What Day of the Week

May 5, 2022 was the 125^th day of the year 2022 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 240 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Thursday.

If you are trying to learn Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Mokuyōbi.

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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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• 1215

  Rebel barons renounce their allegiance to King John of England — part of a chain of events leading to the signing of the Magna Carta.
• 1809

  Mary Kies becomes the first woman awarded a U.S. patent, for a technique of weaving straw with silk and thread.
• 1835

  In Belgium, the first railway in continental Europe opens between Brussels and Mechelen.
• 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.
• 1866

  Memorial Day first celebrated in United States at Waterloo, New York.
• 1925

  Scopes Trial: serving of an arrest warrant on John T. Scopes for teaching evolution in violation of the Butler Act.
• 1944

  German troops execute 216 civilians in the village of Kleisoura in Greece
• 1949

  The Treaty of London establishes the Council of Europe in Strasbourg as the first European institution working for European integration.
• 1961

  The Mercury program: Mercury-Redstone 3 – Alan Shepard becomes the first American to travel into outer space, making a sub-orbital flight of 15 minutes.
• 2006

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

• 1546

  Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter, English politician (d. 1623)
• 1923

  Richard Wollheim, British philosopher (d. 2003)
• 1939

  Cesare Fiorio, Italian sporting director of various Formula One teams
• 1940

  Lance Henriksen, American actor and painter
• 1955

  Melinda Culea, American actress
• 1966

  Josh Weinstein, American writer
• 1971

  Harold Miner, American basketball player
• 1981

  Marcelle Bittar, Brazilian model
• 1987

  Marija Šestić, Bosnian singer
• 1989

  Larissa Wilson, English actress

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