What Day of the Week

May 16, 2019 is the 136^th day of the year 2019 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 229 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is 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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• 1532

  Sir Thomas More resigns as Lord Chancellor of England.
• 1843

  The first major wagon train heading for the Pacific Northwest sets out on the Oregon Trail with one thousand pioneers from Elm Grove, Missouri.
• 1866

  The U.S. Congress eliminates the half dime coin and replaces it with the five cent piece, or nickel.
• 1868

  President Andrew Johnson is acquitted in his impeachment trial by one vote in the United States Senate.
• 1874

  A flood on the Mill River in Massachusetts destroys much of four villages and kills 139 people.
• 1914

  The first ever Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup final is played. Brooklyn Field Club defeats Brooklyn Celtic 2-1.
• 1918

  The Sedition Act of 1918 is passed by the U.S. Congress, making criticism of the government an imprisonable offense.
• 1919

  A naval Curtiss aircraft NC-4 commanded by Albert Cushing Read leaves Trepassey, Newfoundland, for Lisbon via the Azores on the first transatlantic flight.
• 1966

  The Communist Party of China issues the “May 16 Notice”, marking the beginning of the Cultural Revolution.
• 1974

  Josip Broz Tito is re-elected president of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. This time he is elected for life.

• 1827

  Pierre Cuypers, Dutch architect (d. 1921)
• 1906

  Margret Rey, author and illustrator (d. 1996)
• 1910

  Olga Berggolts, Russian poet (d. 1975)
• 1929

  Claude Morin, French Canadian politician
• 1950

  J. Georg Bednorz, German physicist, Nobel laureate
• 1955

  Debra Winger, American actress
• 1963

  Mercedes Echerer, Austrian actress and politician
• 1964

  John Salley, American basketball player
• 1974

  Sonny Sandoval, American singer (P.O.D.)
• 1975

  Tony Kakko, Finnish singer (Sonata Arctica)

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