Are you asking the question “What day of the week was I born?” Continue reading to find out what day of the week you were born.
Day Of The Week: May 20
May 20, 2024 is the 141st day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 225 days remaining until the end of 2024. The day of the week is Monday.
If you are into daily horoscope then Taurus is your zodiac sign. Emerald is your modern birthstone. Sapphire is your mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
Historical Events: May 20
- 325 –The First Council of Nicea – the first Ecumenical Council of the Christian Church is held.
- 1217 –The Second Battle of Lincoln is fought near Lincoln, England, resulting in the defeat of Prince Louis of France by William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke.
- 1293 –King Sancho IV of Castile creates the Study of General Schools of Alcalá.
- 1521 –Battle of Pampeluna: Ignatius Loyola is seriously wounded.
- 1631 –The city of Magdeburg in Germany is seized by forces of the Holy Roman Empire and most of its inhabitants massacred, in one of the bloodiest incidents of the Thirty Years’ War.
- 1862 –U.S. President Abraham Lincoln signs the Homestead Act into law.
- 1902 –Cuba gains independence from the United States. Tomás Estrada Palma becomes the country’s first President.
- 1916 –The Saturday Evening Post publishes its first cover with a Norman Rockwell painting (Boy with Baby Carriage).
- 1927 –At 07:52 Charles Lindbergh takes off from Roosevelt Field in Long Island, New York, on the world’s first solo non-stop flight across the Atlantic Ocean. He touched down at Le Bourget Field in Paris at 22:22 the next day.
- 1989 –The Chinese authorities declare martial law in the face of pro-democracy demonstrations, setting the scene for the Tiananmen Square massacre.
Who were born on May 20?
- 1315 –Bonne of Luxembourg, wife of John II of France (d. 1349)
- 1886 –Ali Sami Yen, Turkish founder of Galatasaray Sports Club (d. 1951)
- 1899 –Alexander Deyneka, Ukrainian painter (d. 1969)
- 1920 –John Cruickshank, Scottish airman, Victoria Cross recipient
- 1945 –Vladimiro Montesinos, Peruvian politician
- 1952 –Roger Milla, Cameroonian footballer
- 1956 –William Michaelian, American novelist and poet
- 1967 –Ramzi Yousef, Kuwaiti-born Pakistani terrorist
- 1977 –Miriam Parrish, American television actress
- 1980 –Austin Kearns, American baseball player
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