What Day of the Week

May 8, 2022 was the 128^th day of the year 2022 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 237 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Sunday.

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

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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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• 589

  Reccared summons the Third Council of Toledo.
• 1450

  Jack Cade’s Rebellion: Kentishmen revolt against King Henry VI.
• 1877

  At Gilmore’s Gardens in New York City, the first Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show opens.
• 1899

  The Irish Literary Theatre in Dublin opens.
• 1912

  Paramount Pictures is founded.
• 1941

  The German Luftwaffe launch a bombing raid on Nottingham and Derby
• 1972

  Vietnam War – U.S. President Richard M. Nixon announces his order to place mines in major North Vietnamese ports in order to stem the flow of weapons and other goods to that nation.
• 1978

  First ascent of Mount Everest without supplemental oxygen, by Reinhold Messner and Peter Habeler.
• 1984

  Thames Barrier officially opened.
• 1987

  The Loughgall Ambush: The SAS kills eight Provisional Irish Republican Army volunteers and a civilian during an ambush in Loughgall, Northern Ireland.

• 1835

  Bertalan Székely, Hungarian painter (d. 1910)
• 1899

  Arthur Q. Bryan, American voice actor (d. 1959)
• 1920

  Saul Bass, American graphic designer and filmmaker (d. 1996)
• 1920

  Tom of Finland, Finnish fetish artist (d. 1991)
• 1928

  Theodore Sorensen, American lawyer and special counsel to John F. Kennedy (d. 2010)
• 1929

  Claude Castonguay, Quebec politician
• 1942

  Norman Lamont, British politician
• 1945

  Keith Jarrett, American musician
• 1953

  Billy Burnette, American singer and guitarist (Fleetwood Mac)
• 1980

  Keyon Dooling, American basketball player

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