What Day of the Week

May 5, 2023 is the 125^th day of the year 2023 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 240 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Friday.

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

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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.
• 1809

  Mary Kies becomes the first woman awarded a U.S. patent, for a technique of weaving straw with silk and thread.
• 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.
• 1860

  Giuseppe Garibaldi sets sail from Genoa, leading the expedition of the Thousand to conquer the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies and giving birth to the Kingdom of Italy.
• 1944

  German troops execute 216 civilians in the village of Kleisoura in Greece
• 1945

  World War II: Canadian and UK troops liberate the Netherlands and Denmark from Nazi occupation when Wehrmacht troops capitulate.
• 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.
• 1949

  The Treaty of London establishes the Council of Europe in Strasbourg as the first European institution working for European integration.
• 2006

  The government of Sudan signs an accord with the Sudan Liberation Army.

• 1864

  Nellie Bly, American journalist and writer (d. 1922)
• 1866

  Thomas B. Thrige, Danish industrialist (d. 1938)
• 1869

  Hans Pfitzner, German composer (d. 1949)
• 1889

  Herbie Taylor, South African cricketer (d. 1973)
• 1948

  Bill Ward, British drummer
• 1954

  Dave Spector, American television personality and commentator
• 1962

  Jenifer McKitrick, American songwriter
• 1976

  Anastasios Pantos, Greek footballer
• 1985

  Emanuele Giaccherini, Italian footballer
• 1987

  Jessie Cave, English actress

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