What Day of the Week

May 8, 2020 was the 129^th day of the year 2020 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 237 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Friday.

If you are trying to learn Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Kin'yōbi.

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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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• 413

  Emperor Honorius signs an edict providing tax relief for the Italian provinces Tuscia, Campania, Picenum, Samnium, Apulia, Lucania and Calabria, who are plundered by the Visigoths.
• 1788

  The French Parlement is suspended to be replaced by the creation of forty-seven new courts.
• 1877

  At Gilmore’s Gardens in New York City, the first Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show opens.
• 1898

  The first games of the Italian football league system are played.
• 1912

  Paramount Pictures is founded.
• 1927

  Attempting to make the first non-stop transatlantic flight from Paris to New York, French war heroes Charles Nungesser and Francois Coli disappeared after taking off aboard The White Bird biplane.
• 1963

  South Vietnamese soldiers of Catholic President Ngo Dinh Diem open fire on Buddhists defying a ban on the flying of the Buddhist flag on Vesak, killing nine.
• 1967

  The Philippine province of Davao is split into three: Davao del Norte, Davao del Sur, and Davao Oriental.
• 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.
• 1980

  The eradication of smallpox is endorsed by the World Health Organization.

• 1899

  Arthur Q. Bryan, American voice actor (d. 1959)
• 1906

  Roberto Rossellini, Italian director (d. 1977)
• 1926

  Don Rickles, American comedian
• 1932

  Phyllida Law, Scottish actress
• 1942

  Norman Lamont, British politician
• 1968

  Johan Pehrson, Swedish politician
• 1975

  Gastón Mazzacane, Argentine racing driver
• 1975

  Jussi Markkanen, Finnish ice hockey player
• 1976

  Martha Wainwright, Canadian musician and songwriter
• 1980

  Keyon Dooling, American basketball player

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