Written by Lenard
Modified & Updated: 02 Jun 2022
Reviewed by Sherman Smith
For many people, Tuesday is the first happy day of the week because it marks the end of the dreaded Monday blues. Others view it as a good day to go out and eat tacos. Yet for some, it’s just another day in the workweek. However you view it, it’s always good to learn more about it. Find out more about the unexpected trivia about this odd day with these fun facts about Tuesday.
- In most calendars, Tuesday is the 3rd day of the week.
- William Herschel discovered the planet Uranus on a Tuesday – March 13, 1781.
- For the international standard ISO 8601, the week starts with a Monday – making Tuesday the second day of the week.
- Black Tuesday highlights the Wall Street Crash of 1929. This marked the beginning of the Great Depression that lasted until the end of the Second World War.
- Shrove Tuesday is always observed 47 days before Easter Sunday.
- Tuesday borrows its name from the Anglo-Saxon god, Tiu.
- Some Slavic countries such as Russia and Bulgaria call it “Vtori” or “Vtoroi”, which traces its roots to an Old Church Slavonic word that means “the second”.
- The Thai solar calendar associates the day with the color pink.
- Microsoft typically releases software patches on the second Tuesday of the month, earning it the nickname “Patch Tuesdays”.
- The Nahuatl word for Tuesday is Huītzilōpōchtōnal which translates to “day of Huitzilopochtli”.
- The Arabic word for this day is Al-Thulatha’, which means “the third”.
- Nationwide Insurance deems it safest to drive on Tuesday compared to other days of the week.
- The folk rhyme “Monday’s Child” describes Tuesday’s child as “full of grace”.
- The Eastern Orthodox Church dedicates this day to Saint John the Baptist.
- It is a popular fasting day for Hindus.
- Of all the days of the week, Christmas Eve rarely falls on a Tuesday.
- This day is the most productive work day for many working folks.
- Tasmania in Australia has an extra day of Easter, which is called Easter Tuesday.
- Tuesday holds the highest number of job application submissions in the US.
- Following Thursday, Tuesday has the highest chance of having Christmas fall on it.
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