What Day of the Week

May 19, 2021 was the 139^th day of the year 2021 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 226 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Wednesday.

If you are trying to learn Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is miércoles.

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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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• 1499

  Catherine of Aragon is married by proxy to Arthur Tudor, Prince of Wales. Catherine is 13 and Arthur is 12.
• 1535

  French explorer Jacques Cartier sets sail on his second voyage to North America with three ships, 110 men, and Chief Donnacona’s two sons (whom Cartier had kidnapped during his first voyage).
• 1568

  Queen Elizabeth I of England orders the arrest of Mary, Queen of Scots.
• 1643

  Thirty Years’ War: French forces under the duc d'Enghien decisively defeat Spanish forces at the Battle of Rocroi, marking the symbolic end of Spain as a dominant land power.
• 1828

  U.S. President John Quincy Adams signs the Tariff of 1828 into law, protecting wool manufacturers in the United States.
• 1911

  Parks Canada, the world’s first national park service, is established as the Dominion Parks Branch under the Department of the Interior.
• 1919

  Mustafa Kemal Atatürk lands at Samsun on the Anatolian Black Sea coast, initiating what is later termed the Turkish War of Independence.
• 1943

  World War II: British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt set Monday, May 1, 1944 as the date for the Normandy landings (“D-Day”). It would later be delayed over a month due to bad weather.
• 1961

  Venera program: Venera 1 becomes the first man-made object to fly-by another planet by passing Venus (the probe had lost contact with Earth a month earlier and did not send back any data).
• 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”.

• 1871

  Walter Russell, American polymath (d. 1963)
• 1928

  Dolph Schayes, American basketball player and coach
• 1961

  Gregory Poirier, American screenwriter and director
• 1964

  Lawrence Ng, Hong Kong actor
• 1964

  Sean Whalen, American actor
• 1965

  Cecilia Bolocco, Chilean television presenter and 1987 Miss Universe
• 1967

  Massimo Taccon, Italian painter and sculptor
• 1972

  Claudia Karvan, Australian actress
• 1983

  Jessica Fox, English actress
• 1984

  Carla Lynch, British comedienne and model

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