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Wednesday, May 21, 2025
Wednesday, May 21, 2025 falls on a Wednesday. It is day 141 of the year, ISO week 21, in Q2.
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Wednesday, May 21
May 21, 2025 is day 141 of 365, ISO week 21, in Q2. The moon is Last Quarter and the zodiac sign is Taurus.
Day of year141
ISO week21
QuarterQ2
Days left224
Sun and Moon Cycles
- Moon phase
- Last Quarter
- Lunar age
- 23.7 days
- Illumination
- 34%
- Season
- Spring in the Northern Hemisphere, autumn in the Southern Hemisphere
Zodiac and Holidays
- Zodiac
- Taurus
- Observances
- No major fixed observance in the built-in calendar
- Shareable URL
- /date/2025-05-21
Today's Celebrations
May 21
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Afro-Colombian Day (Colombia)
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Blessed Adílio Daronch and Manuel Gómez González
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Blessed Franz Jägerstätter
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Earliest day on which Corpus Christi can fall, while June 24 is the latest; held on Thursday after Trinity Sunday (ofte...
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Eugène de Mazenod
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Helena of Constantinople, also known as "Feast of the Holy Great Sovereigns Constantine and Helen, Equal-to-the-Apostle...
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Blessed Hemming of Turku
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John Elliot (Episcopal Church)
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Local briefWednesday, May 21, 2025 combines practical calendar facts with a wider view of the day: 2024: The Greenfield tornado, estimated to have produced winds in excess of 309 miles per hour (497 km/h), moved across Iowa.. Use it to check the date, plan across time zones, and scan the observances and historical markers attached to May 21.
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History for May 21
The Greenfield tornado, estimated to have produced winds in excess of 309 miles per hour (497 km/h), moved across Iowa.
Islamic State militants entered the ancient city of Palmyra.
A Taiwanese man carried out a stabbing spree on a Taipei Metro train, killing four people and injuring 24 others.
The world's tallest roller coaster, Kingda Ka, opened at Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson, New Jersey, U.S.
Indonesian president Suharto resigned after a collapse of support for his presidency amid economic and political crises, ending 32 years in power.
Former Indian prime minister Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated by a suicide bomber in Sriperumbudur, Tamil Nadu.
While working with a mass of plutonium known as the demon core, Manhattan Project physicist Louis Slotin accidentally exposed himself to a lethal dose of hard radiation, making him the second victim of a criticality accident in h...
Aboard the Spirit of St. Louis, American aviator Charles Lindbergh (pictured) completed the first solo non-stop transatlantic flight, flying from Roosevelt Field near New York City to Paris–Le Bourget Airport.
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Kyle Busch, American race car driver and owner (born 1985)
2025
Gerry Connolly, American politician, U.S. Representative from Virginia's 11th congressional district (born 1950)
2024
Jan A. P. Kaczmarek, Polish composer (born 1953)
2020
Alan Merten, fifth President of George Mason University (born 1941)
2019
Rik Kuypers, Belgian film director (born 1925)
2019
Binyavanga Wainaina, Kenyan writer (born 1971)
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Foreign relations of Israel More than a dozen governments condemn the Israeli military firing in the direction of a diplomatic delegation with representatives from 31 co...
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