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 21
May 21, 2025 is the 141st day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 224 days remaining until the end of 2025. The day of the week is Wednesday.
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 21
- 879 –Pope John VIII gives blessings to duke Branimir and to Croatian people, considered to be international recognition of the Croatian state.
- 1674 –The nobility elect John Sobieski King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania.
- 1851 –Slavery is abolished in Colombia, South America.
- 1856 –Lawrence, Kansas is captured and burned by pro-slavery forces.
- 1864 –Russia declares an end to the Russian-Circassian War and many Circassians are forced into exile. The day is designated the Circassian Day of Mourning.
- 1934 –Oskaloosa, Iowa, becomes the first municipality in the United States to fingerprint all of its citizens.
- 1961 –American civil rights movement: Alabama Governor John Malcolm Patterson declares martial law in an attempt to restore order after race riots break out.
- 1979 –White Night riots in San Francisco following the manslaughter conviction of Dan White for the assassinations of George Moscone and Harvey Milk.
- 1991 –Former Indian prime minister Rajiv Gandhi is assassinated by a female suicide bomber near Madras.
- 1994 –The Democratic Republic of Yemen unsuccessful attempts to secede from Republic of Yemen; a war breaks out.
Who were born on May 21?
- 1930 –Malcolm Fraser, Australian politician
- 1933 –Maurice André, French trumpeter
- 1959 –Nick Cassavetes, American actor and director
- 1968 –Julie Vega, Filipino child actress and singer (d. 1985)
- 1969 –George LeMieux, American politician
- 1969 –Georgiy R. Gongadze, Ukrainian/Georgian journalist
- 1972 –Alesha Oreskovich, American model
- 1980 –Chris Raab, American television personality
- 1991 –Sarah Ramos, American actress
- 1994 –Tom Daley, English diver and Olympian
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