What Day of the Week

May 5, 2020 is the 126^th day of the year 2020 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 240 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is 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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• 1640

  King Charles I of England dissolves the Short Parliament.
• 1762

  Russia and Prussia sign the Treaty of St. Petersburg.
• 1809

  The Swiss canton of Aargau denies citizenship to Jews.
• 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.
• 1864

  American Civil War: The Battle of the Wilderness begins in Spotsylvania County, Virginia.
• 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.
• 1936

  Italian troops occupy Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
• 1940

  World War II: Norwegian Campaign – Norwegian squads in Hegra Fortress and Vinjesvingen capitulate to the Nazis after all other Norwegian forces in southern Norway had laid down their arms.
• 1941

  Emperor Haile Selassie returns to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; the country commemorates the date as Liberation Day or Patriots’ Victory Day.
• 2007

  All 114 aboard Kenya Airways Flight 507 die when the pilots lose control of the plane and it crashes in Douala, Cameroon.

• 1899

  Freeman Gosden, American radio comedian (Amos-Amos ‘n’Andy) (d. 1982)
• 1923

  Richard Wollheim, British philosopher (d. 2003)
• 1934

  Ace Cannon, American saxophonist
• 1936

  Ervin Lázár, Hungarian writer (d. 2006)
• 1942

  Marc Alaimo, American actor
• 1952

  Campbell McComas, Australian impersonator and broadcaster (d. 2005)
• 1970

  Soheil Ayari, French racer
• 1970

  Todd Newton, American TV-personality, two-time game-show host
• 1976

  Dieter Brummer, Australian actor
• 1981

  Craig David, English singer

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