

  Gilbert Shelton, American underground comics illustrator
• 1949

  Tom Berenger, American actor
• 1964

  Leonard Asper, Canadian businessman
• 1964

  Scotti Hill, American rock guitarist
• 1965

  Giorgos Gasparis, Greek basketball player
• 1972

  Archie Panjabi, English actress

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