What Day of the Week

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

If you are trying to learn Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Getsuyōbi.

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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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• 1813

  Napoleon Bonaparte leads his French troops into the Battle of Bautzen in Saxony, Germany, against the combined armies of Russia and Prussia. The battle ends the next day with a French victory.
• 1864

  American Civil War: Battle of Ware Bottom Church – in the Virginia Bermuda Hundred Campaign, 10,000 troops fight in this Confederate victory.
• 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.
• 1882

  The Triple Alliance between Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy is formed.
• 1883

  Krakatoa begins to erupt. The volcano’s final and most notable explosion occurs on August 26.
• 1884

  Dinuzulu kaCetshwayo becomes the king of the Zulu Nation.
• 1896

  The six ton chandelier of the Palais Garnier falls on the crowd below resulting in the death of one and the injury of many others.
• 1969

  The Battle of Hamburger Hill in Vietnam ends.
• 1996

  Gay rights: The Supreme Court of the United States rules in Romer v. Evans against a law that would have prevented any city, town or county in the state of Colorado from taking any legislative, executive, or judicial action to protect the rights of gays and lesbians.

• 1882

  Sigrid Undset, Norwegian author, Nobel laureate (d. 1949)
• 1917

  Guy Favreau, French Canadian lawyer (d. 1967)
• 1931

  Ken Boyer, American baseball player (d. 1982)
• 1944

  Dietrich Mateschitz, Austrian businessman
• 1946

  Cher, American singer & actress
• 1956

  Dean Butler, American actor
• 1981

  Mark Winterbottom, Australian racing driver
• 1982

  Imran Farhat, Pakistani cricketer
• 1984

  Mauro, Brazilian footballer
• 1984

  Patrick Ewing, Jr., American basketball player

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