What Day of the Week

May 10, 2019 was the 130^th day of the year 2019 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 235 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Friday.

If you are trying to learn Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Kin'yōbi.

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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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• 1497

  Amerigo Vespucci allegedly leaves Cádiz for his first voyage to the New World.
• 1775

  American Revolutionary War: Representatives from the Thirteen Colonies begin the Second Continental Congress in Philadelphia.
• 1801

  First Barbary War: The Barbary pirates of Tripoli declare war on the United States of America.
• 1865

  American Civil War: In Kentucky, Union soldiers ambush and mortally wound Confederate raider William Quantrill, who lingers until his death on June 6.
• 1865

  American Civil War: Jefferson Davis is captured by Union troops near Irwinville, Georgia.
• 1893

  The Supreme Court of the United States rules in Nix v. Hedden that a tomato is a vegetable, not a fruit, under the Tariff Act of 1883.
• 1908

  Mother’s Day is observed for the first time in the United States, in Grafton, West Virginia.
• 1940

  World War II: Germany invades Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg.
• 1981

  François Mitterrand wins the presidential election and becomes the first Socialist President of France in the French Fifth Republic.
• 1994

  Nelson Mandela is inaugurated as South Africa’s first black president.

• 1863

  Upendrakishore Ray, Indian writer, painter and composer (d. 1915)
• 1902

  Anatole Litvak, Ukrainian-born film director (d. 1974)
• 1907

  Freddie Spencer Chapman, British army officer (d. 1971)
• 1957

  Sid Vicious, English bassist (The Sex Pistols) (d. 1979)
• 1960

  Dean Heller, American politician
• 1963

  Lisa Nowak, American astronaut
• 1976

  Steve Howard, Scottish footballer
• 1983

  Natalia Zabala, Spanish beauty pageant contestant
• 1984

  Kristyna Myles, British singer
• 1985

  Ryan Getzlaf, Canadian ice hockey player

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