What Day of the Week

May 6, 2019 was the 126^th day of the year 2019 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 239 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Monday.

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

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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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• 1527

  Spanish and German troops sack Rome; some consider this the end of the Renaissance. 147 Swiss Guards, including their commander, die fighting the forces of Charles V in order to allow Pope Clement VII to escape into Castel Sant'Angelo.
• 1542

  Francis Xavier reaches Old Goa, the capital of Portuguese India at the time.
• 1757

  Battle of Prague – A Prussian army fights an Austrian army in Prague during the Seven Years’ War.
• 1863

  American Civil War: The Battle of Chancellorsville ends with the defeat of the Army of the Potomac by Confederate troops.
• 1877

  Chief Crazy Horse of the Oglala Sioux surrenders to United States troops in Nebraska.
• 1935

  The first flight of the Curtiss P-36 Hawk.
• 1941

  The first flight of the Republic P-47 Thunderbolt.
• 1945

  World War II: Axis Sally delivers her last propaganda broadcast to Allied troops.
• 1994

  Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom and French President François Mitterrand officiate at the opening of the Channel Tunnel.
• 1999

  First elections to the devolved Scottish Parliament and Welsh Assembly held.

• 1501

  Pope Marcellus II (d. 1555)
• 1856

  Robert Peary, American explorer (d. 1920)
• 1868

  Gaston Leroux, French writer (d. 1927)
• 1913

  Carmen Cavallaro, American pianist (d. 1989)
• 1920

  Martha Beck, American convicted murderer (d. 1951)
• 1938

  Larry Gogan, Irish radio personality
• 1953

  Lynn Whitfield, American actress
• 1961

  Gina Riley, Australian actress, writer, singer and comedian
• 1981

  Edyta Śliwińska, Polish dancer
• 1987

  Moon Geun Young, South Korean actress

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