What Day of the Week

May 5, 2020 was the 126^th day of the year 2020 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 240 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Tuesday.

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

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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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• 1864

  American Civil War: The Battle of the Wilderness begins in Spotsylvania County, Virginia.
• 1886

  The Bay View Tragedy: A militia fires into a crowd of protesters in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, killing seven.
• 1891

  The Music Hall in New York City (later known as Carnegie Hall) has its grand opening and first public performance, with Tchaikovsky as the guest conductor.
• 1920

  Authorities arrest Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti for alleged robbery and murder.
• 1940

  World War II: Norwegian refugees form a government-in-exile in London
• 1941

  Emperor Haile Selassie returns to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; the country commemorates the date as Liberation Day or Patriots’ Victory Day.
• 1950

  Bhumibol Adulyadej crowns himself King Rama IX of Thailand.
• 1961

  The Mercury program: Mercury-Redstone 3 – Alan Shepard becomes the first American to travel into outer space, making a sub-orbital flight of 15 minutes.
• 1964

  The Council of Europe declares May 5 as Europe Day.
• 1972

  Alitalia Flight 112 crashes into Mount Longa near Palermo, Sicily, killing all 115 aboard, making it the deadliest single-aircraft disaster in Italy.

• 1826

  Empress Eugénie de Montijo of France, wife of Napoleon III (d. 1920)
• 1927

  Pat Carroll, American actress
• 1940

  Lance Henriksen, American actor and painter
• 1948

  Bill Ward, British drummer
• 1974

  Seiji Ara, Japanese racing driver
• 1976

  Juan Pablo Sorín, Argentine footballer
• 1981

  Danielle Fishel, American actress
• 1983

  Henry Cavill, Jersey actor
• 1985

  Emanuele Giaccherini, Italian footballer
• 1991

  Xenofon Fetsis, Greek footballer

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