What Day of the Week

May 3, 2019 is the 123^rd day of the year 2019 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 242 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Friday.

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Here’s the May calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.

Taurus 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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• 1491

  Kongo monarch Nkuwu Nzinga is baptised by Portuguese missionaries, adopting the baptismal name of João I.
• 1791

  The Constitution of May 3 (the first modern constitution in Europe) is proclaimed by the Sejm of Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
• 1808

  Peninsular War: The Madrid rebels who rose up on May 2 are executed near Príncipe Pío hill.
• 1849

  The May Uprising in Dresden begins – the last of the German revolutions of 1848.
• 1901

  The Great Fire of 1901 begins in Jacksonville, Florida.
• 1937

  Gone with the Wind, a novel by Margaret Mitchell, wins the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
• 1939

  The All India Forward Bloc is formed by Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose.
• 1952

  The Kentucky Derby is televised nationally for the first time on the CBS network.
• 1957

  Walter O'Malley, the owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers, agrees to move the team from Brooklyn, New York, to Los Angeles, California.
• 1973

  The 108-story Sears Tower in Chicago is topped out at 1.451 feet as the world’s tallest building.

• 1446

  Margaret of York, wife of Charles I, Duke of Burgundy (d. 1503)
• 1861

  Emmett Dalton, American outlaw (d. 1937)
• 1887

  Marika Kotopouli, Greek actress (d. 1954)
• 1895

  Cornelius Van Til, philosopher and Christian apologist (d. 1987)
• 1915

  Stu Hart, Canadian professional wrestler and trainer (d. 2003)
• 1921

  Sugar Ray Robinson, American boxer (d. 1989)
• 1922

  Len Shackleton, English former footballer (d. 2000)
• 1924

  Yehuda Amichai, Israeli poet (d. 2000)
• 1952

  Chuck Baldwin, American political figure
• 1972

  Shonie Carter, American MMA fighter

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