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A date scroll with Latin text from β€œThe Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.

: Day of the Week

is the of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are until the end of the year. The day of the week is .

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

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Zodiac & Birthstone

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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by the Numbers

  • days since
  • year, month, and days ago
  • month since then
  • is in the th week of the year (ISO 8601)
  • weeks ago
  • The year is not a leap year

Historical Event(s)

1204
Baldwin IX, Count of Flanders is crowned as the first Emperor of the Latin Empire.
Peninsular War: The allies Spain, Portugal and United Kingdom, defeat the French at the Battle of Albuera.
May 16, 1877 political crisis in France.
The first ever Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup final is played. Brooklyn Field Club defeats Brooklyn Celtic 2-1.
A naval Curtiss aircraft NC-4 commanded by Albert Cushing Read leaves Trepassey, Newfoundland, for Lisbon via the Azores on the first transatlantic flight.
Chaim Weizmann is elected the first President of Israel.
Theodore Maiman operates the first optical laser, at Hughes Research Laboratories in Malibu, California.
India annexes Sikkim after the mountain state holds a referendum in which the popular vote is in favor of merging with India.
A report by United States’ Surgeon General C. Everett Koop states that the addictive properties of nicotine are similar to those of heroin and cocaine.
Kuwait permits women’s suffrage in a 35-23 National Assembly vote.

Who were born on ?

David E. Hughes, British inventor and musician (d. 1900)
Studs Terkel, American writer (d. 2008)
Yvonne Craig, American actress
Dafydd Williams, Canadian physician and astronaut
Landon Deireragea, Nauruan politician
Edit Berces, Hungarian marathon runner
Janet Jackson, American singer
Tori Spelling, American actress
Michael Ryan, American ice hockey player
Kyle Wellwood, Canadian ice hockey player

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