What Day of the Week

May 8, 2019 was the 128^th day of the year 2019 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 237 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Wednesday.

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

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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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• 413

  Emperor Honorius signs an edict providing tax relief for the Italian provinces Tuscia, Campania, Picenum, Samnium, Apulia, Lucania and Calabria, who are plundered by the Visigoths.
• 1794

  Branded a traitor during the Reign of Terror by revolutionists, French chemist Antoine Lavoisier, who was also a tax collector with the Ferme Générale, is tried, convicted, and guillotined all on the same day in Paris.
• 1846

  Mexican-American War: The Battle of Palo Alto – Zachary Taylor defeats a Mexican force north of the Rio Grande in the first major battle of the war.
• 1861

  American Civil War: Richmond, Virginia is named the capital of the Confederate States of America.
• 1924

  the Klaipėda Convention is signed formally incorporating Klaipėda Region (Memel Territory) into Lithuania.
• 1963

  South Vietnamese soldiers of Catholic President Ngo Dinh Diem open fire on Buddhists defying a ban on the flying of the Buddhist flag on Vesak, killing nine.
• 1967

  The Philippine province of Davao is split into three: Davao del Norte, Davao del Sur, and Davao Oriental.
• 1978

  First ascent of Mount Everest without supplemental oxygen, by Reinhold Messner and Peter Habeler.
• 1980

  The eradication of smallpox is endorsed by the World Health Organization.
• 1984

  Thames Barrier officially opened.

• 1738

  Mikhail Kamensky, Russian general (d. 1809)
• 1753

  Miguel Hidalgo Mexican revolutionary (d. 1811)
• 1786

  Jean Vianney, French Catholic priest (d. 1859)
• 1910

  Andrew E. Svenson, American children’s book author and publisher (d. 1975)
• 1916

  Swami Chinmayananda, Indian spiritualist (d. 1993)
• 1932

  Julieta Campos, Cuban-born Mexican writer (d. 2007)
• 1932

  Phyllida Law, Scottish actress
• 1951

  Philip Bailey, American singer (Earth, Wind & Fire)
• 1968

  Johan Pehrson, Swedish politician
• 1987

  Felix Jones, American football player

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