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

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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.
• 1640

  King Charles I of England dissolves the Short Parliament.
• 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.
• 1862

  Cinco de Mayo: troops led by Ignacio Zaragoza halt a French invasion in the Battle of Puebla in Mexico.
• 1864

  American Civil War: The Battle of the Wilderness begins in Spotsylvania County, Virginia.
• 1925

  The government of South Africa declares Afrikaans an official language
• 1941

  Emperor Haile Selassie returns to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; the country commemorates the date as Liberation Day or Patriots’ Victory Day.
• 1946

  The International Military Tribunal for the Far East begins in Tokyo with twenty-eight Japanese military and government officials accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
• 1955

  West Germany gains full sovereignty.
• 1994

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

• 1883

  Archibald Wavell, British general (d. 1950)
• 1925

  Leo Ryan, United States Congressman (d. 1978)
• 1955

  Melinda Culea, American actress
• 1958

  Robert DiPierdomenico, Australian rules footballer
• 1963

  Heidi Kozak, American actress
• 1963

  Simon Rimmer, English chef
• 1982

  Wouter D'Haene, Belgian flatwater-canoeist
• 1983

  Scott Ware, American football player
• 1988

  Brooke Hogan, American singer and television personality
• 1991

  Xenofon Fetsis, Greek footballer

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