What Day of the Week

May 16, 2019 was the 136^th day of the year 2019 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 229 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Thursday.

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

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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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• 1204

  Baldwin IX, Count of Flanders is crowned as the first Emperor of the Latin Empire.
• 1874

  A flood on the Mill River in Massachusetts destroys much of four villages and kills 139 people.
• 1877

  May 16, 1877 political crisis in France.
• 1891

  The International Electro-Technical Exhibition opens in Frankfurt, Germany, and will feature the world’s first long distance transmission of high-power, three-phase electrical current (the most common form today).
• 1920

  In Rome, Pope Benedict XV canonizes Joan of Arc.
• 1929

  In Hollywood, California, the first Academy Awards are handed out.
• 1960

  Theodore Maiman operates the first optical laser, at Hughes Research Laboratories in Malibu, California.
• 1961

  Park Chung-hee leads a coup d'état to overthrow the Second Republic of South Korea.
• 2003

  In Casablanca, Morocco, 33 civilians are killed and more than 100 people are injured in the Casablanca terrorist attacks.
• 2005

  Kuwait permits women’s suffrage in a 35-23 National Assembly vote.

• 1916

  Ephraim Katzir, Israeli politician (d. 2009)
• 1921

  Harry Carey, Jr., American actor
• 1960

  Landon Deireragea, Nauruan politician
• 1966

  Scott Reeves, American actor and singer
• 1972

  Khary Payton, American actor
• 1977

  Emiliana Torrini Icelandic singer and songwriter
• 1982

  Joo Ji Hoon, Korean actor and model
• 1985

  Anja Mittag, German footballer
• 1985

  Okura Tadayoshi, Japanese singer (Kanjani Eight)
• 1990

  Darko Sarovic, Serbian sprinter

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