What Day of the Week

May 10, 2019 is the 130^th day of the year 2019 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 235 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is 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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• 1655

  England, with troops under the command of Admiral William Penn and General Robert Venables, annexes Jamaica from Spain.
• 1796

  First Coalition: Napoleon I of France wins a decisive victory against Austrian forces at Lodi bridge over the Adda River in Italy. The Austrians lose some 2,000 men.
• 1801

  First Barbary War: The Barbary pirates of Tripoli declare war on the United States of America.
• 1864

  American Civil War: Colonel Emory Upton leads a 10-regiment “Attack-in-depth” assault against the Confederate works at The Battle of Spotsylvania, which, though ultimately unsuccessful, would provide the idea for the massive assault against the Bloody Angle on May 12. Upton is slightly wounded but is immediately promoted to Brigadier general.
• 1940

  World War II: Germany invades Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg.
• 1948

  The Republic of China implements “temporary provisions” granting President Chiang Kai-shek extended powers to deal with the Communist uprising; they will remain in effect until 1991.
• 1979

  The Federated States of Micronesia become self-governing.
• 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.
• 2002

  F.B.I. agent Robert Hanssen is sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole for selling United States secrets to Moscow for $1.4 million in cash and diamonds.

• 1756

  Singu Min, King of Burma (d. 1782)
• 1775

  Antoine Charles Louis Lasalle, French cavalry general (d. 1809)
• 1838

  John Wilkes Booth, American actor and assassin of Abraham Lincoln (d. 1865)
• 1942

  Jim Calhoun, American college basketball coach
• 1946

  Maureen Lipman, English actress
• 1948

  Meg Foster, American actress
• 1968

  William Regal (Darren Matthews), English professional wrestler
• 1969

  Dennis Bergkamp, Dutch footballer
• 1975

  Andrea Anders, American Actress
• 1990

  Lauren Potter, American Actress

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