What Day of the Week

May 1, 2019 was the 121^st day of the year 2019 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 244 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Wednesday.

If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is mercredi.

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

Taurus 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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• 880

  The Nea Ekklesia is inaugurated in Constantinople, setting the model for all later cross-in-square Orthodox churches.
• 1786

  Opening night of the opera The Marriage of Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in Vienna, Austria.
• 1863

  American Civil War: The Battle of Chancellorsville begins.
• 1900

  The Scofield mine disaster kills over 200 men in Scofield, Utah in what is to date the fifth-worst mining accident in United States history.
• 1927

  The first cooked meals on a scheduled flight are introduced on an Imperial Airways flight from London to Paris.
• 1941

  World War II: German forces launch a major attack on Tobruk.
• 1946

  The Paris Peace Conference concludes that the islands of the Dodecanese should be returned to Greece by Italy.
• 1974

  The Argentine terrorist organization Montoneros is expulsed from Plaza de Mayo by president Juan Perón.
• 1982

  Operation Black Buck: The Royal Air Force attacks the Argentine Air Force during Falklands War.
• 2007

  the Los Angeles May Day mêlée occurs, in which the Los Angeles Police Department’s response to a May Day pro-immigration rally become a matter of controversy.

• 1764

  Benjamin Henry Latrobe, English born American architect (d. 1820)
• 1872

  Harry Leon Wilson, American novelist (d. 1939)
• 1885

  Ralph Stackpole, American sculptor, painter (d. 1973)
• 1917

  John Beradino, American actor and baseball player (d. 1996)
• 1930

  Richard Riordan, American politician, former mayor of Los Angeles
• 1934

  Shirley Horn, American jazz singer and pianist (d. 2005)
• 1939

  Victor Davies, Canadian composer
• 1951

  Sally Mann, American photographer
• 1955

  Martin O'Donnell, American composer
• 1967

  Tim McGraw, American musician

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