What Day of the Week

May 24, 2019 is the 144^th day of the year 2019 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 221 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Friday.

If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is vendredi.

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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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• 1738

  John Wesley is converted, essentially launching the Methodist movement; the day is celebrated annually by Methodists as Aldersgate Day and a church service is generally held on the preceding Sunday.
• 1960

  Following the 1960 Valdivia earthquake, the largest ever recorded earthquake, Cordón Caulle begins to erupt.
• 1962

  Project Mercury: American astronaut Scott Carpenter orbits the Earth three times in the Aurora 7 space capsule.
• 1968

  FLQ separatists bomb the U.S. consulate in Quebec City.
• 1970

  The drilling of the Kola Superdeep Borehole begins in the Soviet Union.
• 1976

  The Judgement of Paris takes place in France, launching California as a worldwide force in the production of quality wine.
• 1989

  Sonia Sutcliffe, wife of the Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe, is awarded £600,000 in damages (later reduced to £60,000 on appeal) after winning a libel action against Private Eye.
• 1991

  Israel conducts Operation Solomon, evacuating Ethiopian Jews to Israel.
• 1994

  Four men convicted of bombing the World Trade Center in New York in 1993 are each sentenced to 240 years in prison.
• 2001

  Mountain climbing: 15-year-old Sherpa Temba Tsheri becomes the youngest person to climb to the top of Mount Everest.

• 1544

  William Gilbert, English natural philosopher (d. 1603)
• 1743

  Jean-Paul Marat, French revolutionary (d. 1793)
• 1803

  Alexander von Nordmann, Finnish zoologist (d. 1866)
• 1855

  Arthur Wing Pinero, English playwright (d. 1934)
• 1931

  Michael Lonsdale, French actor
• 1949

  Tomaž Pisanski, Slovenian mathematician
• 1955

  David Leonard, American guitarist, singer and songwriter
• 1967

  Steve McDonald, American bassist (Redd Kross)
• 1968

  Mo Willems, American author and screenwriter
• 1995

  Prince Joseph Wenzel of Liechtenstein

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