What Day Of The Week Was May 28?

May 28: Day of the Week

May 28, 2026 is the 148th day of the year 2026 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 217 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Thursday.

If you are trying to learn Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is jueves.

Here’s the May calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.

May					2026
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Zodiac & Birthstone

Gemini 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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May 28 by the Numbers

• 105 days since May 28
• 0 year, 3 months, and 16 days ago
• 3 months since then
• May 28 is in the 22nd week of the year 2026 (ISO 8601)
• 15 weeks ago
• The year 2026 is not a leap year

May 28 Historical Event(s)

1588The Spanish Armada, with 130 ships and 30,000 men, sets sail from Lisbon heading for the English Channel. (It will take until May 30 for all ships to leave port). 1644Bolton Massacre by Royalist troops under the command of the Earl of Derby. 1754French and Indian War: in the first engagement of the war, Virginia militia under 22-year-old Lieutenant Colonel George Washington defeat a French reconnaissance party in the Battle of Jumonville Glen in what is now Fayette County in southwestern Pennsylvania. 1798The United States Congress empowers president John Adams to enlist 10,000 men for service in case of a declaration of war or invasion of the country’s domain. It also authorizes Adams to instruct commanders of ships-of-war to seize armed French vessels preying upon or attacking American merchantmen about the coast. 1940World War II: Belgium surrenders to Germany to end the Battle of Belgium. 1942World War II: in retaliation for the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich, Nazis in Czechoslovakia kill over 1,800 people. 1951British radio comedy programme The Goon Show was broadcast on BBC for the first time. 1975Fifteen West African countries sign the Treaty of Lagos, creating the Economic Community of West African States. 1979Constantine Karamanlis signs the full treaty of the accession of Greece with the European Economic Community. 2002NATO declares Russia a limited partner in the Western alliance.

Who were born on May 28?

1641Janez Vajkard Valvasor, Slovenian polymath (d. 1693) 1763Manuel Alberti, Argentine priest and head of state (d. 1811) 1942Stanley B. Prusiner, American neurologist, Nobel Prize laureate 1944Gary Stewart, American singer (d. 2003) 1946Skip Jutze, American baseball player 1962James Michael Tyler, American actor 1964Zsa Zsa Padilla, Filipino singer 1982Alexa Davalos, American actress 1986Berrick Barnes, Australian rugby player 1990Kyle Walker, English footballer

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