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 French then this day of the week in French is mercredi.

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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.
• 1776

  American Revolutionary War: A Continental Army garrison surrenders in the Battle of The Cedars.
• 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.
• 1919

  Mustafa Kemal Atatürk lands at Samsun on the Anatolian Black Sea coast, initiating what is later termed the Turkish War of Independence.
• 1950

  A barge containing munitions destined for Pakistan explodes in the harbor at South Amboy, New Jersey, devastating the city.
• 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).
• 1971

  Mars probe program: Mars 2 is launched by the Soviet Union.
• 1991

  Croatians vote for independence in a referendum.
• 2007

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

• 1795

  Johns Hopkins, American philanthropist (d. 1873)
• 1932

  Alma Cogan, English singer (d. 1966)
• 1932

  Paul Erdman, American economist and author (d. 2007)
• 1942

  Gary Kildall, American computer programmer (d. 1994)
• 1942

  Robert Kilroy-Silk, British politician and television presenter
• 1946

  André the Giant, French professional wrestler (d. 1993)
• 1966

  Marc Bureau, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1966

  Sophia Crawford, English actress and martial artist
• 1975

  London Fletcher, American football player
• 1979

  Andrea Pirlo, Italian footballer

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