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 French then this day of the week in French is mercredi.

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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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• 334 BC

  The Macedonian army of Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of the Granicus.
• 1826

  HMS Beagle departs on its first voyage.
• 1840

  The transporting of British convicts to the New South Wales colony is abolished.
• 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.
• 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.
• 1969

  Apollo 10's lunar module flies within 8.4 nautical miles (16 km) of the moon’s surface.
• 1997

  Kelly Flinn, US Air Force’s first female bomber pilot certified for combat, accepts a general discharge in order to avoid a court martial.
• 1998

  Lewinsky scandal: a federal judge rules that United States Secret Service agents can be compelled to testify before a grand jury concerning the scandal, involving President Bill Clinton.
• 2002

  In Washington, D.C., the remains of the missing Chandra Levy are found in Rock Creek Park.
• 2003

  In Fort Worth, Texas, Annika Sörenstam becomes the first woman to play the PGA Tour in 58 years.

• 1859

  Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Scottish physician and writer (d. 1930)
• 1904

  Pyotr Sobolevsky, Soviet actor (d. 1977)
• 1914

  Vance Packard, American author (d. 1996)
• 1935

  Ron Piché, Canadian baseball player
• 1941

  Sir Menzies Campbell, British politician
• 1956

  Al Corley, American actor and producer
• 1964

  Mark Christopher Lawrence, American Actor & Standup Comedian
• 1967

  Brooke Smith, American actress
• 1985

  CariDee English, American model
• 1992

  Chinami Tokunaga, Japanese singer

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