What Day of the Week

May 23, 2019 is the 143^rd day of the year 2019 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 222 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Thursday.

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

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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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• 1430

  Siege of Compiègne: Joan of Arc is captured by the Burgundians while leading an army to relieve Compiègne.
• 1706

  Battle of Ramillies: John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, defeats a French army under Marshal Villeroi.
• 1915

  World War I: Italy joins the Allies after they declare war on Austria-Hungary.
• 1945

  World War II: Heinrich Himmler, the head of the SS, commits suicide while in Allied custody.
• 1949

  The Federal Republic of Germany is established and the Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany is proclaimed.
• 1958

  Explorer 1 ceases transmission.
• 1967

  Egypt closes the Straits of Tiran and blockades the port of Eilat at the northern end of the Gulf of Aqaba to Israeli shipping.
• 1990

  Jordan Mack was born.
• 2004

  Part of Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport’s Terminal 2E collapses, killing four people and injuring three others.
• 2006

  Alaskan stratovolcano Mount Cleveland erupts.

• 1100

  Emperor Qinzong of China (d. 1161)
• 1606

  Juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz, Spanish polymath (d. 1682)
• 1729

  Giuseppe Parini, Italian writer (d. 1799)
• 1911

  Paul Mayer, German Roman Catholic Cardinal (d. 2010)
• 1934

  Robert Moog, American inventor (d. 2005)
• 1936

  Charles Kimbrough, American actor
• 1958

  François Feldman, French singer
• 1959

  Bob Mortimer, English comedian
• 1966

  Graeme Hick, English cricketer
• 1984

  Adam Wylie, American actor

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