What Day of the Week

May 19, 2018 was the 139^th day of the year 2018 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 226 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Saturday.

If you are trying to learn Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Doyōbi.

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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.
• 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.
• 1749

  King George II of Great Britain grants the Ohio Company a charter of land around the forks of the Ohio River.
• 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.
• 1802

  Napoleon Bonaparte founds the Legion of Honour.
• 1828

  U.S. President John Quincy Adams signs the Tariff of 1828 into law, protecting wool manufacturers in the United States.
• 1845

  Captain Sir John Franklin and his ill-fated Arctic expedition depart from Greenhithe, England.
• 1919

  Mustafa Kemal Atatürk lands at Samsun on the Anatolian Black Sea coast, initiating what is later termed the Turkish War of Independence.
• 1986

  The Firearm Owners Protection Act is signed into law by U.S. President Ronald Reagan.
• 1991

  Croatians vote for independence in a referendum.

• 1773

  Arthur Aikin, English mineralogist (d. 1854)
• 1797

  Maria Isabel of Portugal, Queen of Spain (d. 1818)
• 1921

  Daniel Gélin, French actor (d. 2002)
• 1932

  Paul Erdman, American economist and author (d. 2007)
• 1938

  Moisés da Costa Amaral, East Timorese politician (d. 1989)
• 1940

  Jan Janssen, Dutch cyclist
• 1951

  Joey Ramone, American vocalist and songwriter (The Ramones) (d. 2001)
• 1970

  Jason Gray-Stanford, Canadian actor
• 1982

  Kevin Amankwaah, English footballer
• 1987

  David Edgar, Canadian footballer

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