What Day of the Week

May 12, 2019 was the 132^nd day of the year 2019 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 233 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Sunday.

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

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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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• 922

  After much hardship, Abbasid envoy Ahmad ibn Fadlan arrived in the lands of Volga Bulgars.
• 1821

  The first big battle of the Greek War of Independence against the Turks occurs in Valtetsi.
• 1862

  U.S. federal troops occupy Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
• 1885

  North-West Rebellion: the four-day Battle of Batoche, pitting rebel Métis against the Canadian government, comes to an end with a decisive rebel defeat.
• 1937

  George VI and Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon are crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
• 1942

  Holocaust: 1,500 Jews are sent to gas chambers in Auschwitz.
• 1945

  Argentinian labour leader José Peter declares the Federación Obrera de la Industria de la Carne dissolved.
• 1968

  Vietnam War: North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces attack Australian troops defending Fire Support Base Coral, east of Lai Khe in South Vietnam on the night of 12/13 May, resulting in heavy casualties on both sides and beginning the Battle of Coral-Balmoral.
• 2003

  Fifty-nine Democratic lawmakers bring the Texas Legislature to a standstill by going into hiding in a dispute over a Republican congressional redistricting plan.
• 2006

  Iranian Azeris interpret a cartoon published in an Iranian magazine as insulting, resulting in massive riots throughout the country.

• 1880

  Lincoln Ellsworth, American explorer (d. 1951)
• 1910

  Charles B. Fulton, American jurist (d. 1996)
• 1936

  Tom Snyder, American television personality (d. 2007)
• 1956

  Bernie Federko, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1957

  Lou Whitaker, American baseball player
• 1967

  Joe McKinney, Irish actor
• 1968

  Tony Hawk, American skateboarder
• 1977

  Lorena Bernal, Argentine/Spanish model and actress
• 1978

  Jason Biggs, American actor
• 1983

  Virginie Razzano, French tennis player

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