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May 19: Day of the Week
May 19, 2024 is the 140th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 226 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Sunday.
If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is dimanche.
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Here’s the May calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.
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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.
May 19 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.
1568
Queen Elizabeth I of England orders the arrest of Mary, Queen of Scots.
1845
Captain Sir John Franklin and his ill-fated Arctic expedition depart from Greenhithe, England.
1911
Parks Canada, the world’s first national park service, is established as the Dominion Parks Branch under the Department of the Interior.
1919
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk lands at Samsun on the Anatolian Black Sea coast, initiating what is later termed the Turkish War of Independence.
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.
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).
2007
President of Romania Traian Băsescu survives an impeachment referendum and returns to office from suspension.
Who were born on May 19?
1898
Julius Evola, Italian philosopher and esotericist (d. 1974)
1908
Merriam Modell, American author (d. 1994)
1931
Eric Tappy, Swiss tenor
1932
Claude Blanchard, French Canadian comedian and actor (d. 2006)
1951
Joey Ramone, American vocalist and songwriter (The Ramones) (d. 2001)
1953
Dawud M. Mu'Min, American convicted murderer (d. 1997)
1957
Bill Laimbeer, American basketball player and coach
1980
Tony Hackworth, English footballer
1984
Carla Lynch, British comedienne and model
1984
Marcedes Lewis, American football player
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