What Day of the Week

May 7, 2021 was the 127^th day of the year 2021 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 238 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Friday.

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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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• 558

  In Constantinople, the dome of the Hagia Sophia collapses. Justinian I immediately orders that the dome be rebuilt.
• 1664

  Louis XIV of France inaugurates the Palace of Versailles.
• 1763

  Indian Wars: Pontiac’s Rebellion begins – Chief Pontiac begins the “Conspiracy of Pontiac” by attacking British forces at Fort Detroit.
• 1824

  World premiere of Ludwig van Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony in Vienna, Austria. The performance is conducted by Michael Umlauf under the composer’s supervision.
• 1920

  The Art Gallery of Ontario, in Toronto, opens the first exhibition by the Group of Seven.
• 1992

  Michigan ratifies a 203-year-old proposed amendment to the United States Constitution making the 27th Amendment law. This amendment bars the U.S. Congress from giving itself a mid-term pay raise.
• 1992

  The Space Shuttle Endeavour is launched on its first mission (STS-49).
• 1992

  Three employees at a McDonald’s Restaurant in Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada, are brutally murdered and a fourth permanently disabled after a botched robbery. It is the first “fast-food murder” in Canada.
• 1999

  Kosovo War: In Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, three Chinese citizens are killed and 20 wounded when a NATO aircraft bombs the Chinese embassy in Belgrade.
• 2007

  Israeli archaeologists discover the tomb of Herod the Great south of Jerusalem.

• 1833

  Johannes Brahms, German composer (d. 1897)
• 1861

  Rabindranath Tagore, Indian writer, Nobel laureate (d. 1941)
• 1917

  David Tomlinson, English film actor (d. 2000)
• 1940

  Angela Carter, English novelist and journalist (d. 1992)
• 1940

  Vasilis N. Triantafillidis, Greek comedian and actor
• 1945

  Christy Moore, Irish folk artist
• 1976

  Andrea Lo Cicero, Italian rugby player
• 1979

  Katie Douglas, American basketball player
• 1984

  James Loney, American baseball player
• 1985

  Dan Sweetman, Australian television host

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