What Day of the Week

May 2, 2019 was the 122^nd day of the year 2019 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 243 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Thursday.

If you are trying to learn Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is jueves.

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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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• 1808

  Outbreak of the Peninsular War: The people of Madrid rise up in rebellion against French occupation. Francisco de Goya later memorializes this event in his painting The Second of May 1808.
• 1866

  Peruvian defenders fight off Spanish fleet at the Battle of Callao.
• 1879

  The Spanish Socialist Worker‘s Party is founded in Casa Labra Pub (city of Madrid) by the historical Spanish workers’leader Pablo Iglesias.
• 1918

  General Motors acquires the Chevrolet Motor Company of Delaware.
• 1932

  Comedian Jack Benny’s radio show airs for the first time.
• 1945

  World War II: The US 82nd Airborne Division liberates Wöbbelin concentration camp finding 1000 dead inmates, most starved to death.
• 1963

  Berthold Seliger launches a rocket with three stages and a maximum flight altitude of more than 100 kilometres near Cuxhaven. It is the only sounding rocket developed in Germany.
• 1969

  The British ocean liner Queen Elizabeth 2 departs on her maiden voyage to New York City.
• 1972

  In the early morning hours a fire broke out at the Sunshine mine located between Kellogg and Wallace, ID, killing 91 workers.
• 1995

  During the Croatian War of Independence, Serb forces fire cluster bombs at Zagreb, killing 7 and wounding over 175 civilians.

• 1451

  René II, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1508)
• 1935

  Luis Suárez Miramontes, Spanish footballer and manager
• 1937

  Lorenzo Music, American actor (d. 2001)
• 1941

  Clay Carroll, American baseball player
• 1954

  Angela Bofill, American singer songwriter
• 1979

  Roman Lyashenko, Russian ice hockey player (d. 2003)
• 1980

  Brad Richards, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1981

  Robert Buckley, American actor
• 1985

  Ashley Harkleroad, American tennis player
• 1986

  Emily Hart, American actress

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