What Day of the Week

May 11, 2019 is the 131^st day of the year 2019 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 234 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is 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.
• 1792

  Captain Robert Gray becomes the first documented white person to sail into the Columbia River.
• 1894

  Pullman Strike: Four thousand Pullman Palace Car Company workers go on a wildcat strike in Illinois.
• 1907

  32 Shriners are killed when their chartered train derails at a switch near Surf Depot in Lompoc, California.
• 1944

  World War II: The Allies begin a major offensive against the Axis Powers on the Gustav Line.
• 1968

  The Toronto Transit Commission opens the largest expansion of its Bloor–Danforth line, going to Scarborough in the East, and Etobicoke in the West.
• 1973

  Citing government misconduct, Daniel Ellsberg has charges for his involvement in releasing the Pentagon Papers to The New York Times dismissed.
• 1987

  In Baltimore, Maryland, the first heart-lung transplant takes place. The surgery is performed by Dr. Bruce Reitz of the Stanford University School of Medicine.
• 1995

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

• 1861

  Frederick Russell Burnham, American inspiration and “father” of the international scouting movement (d. 1947)
• 1888

  Willis A. Lee, World War II U.S. naval admiral (d. 1945)
• 1936

  Carla Bley, American musician and composer
• 1950

  Dane Iorg, American baseball player
• 1952

  Renaud, French composer
• 1956

  Alex Lester, British broadcaster
• 1958

  Walt Terrell, American baseball player
• 1963

  Gunilla Carlsson, Swedish politician
• 1975

  Francisco Cordero, Dominican baseball player
• 1988

  Ace Hood, American rapper

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