Monday May 19, 2025
A date scroll with Latin text from “The Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.

: Day of the Week

was the of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There were until the end of the year. The day of the week was .

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

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Zodiac & Birthstone

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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by the Numbers

  • days since
  • year, month, and days ago
  • month since then
  • is in the st week of the year (ISO 8601)
  • weeks ago
  • The year is not a leap year

Historical Event(s)

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).
1536
Anne Boleyn, the second wife of Henry VIII of England, is beheaded for adultery, treason, and incest.
U.S. President John Quincy Adams signs the Tariff of 1828 into law, protecting wool manufacturers in the United States.
Captain Sir John Franklin and his ill-fated Arctic expedition depart from Greenhithe, England.
Oscar Wilde is released from Reading Gaol Prison.
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.
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).
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”.
Mars probe program: Mars 2 is launched by the Soviet Union.
The Firearm Owners Protection Act is signed into law by U.S. President Ronald Reagan.

Who were born on ?

Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, 1st President of Turkey (d. 1938)
Julius Evola, Italian philosopher and esotericist (d. 1974)
Alex Shibicky, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2005)
Bob Anderson, British racing driver (d. 1967)
Nora Ephron, American screenwriter
Psicosis, Mexican professional wrestler
Barbara Nedeljáková, Slovak actress
Georges St. Pierre, Canadian mixed martial artist
Carla Lynch, British comedienne and model
Mariano Torres, Argentine footballer

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