What Day of the Week

May 9, 2020 was the 130^th day of the year 2020 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 236 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was 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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• 1873

  Der Krach: Vienna stock market crash heralds the Long Depression.
• 1901

  Australia opens its first parliament in Melbourne.
• 1920

  Polish-Soviet War: The Polish army under General Edward Rydz-Śmigły celebrates its capture of Kiev with a victory parade on Khreschatyk.
• 1926

  Admiral Richard E. Byrd and Floyd Bennett claim to have flown over the North Pole (later discovery of Byrd’s diary seems to indicate that this did not happen).
• 1945

  World War II: The Channel Islands are liberated by the British after five years of German occupation.
• 1946

  King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy abdicates and is succeeded by Humbert II.
• 1950

  Robert Schuman presents his proposal on the creation of an organized Europe, which according to him was indispensable to the maintenance of peaceful relations. This proposal, known as the “Schuman declaration”, is considered by some people to be the beginning of the creation of what is now the European Union.
• 1955

  Cold War: West Germany joins NATO.
• 1964

  Ngo Dinh Can, de facto ruler of central Vietnam under his brother President Ngo Dinh Diem before the family’s toppling, is executed.
• 1980

  In Norco, California, five masked gunman hold up a Security Pacific bank, leading to a violent shoot-out and one of the largest pursuits in California history. Two of the gunmen and one police officer are killed and thirty-three police and civilian vehicles are destroyed in the chase.

• 1937

  David Prater, American singer (Sam & Dave) (d. 1988)
• 1946

  Candice Bergen, American actress
• 1950

  Tom Petersson, American bass guitarist (Cheap Trick)
• 1965

  Janu Tornell, American model and Survivor contestant
• 1965

  Steve Yzerman, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1966

  Mark Tinordi, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1971

  Paul McGuigan, English bassist (Oasis)
• 1979

  Brandon Webb, American baseball player
• 1985

  Jake Long, American football player
• 1997

  Zane Huett, American actor

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