What Day of the Week

May 19, 2021 is the 139^th day of the year 2021 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 226 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is 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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• 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.
• 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.
• 1802

  Napoleon Bonaparte founds the Legion of Honour.
• 1845

  Captain Sir John Franklin and his ill-fated Arctic expedition depart from Greenhithe, England.
• 1864

  American Civil War: the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House ends.
• 1922

  The Young Pioneer organization of the Soviet Union is established.
• 1934

  Zveno and the Bulgarian Army engineer a coup d'état and install Kimon Georgiev as the new Prime Minister of Bulgaria.
• 1959

  The North Vietnamese Army establishes Group 559, whose responsibility is to determine how to maintain supply lines to South Vietnam; the resulting route is the Ho Chi Minh trail.
• 1991

  Croatians vote for independence in a referendum.
• 2007

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

• 1880

  Sir Albert Richardson, English architect (d. 1964)
• 1891

  Oswald Boelcke, German World War I pilot (d. 1916)
• 1926

  Swami Kriyananda, Indian teacher and author
• 1949

  Archie Manning, American football player
• 1966

  Polly Walker, English actress
• 1966

  Sophia Crawford, English actress and martial artist
• 1977

  Brandon Inge, American baseball player
• 1985

  Chris Loudon, Scottish darts player
• 1986

  Eric Lloyd, American actor
• 1986

  Mario Chalmers, American basketball player

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