What Day of the Week

May 6, 2021 was the 126^th day of the year 2021 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 239 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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• 1757

  English poet Christopher Smart is admitted into St Luke’s Hospital for Lunatics in London, beginning his six-year confinement to mental asylums.
• 1844

  The Glaciarium, the world’s first mechanically frozen ice rink, opens.
• 1877

  Chief Crazy Horse of the Oglala Sioux surrenders to United States troops in Nebraska.
• 1941

  The first flight of the Republic P-47 Thunderbolt.
• 1942

  World War II: On Corregidor, the last American forces in the Philippines surrender to the Japanese.
• 1981

  A jury of architects and sculptors unanimously selects Maya Ying Lin’s design for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial from 1,421 other entries.
• 1994

  Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom and French President François Mitterrand officiate at the opening of the Channel Tunnel.
• 1996

  The body of former CIA director William Colby is found washed up on a riverbank in southern Maryland, eight days after he disappeared.
• 1999

  First elections to the devolved Scottish Parliament and Welsh Assembly held.
• 2001

  During a trip to Syria, Pope John Paul II becomes the first pope to enter a mosque.

• 1713

  Charles Batteux, French philosopher (d. 1780)
• 1800

  Roman Sanguszko, Polish aristocrat and general (d. 1881)
• 1879

  Bedřich Hrozný, Czech orientalist (d. 1952)
• 1917

  Kal Mann, American lyricist (d. 2001)
• 1952

  Christian Clavier, French actor
• 1964

  Tony Scalzo, American musician (Fastball)
• 1969

  Jim Magilton, Northern Irish footballer
• 1980

  Nicole Brunner, American actress
• 1989

  Dominika Cibulková, Slovakian tennis player
• 1991

  Tyler, The Creator, American Rapper

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