What Day of the Week

May 6, 2018 was the 126^th day of the year 2018 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 239 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Sunday.

If you are trying to learn Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is domingo.

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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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• 1659

  English Restoration: A faction of the British Army removes Richard Cromwell as Lord Protector of the Commonwealth and reinstalls the Rump Parliament.
• 1757

  Battle of Prague – A Prussian army fights an Austrian army in Prague during the Seven Years’ War.
• 1757

  English poet Christopher Smart is admitted into St Luke’s Hospital for Lunatics in London, beginning his six-year confinement to mental asylums.
• 1910

  George V becomes King of the United Kingdom upon the death of his father, Edward VII.
• 1942

  World War II: On Corregidor, the last American forces in the Philippines surrender to the Japanese.
• 1945

  World War II: The Prague Offensive, the last major battle of the Eastern Front, begins.
• 1962

  St. Martín de Porres is canonized by Pope John XXIII.
• 1994

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

• 1501

  Pope Marcellus II (d. 1555)
• 1902

  Harry Golden, American journalist (d. 1981)
• 1904

  Raymond Bailey, American actor (d. 1980)
• 1943

  Andreas Baader, member of the German terrorist organization Red Army Faction (d. 1977)
• 1956

  Lakis Lazopoulos, Greek comedian and scriptwriter
• 1958

  Lolita Flores, Spanish singer and actress
• 1971

  Chris Shiflett, American guitarist (Foo Fighters)
• 1977

  Mark Eaton, American ice hockey player
• 1979

  Kerry Ellis, West End actress / singer
• 1989

  Dominika Cibulková, Slovakian tennis player

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