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 Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Mokuyōbi.

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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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• 1559

  John Knox returns from exile to Scotland to become the leader of the beginning Scottish Reformation.
• 1670

  King Charles II of England grants a permanent charter to the Hudson’s Bay Company to open up the fur trade in North America.
• 1672

  John Maitland becomes Duke of Lauderdale and Earl of March.
• 1906

  Closing ceremony of the Intercalated Games in Athens, Greece.
• 1932

  Comedian Jack Benny’s radio show airs for the first time.
• 1941

  Following the coup d'état against Iraq Crown Prince 'Abd al-Ilah earlier that year, the United Kingdom launches the Anglo-Iraqi War to restore him to power.
• 1945

  World War II: Italian Campaign – General Heinrich von Vietinghoff signs the official instrument of surrender of all Wehrmacht forces in Italy.
• 1945

  World War II: The US 82nd Airborne Division liberates Wöbbelin concentration camp finding 1000 dead inmates, most starved to death.
• 1999

  Panamanian election, 1999: Mireya Moscoso becomes the first woman to be elected President of Panama.
• 2004

  Yelwa massacre of more than 630 nomad Muslims by Christians in Nigeria.

• 1601

  Athanasius Kircher, German Jesuit scholar (d. 1680)
• 1737

  William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1805)
• 1808

  Emma Wedgwood, English naturalist, wife of Charles Darwin, (d. 1896)
• 1922

  A.M. Rosenthal, Canadian-born newspaper editor (d. 2006)
• 1930

  Marco Pannella, Italian politician and activist
• 1948

  Larry Gatlin, American musician
• 1974

  Matt Berry, English actor
• 1980

  Zat Knight, English footballer
• 1981

  Robert Buckley, American actor
• 1985

  Sarah Hughes, American figure skater

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