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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• 1864

  American Civil War: the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House: thousands of Union and Confederate soldiers die in “the Bloody Angle”.
• 1916

  James Connolly was sat on a chair and shot dead in Kilmainham Gaol in Dublin, after his role in the Easter Uprising
• 1926

  UK General Strike 1926: In the United Kingdom, a nine-day general strike by trade unions ends.
• 1942

  Holocaust: 1,500 Jews are sent to gas chambers in Auschwitz.
• 1949

  The Soviet Union lifts its blockade of Berlin.
• 1949

  The western occupying powers approve the Basic Law for the new German state: the Federal Republic of Germany.
• 1952

  Gaj Singh is crowned Maharaja of Jodhpur.
• 1955

  Nineteen days after bus workers went on strike in Singapore, rioting breaks out and seriously impacts Singapore’s bid for independence.
• 1981

  Francis Hughes starves to death in the Maze Prison in a Republican campaign for political prisoner status to be granted to Provisional IRA prisoners.
• 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.

• 1829

  Pavlos Carrer, Greek composer (d. 1896)
• 1895

  Jiddu Krishnamurti, Indian philosopher (d. 1986)
• 1899

  Indra Devi, Latvian Yoga Instructor (d. 2002)
• 1900

  Helene Weigel, German actress (d. 1971)
• 1937

  George Carlin, American comedian (d. 2008)
• 1943

  Linda Dano, American Actress
• 1947

  Michael Ignatieff, Canadian politician
• 1955

  Kix Brooks, American country singer (Brooks & Dunn)
• 1979

  Steve Smith, American football player
• 1989

  Matthew Hann, American basketball player

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