What Day of the Week

May 4, 2020 was the 125^th day of the year 2020 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 241 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.

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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• 1626

  Dutch explorer Peter Minuit arrives in New Netherland (present day Manhattan Island) aboard the See Meeuw.
• 1675

  King Charles II of England orders the construction of the Royal Greenwich Observatory.
• 1859

  The Cornwall Railway opens across the Royal Albert Bridge linking the counties of Devon and Cornwall in England.
• 1949

  The entire Torino football team (except for two players who did not take the trip: Sauro Tomà, due to an injury and Renato Gandolfi, because of coach request) is killed in a plane crash at the Superga hill at the edge of Turin, Italy.
• 1961

  American civil rights movement: The “Freedom Riders” begin a bus trip through the South.
• 1974

  An all-female Japanese team reaches the summit of Manaslu, becoming the first women to climb an 8,000-meter peak.
• 1979

  Margaret Thatcher becomes the first female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
• 1982

  Twenty sailors are killed when the British Type 42 destroyer HMS Sheffield is hit by an Argentinian Exocet missile during the Falklands War.
• 2001

  The Milwaukee Art Museum addition, the first Santiago Calatrava-designed structure in the United States, opens to the public.
• 2007

  Greensburg, Kansas is almost completely destroyed by a 1.7 mi wide EF-5 tornado.

• 1752

  John Brooks, 11th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1825)
• 1948

  Hurley Haywood, American race car driver, and three-time winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans
• 1949

  Stella Parton, American country music singer
• 1950

  Darryl Hunt, English musician (The Pogues)
• 1951

  Mick Mars, American guitarist (Mötley Crüe)
• 1956

  David Guterson, American author
• 1959

  Scott Armstrong, American professional wrestling referee
• 1969

  Ryan Shamrock, American wrestling valet
• 1971

  Luiz Garcia, Jr., Brazilian racing driver
• 1984

  Montell Owens, American football player

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