What Day of the Week

May 9, 2020 is the 130^th day of the year 2020 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 236 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Saturday.

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

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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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• 1450

  'Abd al-Latif (Timurid monarch) is assassinated.
• 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.
• 1911

  The works of Gabriele D'Annunzio placed by the Vatican in the Index of Forbidden Books.
• 1918

  World War I: Germans repel the British’s second attempt to blockade the port of Ostend, Belgium.
• 1927

  The Australian Parliament first convenes in Canberra.
• 1936

  Italy formally annexes Ethiopia after taking the capital Addis Ababa on May 5.
• 1955

  Cold War: West Germany joins NATO.
• 1960

  The Food and Drug Administration announces it will approve birth control as an additional indication for Searle’s Enovid, making Enovid the world’s first approved oral contraceptive pill.
• 1980

  In Florida, Liberian freighter MV Summit Venture collides with the Sunshine Skyway Bridge over Tampa Bay, making a 1,400-ft. section of the southbound span collapse. 35 people in six cars and a Greyhound bus fall 150 ft. into the water and die.

• 1837

  Adam Opel, German engineer and industrialist (d. 1895)
• 1895

  Lucian Blaga, Romanian poet, playwright, and philosopher (d. 1961)
• 1907

  Baldur von Schirach, Nazi official (d. 1974)
• 1928

  Barbara Ann Scott, Canadian figure skater
• 1928

  Pancho Gonzales, American tennis player (d. 1995)
• 1941

  Pete Birrell, British bass guitarist
• 1951

  Alley Mills, American actress
• 1953

  Amy Hill, American actress
• 1965

  Ken Nomura, Japanese racing driver
• 1971

  Paul McGuigan, English bassist (Oasis)

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