What Day of the Week

May 7, 2019 was the 127^th day of the year 2019 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 238 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Tuesday.

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

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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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• 1274

  In France, the Second Council of Lyons opens to regulate the election of the Pope.
• 1348

  Charles University in Prague (Universitas Carolina/Univerzita Karlova) is established as the first university in Central Europe.
• 1864

  American Civil War: The Army of the Potomac, under General Ulysses S. Grant, breaks off from the Battle of the Wilderness and moves southwards.
• 1895

  In Saint Petersburg, Russian scientist Alexander Stepanovich Popov demonstrates to the Russian Physical and Chemical Society his invention, the Popov lightning detector — a primitive radio receiver. In some parts of the former Soviet Union the anniversary of this day is celebrated as Radio Day.
• 1915

  World War I: German submarine SMU U-20 sinks RMS Lusitania, killing 1,198 people including 128 Americans. Public reaction to the sinking turns many formerly pro-Germans in the United States against the German Empire.
• 1945

  World War II: General Alfred Jodl signs unconditional surrender terms at Reims, France, ending Germany’s participation in the war. The document takes effect the next day.
• 1948

  The Council of Europe is founded during the Hague Congress.
• 1992

  The Space Shuttle Endeavour is launched on its first mission (STS-49).
• 1999

  In Guinea-Bissau, President João Bernardo Vieira is ousted in a military coup.
• 2002

  A China Northern Airlines MD-82 plunges into the Yellow Sea, killing 112 people.

• 1882

  Willem Elsschot, Flemish writer (d. 1960)
• 1930

  Totie Fields, American comedienne (d. 1978)
• 1940

  Jim Connors, American radio personality (d. 1987)
• 1948

  Susan Atkins, American murderer (d. 2009)
• 1950

  Randall ‘Tex’Cobb, American boxer and actor
• 1967

  Martin Bryant, Australian mass murderer
• 1968

  Traci Lords, American actress
• 1978

  Shawn Marion, American basketball player
• 1979

  Katie Douglas, American basketball player
• 1987

  Serge Gakpé, Togolese footballer

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