What Day of the Week

May 31, 2019 was the 151^st day of the year 2019 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 214 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Friday.

If you are trying to learn Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is viernes.

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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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• 1669

  Citing poor eyesight, Samuel Pepys records the last event in his diary.
• 1790

  Alferez Manuel Quimper explores the Strait of Juan de Fuca.
• 1805

  French and Spanish forces begin the assault against British forces occupying Diamond Rock
• 1859

  The clock tower at the Houses of Parliament, which houses Big Ben, starts keeping time.
• 1864

  American Civil War Overland Campaign: Battle of Cold Harbor – The Army of Northern Virginia under Robert E. Lee engages the Army of the Potomac under Ulysses S. Grant & George G. Meade.
• 1909

  The National Negro Committee, forerunner to the NAACP, convenes for the first time.
• 1927

  The last Ford Model T rolls off the assembly line after a production run of 15,007,003 vehicles.
• 1962

  The West Indies Federation dissolves.
• 1970

  The Ancash earthquake causes a landslide that buries the town of Yungay, Peru; more than 47,000 people are killed.
• 2010

  In international waters, armed Shayetet 13 commandos, intending to force the flotilla to anchor at the Ashdod port, boarded ships trying to break the ongoing blockade of the Gaza Strip, resulting in 9 civilian deaths when teams of IHH activists on the MV Mavi Marmara attacked them with knives and metal rods and abducted one of the soldiers.

• 1641

  Dositheos, Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem (d. 1707)
• 1656

  Marin Marais, French composer (d. 1728)
• 1894

  Fred Allen, American comedian (d. 1956)
• 1949

  Tom Berenger, American actor
• 1960

  Greg Adams, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1968

  John Connolly, Irish author
• 1974

  Chad Campbell, American golfer
• 1977

  Joachim Olsen, Danish athlete
• 1984

  Jason Smith, Australian actor
• 1985

  Ian Vougioukas, Greek basketball player

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