What Day of the Week

May 19, 2020 was the 140^th day of the year 2020 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 226 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Tuesday.

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

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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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• 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.
• 1649

  An Act of Parliament declaring England a Commonwealth is passed by the Long Parliament. England would be a republic for the next eleven years.
• 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.
• 1828

  U.S. President John Quincy Adams signs the Tariff of 1828 into law, protecting wool manufacturers in the United States.
• 1897

  Oscar Wilde is released from Reading Gaol Prison.
• 1911

  Parks Canada, the world’s first national park service, is established as the Dominion Parks Branch under the Department of the Interior.
• 1921

  The U.S. Congress passes the Emergency Quota Act establishing national quotas on immigration.
• 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.
• 2007

  President of Romania Traian Băsescu survives an impeachment referendum and returns to office from suspension.

• 1928

  Colin Chapman, British car designer (d. 1982)
• 1928

  Gil McDougald, American baseball player (d. 2010)
• 1948

  Grace Jones, Jamaican singer and actress
• 1951

  Dick Slater, American professional wrestler
• 1963

  Yazz, English singer
• 1975

  Jonas Renkse, Swedish musician
• 1976

  Kevin Garnett, American basketball player
• 1978

  Kim Zolciak, American reality show star and singer
• 1982

  Kevin Amankwaah, English footballer
• 1988

  Lily Cole, English model and actress

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