What Day of the Week

May 11, 2019 was the 131^st day of the year 2019 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 234 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Saturday.

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

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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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• 912

  Alexander becomes Emperor of the Byzantine Empire.
• 1502

  Christopher Columbus leaves for his fourth and final voyage to the West Indies.
• 1813

  In Australia, William Lawson, Gregory Blaxland and William Wentworth lead an expedition westwards from Sydney. Their route opens up inland Australia for continued expansion throughout the 19th century.
• 1857

  Indian Mutiny: Indian rebels seize Delhi from the British.
• 1891

  The Ōtsu incident: Tsarevich Nicholas Alexandrovich of Imperial Russia (later Nicholas II) suffers a critical head injury during a sword attack by Japanese policeman Tsuda Sanzō. He is rescued by Prince George of Greece and Denmark.
• 1944

  World War II: The Allies begin a major offensive against the Axis Powers on the Gustav Line.
• 1973

  Citing government misconduct, Daniel Ellsberg has charges for his involvement in releasing the Pentagon Papers to The New York Times dismissed.
• 1985

  Bradford City stadium fire: Fifty-six spectators die and more than 200 are injured in a flash fire at Valley Parade football ground during a match against Lincoln City in Bradford, England.
• 1995

  In New York City more than 170 countries decide to extend the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty indefinitely and without conditions.
• 1997

  Deep Blue, a chess-playing supercomputer, defeats Garry Kasparov in the last game of the rematch, becoming the first computer to beat a world-champion chess player in a classic match format.

• 1892

  Margaret Rutherford, English actress (d. 1972)
• 1897

  Kurt Gerron, German director (d. 1944)
• 1928

  Marco Ferreri, Italian film director and screenwriter (d. 1997)
• 1932

  Valentino Garavani (Valentino), Italian designer
• 1950

  Dane Iorg, American baseball player
• 1952

  Renaud, French composer
• 1970

  Harold Ford Jr., Political commentator and former U.S. Congressman
• 1974

  Stanley Gene, Papua New Guinean rugby league footballer
• 1986

  Abou Diaby, French footballer
• 1986

  Manuel Schenkhuizen, Dutch gamer

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