What Day of the Week

May 5, 2021 was the 125^th day of the year 2021 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 240 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Wednesday.

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

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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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• 1260

  Kublai Khan becomes ruler of the Mongol Empire.
• 1789

  In France, the Estates-General convenes for the first time since 1614.
• 1809

  Mary Kies becomes the first woman awarded a U.S. patent, for a technique of weaving straw with silk and thread.
• 1811

  In the second day of fighting at the Peninsular War Battle of Fuentes de Onoro the French army, under Marshall Massena, drive in the Duke of Wellington’s overextended right flank, but French frontal assaults fail to take the town of Fuentes de Onoro and the Anglo-Portugese army holds the field at the end of the day.
• 1865

  In North Bend, Ohio (a suburb of Cincinnati, Ohio), the first train robbery in the United States takes place.
• 1866

  Memorial Day first celebrated in United States at Waterloo, New York.
• 1886

  The Bay View Tragedy: A militia fires into a crowd of protesters in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, killing seven.
• 1950

  Bhumibol Adulyadej crowns himself King Rama IX of Thailand.
• 1994

  The signing of the Bishkek Protocol between Armenia and Azerbaijan effectively freezes the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
• 2010

  Mass protests in Greece erupt in response to austerity measures imposed by the government as a result of the Greek debt crisis.

• 1479

  Guru Amar Das, third Sikh Guru (d. 1574)
• 1830

  John Batterson Stetson, American hat manufacturer (d. 1906)
• 1915

  Alice Faye, American actress (d. 1998)
• 1931

  Michel Regnier, Belgian comic-book writer (Achille Talon) (d. 1999)
• 1958

  Ron Arad, Israeli aircraft navigator missing in action
• 1959

  Brian Williams, American news anchor
• 1963

  James LaBrie, Canadian singer (Dream Theater)
• 1985

  Terrence Wheatley, American football player
• 1989

  Larissa Wilson, English actress
• 1999

  Nathan Chen, American figure skater

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