What Day of the Week

May 6, 2021 is the 126^th day of the year 2021 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 239 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is 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.
• 1857

  The British East India Company disbands the 34th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry whose sepoy Mangal Pandey had earlier revolted against the British and is considered to be the First Martyr in the War of Indian Independence.
• 1861

  American Civil War: Arkansas secedes from the Union.
• 1861

  American Civil War: Richmond, Virginia is declared the new capital of the Confederate States of America.
• 1882

  The United States Congress passes the Chinese Exclusion Act.
• 1889

  The Eiffel Tower is officially opened to the public at the Universal Exposition in Paris.
• 1935

  The first flight of the Curtiss P-36 Hawk.
• 1962

  St. Martín de Porres is canonized by Pope John XXIII.
• 1997

  The Bank of England is given independence from political control, the most significant change in the bank’s 300-year history.
• 2010

  The second largest intraday point swing in Dow Jones Industrial Average history occurs.

• 1880

  William J. Simmons, American Ku Klux Klan leader (d. 1945)
• 1880

  Winifred Brunton, British-born South African painter (d. 1959)
• 1922

  Vladimir Etush, Russian actor
• 1928

  Robert Poujade, French politician
• 1945

  Jimmie Dale Gilmore, American musician
• 1947

  Martha Nussbaum, American philosopher
• 1951

  Samuel Doe, President of Liberia (d. 1990)
• 1958

  Lolita Flores, Spanish singer and actress
• 1970

  Roland Kun, Nauruan politician
• 1977

  Mark Eaton, American ice hockey player

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