What Day of the Week

May 20, 2019 is the 140^th day of the year 2019 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 225 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Monday.

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

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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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• 1497

  John Cabot sets sail from Bristol, England, on his ship Ship looking for a route to the west (other documents give a May 2 date).
• 1631

  The city of Magdeburg in Germany is seized by forces of the Holy Roman Empire and most of its inhabitants massacred, in one of the bloodiest incidents of the Thirty Years’ War.
• 1873

  Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis receive a U.S. patent for blue jeans with copper rivets.
• 1875

  Signing of the Metre Convention by 17 nations leading to the establishment of the International System of Units.
• 1883

  Krakatoa begins to erupt. The volcano’s final and most notable explosion occurs on August 26.
• 1940

  Holocaust: The first prisoners arrive at a new concentration camp at Auschwitz.
• 1969

  The Battle of Hamburger Hill in Vietnam ends.
• 1985

  Radio Martí, part of the Voice of America service, begins broadcasting to Cuba.
• 1989

  The Chinese authorities declare martial law in the face of pro-democracy demonstrations, setting the scene for the Tiananmen Square massacre.
• 1990

  The first post-Communist presidential and parliamentary elections are held in Romania.

• 1706

  Seth Pomeroy, American gunsmith and soldier (d. 1777)
• 1737

  William Petty Fitzmaurice, British statesman (d. 1805)
• 1851

  Emile Berliner, German-born recording pioneer (d. 1929)
• 1908

  James Stewart, American actor (d. 1997)
• 1944

  Boudewijn de Groot, Dutch singer
• 1951

  Mike Crapo, American politician
• 1952

  Roger Milla, Cameroonian footballer
• 1967

  Ramzi Yousef, Kuwaiti-born Pakistani terrorist
• 1973

  Elsa Lunghini, French singer and actress
• 1979

  Jayson Werth, American baseball player

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