What Day of the Week

May 19, 2019 is the 139^th day of the year 2019 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 226 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is 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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• 1568

  Queen Elizabeth I of England orders the arrest of Mary, Queen of Scots.
• 1780

  New England’s Dark Day: A combination of thick smoke and heavy cloud cover causes complete darkness to fall on Eastern Canada and the New England area of the United States at 10:30 A.M.
• 1845

  Captain Sir John Franklin and his ill-fated Arctic expedition depart from Greenhithe, England.
• 1848

  Mexican-American War: Mexico ratifies the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo thus ending the war and ceding California, Nevada, Utah and parts of four other modern-day U.S. states to the United States for US$15 million.
• 1864

  American Civil War: the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House ends.
• 1922

  The Young Pioneer organization of the Soviet Union is established.
• 1934

  Zveno and the Bulgarian Army engineer a coup d'état and install Kimon Georgiev as the new Prime Minister of Bulgaria.
• 1962

  A birthday salute to U.S. President John F. Kennedy takes place at Madison Square Garden, New York City. The highlight is Marilyn Monroe’s rendition of “Happy Birthday”.
• 1986

  The Firearm Owners Protection Act is signed into law by U.S. President Ronald Reagan.
• 2010

  The Royal Thai Armed Forces concludes its crackdown on protests by forcing the surrender of United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship leaders.

• 1924

  Sandy Wilson, British composer
• 1940

  Mickey Newbury, American musician (d. 2002)
• 1946

  André the Giant, French professional wrestler (d. 1993)
• 1956

  Steven Ford, American actor
• 1970

  Jason Gray-Stanford, Canadian actor
• 1979

  Diego Forlán, Uruguayan footballer
• 1981

  Bong Tae-gyu, South Korean actor
• 1984

  Carla Lynch, British comedienne and model
• 1985

  Chris Loudon, Scottish darts player
• 1986

  Mario Chalmers, American basketball player

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