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 Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Suiyōbi.

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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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• 1576

  Stefan Batory, the reigning Prince of Transylvania, marries Anna Jagiellon and they become the co-rulers of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.
• 1778

  American Revolution: The Battle of Crooked Billet begins in Hatboro, Pennsylvania.
• 1851

  Queen Victoria opens the Great Exhibition in London.
• 1863

  American Civil War: The Battle of Chancellorsville begins.
• 1884

  Proclamation of the demand for eight-hour workday in the United States.
• 1886

  Rallies are held throughout the United States demanding the eight-hour work day culminating in the Haymarket Affair.
• 1944

  200 Communist prisoners are shot by the Germans at Kaisariani in Athens as reprisals for the killing of General Franz Krech by partisans at Molaoi
• 1982

  Operation Black Buck: The Royal Air Force attacks the Argentine Air Force during Falklands War.
• 2008

  The London Agreement on translation of European patents, concluded in 2000, enters into force in 14 of the 34 Contracting States to the European Patent Convention.
• 2011

  Pope John Paul II is beatified by his successor, Pope Benedict XVI.

• 1672

  Joseph Addison, English politician and writer (d. 1719)
• 1881

  Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, French palaeontologist and philosopher (d. 1955)
• 1901

  Sterling Allen Brown, American professor, poet and literary critic (d. 1989)
• 1919

  Manna Dey, Indian singer
• 1921

  Vladimir Colin, Romanian fantasy and science fiction short story writer and novelist (d. 1991)
• 1943

  Vassal Gadoengin, Nauruan politician (d. 2004)
• 1948

  Patricia Hill Collins, American black-feminist and scholar
• 1957

  Kow Otani, Japanese composer
• 1966

  Charlie Schlatter, American actor
• 1975

  Marc-Vivien Foé, Cameroonian footballer (d. 2003)

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