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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• 351

  The Jewish revolt against Gallus breaks out. After his arrival at Antioch, the Jews begin a rebellion in Palestine.
• 1697

  Stockholm’s royal castle (dating back to medieval times) is destroyed by fire. It is replaced by the current Royal Palace in the eighteenth century.
• 1794

  French Revolution: Robespierre introduces the Cult of the Supreme Being in the National Convention as the new state religion of the French First Republic.
• 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.
• 1937

  Spanish Civil War: The German Condor Legion, equipped with Heinkel He 51 biplanes, arrives in Spain to assist Francisco Franco’s forces.
• 1960

  Cold War: U-2 Crisis of 1960 – Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev announces that his nation is holding American U-2 pilot Gary Powers.
• 1986

  Canadian Patrick Morrow became the first person to climb each of the Seven Summits.
• 1992

  Michigan ratifies a 203-year-old proposed amendment to the United States Constitution making the 27th Amendment law. This amendment bars the U.S. Congress from giving itself a mid-term pay raise.
• 1992

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

  Pope John Paul II travels to Romania becoming the first pope to visit a predominantly Eastern Orthodox country since the Great Schism in 1054.

• 1767

  Princess Frederica Charlotte of Prussia, Duchess of York and Albany (d. 1820)
• 1893

  Frank J. Selke, Canadian ice hockey manager (d. 1985)
• 1919

  Eva Perón, Argentine first lady (d. 1952)
• 1924

  Albert Band, American film director (d. 2002)
• 1939

  Jimmy Ruffin, American singer
• 1946

  Marv Hubbard, American football player
• 1946

  Thelma Houston, American singer
• 1955

  Peter Reckell, American actor
• 1967

  Joe Rice, American politician
• 1984

  James Loney, American baseball player

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