What Day of the Week

May 24, 2019 was the 144^th day of the year 2019 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 221 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was 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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• 1830

  The first revenue trains in the United States begin service on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad between Baltimore, Maryland and Ellicott’s Mills, Maryland.
• 1832

  The First Kingdom of Greece is declared in the London Conference.
• 1861

  American Civil War: Union troops occupy Alexandria, Virginia.
• 1901

  Seventy-eight miners die in the Caerphilly pit disaster in South Wales.
• 1940

  Igor Sikorsky performs the first successful single-rotor helicopter flight.
• 1956

  The first Eurovision Song Contest is held in Lugano, Switzerland
• 1961

  American civil rights movement: Freedom Riders are arrested in Jackson, Mississippi for “disturbing the peace” after disembarking from their bus.
• 1968

  FLQ separatists bomb the U.S. consulate in Quebec City.
• 1973

  Earl Jellicoe resigns as Lord Privy Seal and Leader of the House of Lords.
• 1991

  Eritrea gains its independence from Ethiopia.

• 1874

  Princess Marie of Hesse and by Rhine (d. 1878)
• 1878

  Lillian Moller Gilbreth, American engineer (d. 1972)
• 1886

  Paul Paray, French conductor and composer (d. 1979)
• 1934

  Jane Byrne, 50th Mayor of Chicago
• 1966

  Ricky Craven, American NASCAR driver
• 1967

  Bruno Putzulu, French actor
• 1982

  Issah Ahmed, Ghanaian football player
• 1984

  Brodney Pool, American football player
• 1991

  Erika Umeda, Japanese singer
• 1993

  Oliver Davis, American actor

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