What Day of the Week

May 6, 2022 was the 126^th day of the year 2022 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 239 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Friday.

If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is vendredi.

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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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• 1527

  Spanish and German troops sack Rome; some consider this the end of the Renaissance. 147 Swiss Guards, including their commander, die fighting the forces of Charles V in order to allow Pope Clement VII to escape into Castel Sant'Angelo.
• 1844

  The Glaciarium, the world’s first mechanically frozen ice rink, opens.
• 1861

  American Civil War: Richmond, Virginia is declared the new capital of the Confederate States of America.
• 1863

  American Civil War: The Battle of Chancellorsville ends with the defeat of the Army of the Potomac by Confederate troops.
• 1910

  George V becomes King of the United Kingdom upon the death of his father, Edward VII.
• 1962

  St. Martín de Porres is canonized by Pope John XXIII.
• 1966

  Myra Hindley and Ian Brady are sentenced to life imprisonment for the Moors Murders in England.
• 1984

  103 Korean Martyrs are canonized by Pope John Paul II in Seoul
• 2001

  During a trip to Syria, Pope John Paul II becomes the first pope to enter a mosque.
• 2002

  Dutch politician Pim Fortuyn is assassinated by an animal rights activist.

• 1871

  Christian Morgenstern, German author (d. 1914)
• 1880

  Winifred Brunton, British-born South African painter (d. 1959)
• 1895

  Fidél Pálffy, Hungarian Nazi (d. 1946)
• 1911

  Frank Nelson, American actor (d. 1986)
• 1916

  Robert H. Dicke, American physicist (d. 1997)
• 1924

  Denny Wright, British guitarist (d. 1992)
• 1943

  Andreas Baader, member of the German terrorist organization Red Army Faction (d. 1977)
• 1949

  Ross Bagdasarian, Jr., American voice actor and cartoonist
• 1960

  Phyllis Treigle, American soprano
• 1983

  Dani Alves, Brazilian footballer

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