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

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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.
• 1609

  Official ratification of the Second Charter of Virginia takes place.
• 1701

  After being convicted of piracy and of murdering William Moore, Captain William Kidd is hanged in London.
• 1706

  Battle of Ramillies: John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, defeats a French army under Marshal Villeroi.
• 1900

  American Civil War: Sergeant William Harvey Carney becomes the first African American to be awarded the Medal of Honor, for his heroism in the Assault on the Battery Wagner in 1863.
• 1911

  The New York Public Library is dedicated.
• 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.
• 2002

  The “55 parties” clause of the Kyoto protocol is reached after its ratification by Iceland.
• 2004

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

• 1820

  James Buchanan Eads, American engineer and inventor (d. 1887)
• 1923

  Walter Wolfrum, German fighter pilot (d. 2010)
• 1938

  Peter Preston, English journalist and author
• 1951

  Anatoly Karpov, Russian chess player
• 1961

  Karen Duffy, American actress
• 1965

  Manuel Sanchís Hontiyuelo, Spanish footballer
• 1966

  Ernst-Paul Hasselbach, Dutch TV host and producer
• 1975

  Kim Sung-soo, South Korean actor
• 1983

  Alex Shelley, American professional wrestler
• 1984

  Sam Milby, Filipino-American actor and commercial model

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