What Day of the Week

May 30, 2019 is the 150^th day of the year 2019 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 215 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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• 1431

  Hundred Years’ War: in Rouen, France, 19-year-old Joan of Arc is burned at the stake by an English-dominated tribunal. Because of this the Catholic Church remember this day as the celebration of Saint Joan of Arc.
• 1539

  In Florida, Hernando de Soto lands at Tampa Bay with 600 soldiers with the goal of finding gold.
• 1814

  Napoleonic Wars: War of the Sixth Coalition – the Treaty of Paris (1814) is signed returning French borders to their 1792 extent. Napoleon Bonaparte is exiled to Elba.
• 1868

  Decoration Day (the predecessor of the modern “Memorial Day”) is observed in the United States for the first time (By “Commander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic” John A. Logan’s proclamation on May 5).
• 1958

  Memorial Day: the remains of two unidentified American servicemen, killed in action during World War II and the Korean War respectively, are buried at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery.
• 1967

  The Nigerian Eastern Region declares independence as the Republic of Biafra, sparking a civil war.
• 1971

  Mariner program: Mariner 9 is launched to map 70% of the surface, and to study temporal changes in the atmosphere and surface, of Mars.
• 1972

  The Angry Brigade goes on trial over a series of 25 bombings throughout the United Kingdom.
• 1998

  A magnitude 6.6 earthquake hits northern Afghanistan, killing up to 5,000.
• 1998

  Nuclear Testing: Pakistan conducts an underground test in the Kharan Desert. It is reported to be a plutonium device with yield of 20kt.

• 1879

  Colin Blythe, English cricketer (d. 1917)
• 1908

  Hannes Alfvén, Swedish physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1995)
• 1909

  Jacques Canetti, French talent-spotter (d. 1997)
• 1932

  Pauline Oliveros, American composer and accordionist
• 1945

  Norman Eshley, English actor
• 1965

  Billy Donovan, American college basketball coach
• 1972

  Soichiro Hoshi, Japanese voice actor
• 1974

  Shin Ha-kyun, South Korean actor
• 1978

  Cyrus King, American actor
• 1981

  Devendra Banhart, American singer and songwriter

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