What Day of the Week

May 22, 2019 is the 142^nd day of the year 2019 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 223 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Wednesday.

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

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Here’s the May calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.

Gemini 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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• 1254

  Serbian King Stephen Uroš I and the Republic of Venice sign a peace treaty.
• 1377

  Pope Gregory XI issues five papal bulls to denounce the doctrines of English theologian John Wycliffe.
• 1872

  Reconstruction: U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant signs the Amnesty Act of 1872 into law restoring full civil rights to all but about 500 Confederate sympathizers.
• 1903

  Launch of the White Star Liner, SS Ionic.
• 1936

  Aer Lingus (Aer Loingeas) is founded by the Irish government as the national airline of the Republic of Ireland.
• 1947

  Cold War: in an effort to fight the spread of Communism, U.S. President Harry S. Truman signs an act into law that will later be called the Truman Doctrine. The act grants $400 million in military and economic aid to Turkey and Greece, each battling an internal Communist movement.
• 1990

  North and South Yemen are unified to create the Republic of Yemen.
• 1992

  After 30 years, 66-year-old Johnny Carson hosts The Tonight Show for the last time.
• 1992

  Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Slovenia join the United Nations.
• 2004

  The U.S. town of Hallam, Nebraska, is wiped out by a powerful F4 tornado (part of the May 2004 tornado outbreak sequence) that broke a width record at an astounding 2.5 mi wide, which kills one resident.

• 1900

  Yvonne de Gaulle, widow of Charles de Gaulle (d. 1979)
• 1901

  Maurice J. Tobin, 56th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1953)
• 1908

  Horton Smith. American golfer (d. 1963)
• 1935

  Ron Piché, Canadian baseball player
• 1957

  Lisa Murkowski, American politician
• 1961

  Ann Cusack, American actress
• 1971

  Raimund Marasigan,Filipino Musician
• 1972

  Alison Eastwood, American actress and model
• 1975

  Tracy Brookshaw, American professional wrestler and valet
• 1976

  Daniel Erlandsson, drummer of Swedish death metal band Arch Enemy

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