What Day of the Week

May 2, 2019 is the 122^nd day of the year 2019 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 243 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is 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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• 1611

  King James Bible is published for the first time in London, England, by printer Robert Barker.
• 1757

  End of Konbaung-Hanthawaddy War, and end of Burmese Civil War (1740–1757)
• 1866

  Peruvian defenders fight off Spanish fleet at the Battle of Callao.
• 1885

  Cree and Assiniboine warriors win the Battle of Cut Knife, their largest victory over Canadian forces during the North-West Rebellion.
• 1932

  Comedian Jack Benny’s radio show airs for the first time.
• 1933

  Gleichschaltung: Adolf Hitler bans trade unions.
• 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.
• 1999

  Panamanian election, 1999: Mireya Moscoso becomes the first woman to be elected President of Panama.
• 2002

  Marad massacre of eight Hindus near Palakkad in Kerala.

• 1729

  Catherine II of Russia, Empress of Russia (d. 1796)
• 1773

  Henrik Steffens, Norwegian philosopher (d. 1845)
• 1810

  Hans Christian Lumbye, Danish composer (d. 1874)
• 1898

  Henry Hall, British bandleader (d. 1989)
• 1921

  Satyajit Ray, Indian director (d. 1992)
• 1954

  Stephen Venables, British mountaineer
• 1977

  Brian Cardinal, American basketball player
• 1981

  Tiago Mendes, Portuguese footballer
• 1984

  Saulius Mikoliūnas, Lithuanian footballer
• 1990

  Paul George, American basketball player

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