What Day of the Week

May 23, 2019 was the 143^rd day of the year 2019 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 222 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was 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.
• 1498

  Girolamo Savonarola is burned at the stake in Florence, Italy, on the orders of Pope Alexander VI.
• 1568

  The Netherlands declare their independence from Spain.
• 1618

  The Second Defenestration of Prague precipitates the Thirty Years’ War.
• 1701

  After being convicted of piracy and of murdering William Moore, Captain William Kidd is hanged in London.
• 1945

  World War II: Heinrich Himmler, the head of the SS, commits suicide while in Allied custody.
• 1945

  World War II: The Flensburg government under Reichspräsident Karl Dönitz is dissolved when its members are captured and arrested by British forces at Flensburg in Northern Germany.
• 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.
• 1998

  The Good Friday Agreement is accepted in a referendum in Northern Ireland with 75% voting yes.

• 1891

  Pär Lagerkvist, Swedish writer, Nobel laureate (d. 1974)
• 1893

  Ulysses S. Grant IV, American geologist and paleontologist (d. 1977)
• 1895

  Billy Smith, English footballer (d. 1956)
• 1896

  Felix Martin Julius Steiner, German Waffen-SS officer (d. 1966)
• 1898

  Josef Terboven, German Nazi official (d. 1945)
• 1912

  Jean Françaix, French composer (d. 1997)
• 1931

  Barbara Barrie, American actress
• 1947

  Ann Hui, Hong Kong film director
• 1953

  Dick Stellingwerf, Dutch politician
• 1973

  Jacopo Gianninoto, Italian musician

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