What Day of the Week

May 9, 2021 was the 129^th day of the year 2021 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 236 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Sunday.

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

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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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• 1671

  Thomas Blood, disguised as a clergyman, attempts to steal England’s Crown Jewels from the Tower of London.
• 1864

  Second War of Schleswig: The Danish navy defeats the Austrian and Prussian fleets in the Battle of Heligoland.
• 1874

  The first horse-drawn bus makes its début in the city of Mumbai, traveling two routes.
• 1887

  Buffalo Bill Cody’s Wild West Show opens in London.
• 1901

  Australia opens its first parliament in Melbourne.
• 1918

  World War I: Germans repel the British’s second attempt to blockade the port of Ostend, Belgium.
• 1936

  Italy formally annexes Ethiopia after taking the capital Addis Ababa on May 5.
• 1948

  Czechoslovakia’s Ninth-of-May Constitution comes into effect.
• 1955

  Cold War: West Germany joins NATO.
• 2004

  Chechen president Akhmad Kadyrov is killed by a land mine under a VIP stage during a World War II memorial victory parade in Grozny, Chechnya.

• 1874

  Howard Carter, British archaeologist (d. 1939)
• 1912

  Pedro Armendáriz, Mexican actor (d. 1963)
• 1914

  Denham Fouts, American male prostitute and socialite (d. 1948)
• 1914

  Hank Snow, American country music singer and songwriter (d. 1999)
• 1918

  Orville L. Freeman, American politician (d. 2003)
• 1919

  Arthur English, English actor and comedian (d. 1995)
• 1936

  Glenda Jackson, English actress and politician
• 1955

  Kevin Peter Hall, American actor (d. 1991)
• 1962

  John Corbett, American actor
• 1972

  Megumi Odaka, Japanese actress and artist

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