Wednesday, May 5, 2021 is a Wednesday. It is day 125 of 2021 (34.2% through the year), ISO week 18, in Q2.
Calendar Specifications
Wednesday, May 5, 2021 combines practical calendar facts with a wider view of the day: 2023: The World Health Organization declared the end of COVID-19 as a global health emergency.. Use it to check the date, plan across time zones, and scan the observances and historical markers attached to May 5.
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Historical Milestones
The World Health Organization declared the end of COVID-19 as a global health emergency.
World Health Organization →Philippine broadcast network ABS-CBN was forced to go off-air by the National Telecommunications Commission after Congress failed to renew its franchise granted in 1995.
ABS-CBN →Kenya Airways Flight 507 crashed immediately after takeoff from Douala International Airport in Cameroon, resulting in the deaths of all 114 people aboard.
Kenya Airways Flight 507 →American teenager Michael P. Fay was caned in Singapore for theft and vandalism, a punishment that the United States deemed to be excessive for a teenager committing a non-violent crime.
Caning of Michael Fay →The Twenty-seventh Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified, 202 years after it was first proposed.
Twenty-seventh Amendment to the United States Constitution →Riots broke out in Washington, D.C., after a rookie police officer shot a Salvadoran man in the chest.
1991 Washington, D.C., riot →After a 66-day hunger strike, Irish republican Bobby Sands died of starvation in HM Prison Maze.
1981 Irish hunger strike →The British Special Air Service recaptured the Iranian embassy in London following a six-day siege after Iranian Arab separatists had seized it.
Special Air Service →Project Mercury: American astronaut Alan Shepard made a sub-orbital spaceflight on board Freedom 7, becoming the second person to travel into outer space.
Project Mercury →The Netherlands Carillon was inaugurated in Arlington, Virginia, on the 15th anniversary of Dutch Liberation Day.
Netherlands Carillon →World War II: American and German troops fought side-by-side at the Battle for Castle Itter, defending a prison against Waffen-SS forces.
World War II →World War II: The citizens of Prague spontaneously rose up against the city's German occupiers.
World War II →Calculate business days and elapsed calendar time between this date and any other.
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Questions & Answers
Wednesday, May 5, 2021 falls on a Wednesday.
1,956 days ago (5 years, 4 months, 7 days ago). It is day 125 of 2021 with 240 days remaining in the year.
In Roman numerals, Wednesday, May 5, 2021 is written as V.V.MMXXI (Day.Month.Year format).
The moon phase for this date is Last Quarter (approx. 39% illuminated). The astrological sun sign is Taurus.