What Day of the Week

May 4, 2019 was the 124^th day of the year 2019 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 241 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Saturday.

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

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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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• 1436

  Assasination of the Swedish rebel (later national hero) Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson
• 1855

  American adventurer William Walker departs from San Francisco with about 60 men to conquer Nicaragua.
• 1904

  The United States begins construction of the Panama Canal.
• 1910

  The Royal Canadian Navy is created.
• 1912

  Italy occupies the Greek island of Rhodes.
• 1945

  World War II: Neuengamme concentration camp near Hamburg is liberated by the British Army.
• 1953

  Ernest Hemingway wins the Pulitzer Prize for The Old Man and the Sea.
• 1970

  Vietnam War: Kent State shootings: the Ohio National Guard, sent to Kent State University after disturbances in the city of Kent the weekend before, opens fire killing four unarmed students and wounding nine others. The students were protesting the United States’ invasion of Cambodia.
• 1974

  An all-female Japanese team reaches the summit of Manaslu, becoming the first women to climb an 8,000-meter peak.
• 2000

  Ken Livingstone becomes the first Mayor of London.

• 1008

  Khajeh Abdollah Ansari, The Persian Sufi (d. 1088)
• 1916

  Richard Proenneke, American naturalist (d. 2003)
• 1939

  Paul Gleason, American actor (d. 2006)
• 1949

  Stella Parton, American country music singer
• 1956

  Ken Oberkfell, American baseball player
• 1970

  Paul Wiseman, New Zealand cricketer
• 1980

  Franziska Weisz, Austrian actress
• 1985

  Anthony Fedorov, American singer
• 1988

  Georgios Ioannidis, Greek footballer
• 1992

  Courtney Jines, American actress

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