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 Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is miércoles.

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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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• 1494

  Christopher Columbus lands on the island of Jamaica and claims it for Spain.
• 1762

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

  Mary Kies becomes the first woman awarded a U.S. patent, for a technique of weaving straw with silk and thread.
• 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.
• 1949

  The Treaty of London establishes the Council of Europe in Strasbourg as the first European institution working for European integration.
• 1980

  Operation Nimrod: The British Special Air Service storms the Iranian embassy in London after a six-day siege.
• 1987

  Iran-Contra affair: start of Congressional televised hearings in the United States of America
• 1994

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

• 1546

  Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter, English politician (d. 1623)
• 1830

  John Batterson Stetson, American hat manufacturer (d. 1906)
• 1832

  H.H. Bancroft, American historian and publisher (d. 1918)
• 1932

  Will Hutchins, American actor
• 1936

  Ervin Lázár, Hungarian writer (d. 2006)
• 1941

  Alexander Ragulin, Russian hockey player (d. 2004)
• 1942

  Marc Alaimo, American actor
• 1959

  Johann Gajda, German footballer
• 1966

  Shawn Drover, Canadian drummer (Megadeth)
• 1974

  Seiji Ara, Japanese racing driver

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