Tuesday

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For other uses, see Tuesday (disambiguation).

Tuesday is considered either the second or the third day of the week, between Monday and Wednesday. The word "Tuesday" comes from Middle English Twisday, from Old English Tiwes dæg, a rendering of Latin Martis dies. The English and Scandinavian names are derived from the Nordic god Tyr (in Old English, Tiw, Tew or Tiu. In Swedish, Tisdag, Danish: Tirsdag, Finnish: Tiistai and in Norwegian: Tirsdag, Icelandic: Þriðjudagur.) Tyr was the Norse equivalent of the Roman war god Mars, hence Martis dies ("Mars's day").

Quakers traditionally refer to Tuesday as "Third Day" eschewing the pagan origin of the English name "Tuesday".

In the Greek world, Tuesday (the day of the week of the Fall of Constantinople) is considered an unlucky day. The same is true in the Spanish-speaking world, where a proverb runs En martes, ni te cases ni te embarques (On Tuesday, neither get married nor begin a journey). For both Greeks and Spanish-speakers, the 13th of the month is considered unlucky if it falls on Tuesday, instead of Friday.

Tuesday is the usual day for elections in the United States. Federal elections take place on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November; this date was established by a law of 1845 for presidential elections (specifically for the selection of the Electoral College), and was extended to elections for the House of Representatives in 1875 and for the Senate in 1914. Tuesday was the earliest day of the week which was practical for polling in the early nineteenth century: citizens might have to travel for a whole day to cast their vote, and would not wish to leave on Sunday which was a day of worship for the great majority of them.

1 Tuesday in popular culture
2 Astrology
3 Named days
4 Home Video Release

[edit] Tuesday in popular culture

In the popular rhyme, "Tuesday's child is full of grace."
The Lynyrd Skynyrd song Tuesday's Gone
"Tuesday Morning" is the name of a song by Michelle Branch, found on her 2003 album Hotel Paper. A different song of the same name by Melissa Etheridge can be found on her 2004 album "Lucky"
"Tuesday's Child" is a song by the band All About Eve sung by "Julianne Regan" on their album "Scarlet and Other Stories"
"Ruby Tuesday" is a song from the British band "The Rolling stones"
Tuesday Morning is a chain of discount gift and home accessory stores.
"Tuesday Afternoon" (Forever Afternoon) by The Moody Blues
Tuesday Night Music Club is the name of Sheryl Crow's 1993 debut album.
Tuesday Night Book Club was a short-lived show CBS reality TV series that aired on Tuesday evenings.
Reality Tuesday is the name of a coffee shop in Park Hills, Kentucky.

[edit] Astrology

In French, Tuesday is "Mardi", associating it with the planet Mars. This marries Tuesday with ideas of strife, battles to be won and pressing issues and jobs to get sorted. It is not a day to relax. This same meaning can be seen in the Spanish "Martes" and the English "Tuesday" ("Tyr's day.") In India, Tuesday is called "Mangalvar", for the Vedic planet Mangala or Mars.

[edit] Named days

Black Tuesday, in the United States, refers to October 29, 1929, part of the great Stock Market Crash of 1929. This was the Tuesday after Black Thursday. The crash is said to have marked the start of the Great Depression.
Happy Tuesday is a minor holiday celebrated primarily by students in the United Kingdom.
Patch Tuesday is the second Tuesday of every month when Microsoft releases patches for their products. Some system administrators call this day Black Tuesday.
Shrove Tuesday (also called Mardi Gras - fat Tuesday) precedes the first day of Lent in the Western Christian calendar.
Super Tuesday is the day many American states hold their presidential primary elections.

[edit] Home Video Release

In the United States and Canada, most home videos are released on Tuesdays for purchase or rental. Since this policy began, there have been very few exceptions to this common release day. One example of an exception is Mission: Impossible 3, which was released on a Monday. Some stores have been known to release movies in advance of the street date, but they can be penalized by the movie studios for doing this.

All other major video and audio releases occur on Tuesdays.