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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• 1801

  Captain Thomas Cochrane in the 14-gun HMS Speedy captures the 32-gun Spanish frigate El Gamo.
• 1863

  American Civil War: The Battle of Chancellorsville ends with the defeat of the Army of the Potomac by Confederate troops.
• 1940

  John Steinbeck is awarded the Pulitzer Prize for his novel The Grapes of Wrath.
• 1945

  World War II: The Prague Offensive, the last major battle of the Eastern Front, begins.
• 1960

  More than 20 million viewers watch the first televised royal wedding when Princess Margaret marries Anthony Armstrong-Jones at Westminster Abbey.
• 1972

  Deniz Gezmiş, Yusuf Aslan and Hüseyin İnan are executed in Ankara for attempting to overthrow the Constitutional order.
• 1976

  An earthquake strikes Friuli, causing 989 deaths and the destruction of entire villages.
• 1994

  Former Arkansas state worker Paula Jones files a lawsuit against President Bill Clinton, alleging that he had sexually harassed her in 1991.
• 1994

  Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom and French President François Mitterrand officiate at the opening of the Channel Tunnel.
• 2004

  Aslan Abashidze, leader of Georgia’s autonomous republic of Adjara resigns after public protests and months of stalemate with the central authorities.

• 1758

  Maximilien Robespierre, French Revolutionary (d. 1794)
• 1868

  Gaston Leroux, French writer (d. 1927)
• 1942

  Rin Kaiho, professional go player
• 1947

  Martha Nussbaum, American philosopher
• 1964

  Tony Scalzo, American musician (Fastball)
• 1968

  Lætitia Sadier, French singer (Stereolab)
• 1970

  Roland Kun, Nauruan politician
• 1977

  Marc Chouinard, French Canadian ice hockey player
• 1977

  Mark Eaton, American ice hockey player
• 1996

  Dominic Scott Kay, American actor

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