What Day of the Week

May 8, 2019 is the 128^th day of the year 2019 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 237 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is 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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• 589

  Reccared summons the Third Council of Toledo.
• 1450

  Jack Cade’s Rebellion: Kentishmen revolt against King Henry VI.
• 1821

  Greek War of Independence: The Greeks defeat the Turks at the Battle of Gravia.
• 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.
• 1933

  Mohandas Gandhi begins a 21-day fast in protest against British oppression in India.
• 1942

  World War II: Gunners of the Ceylon Garrison Artillery on Horsburgh Island in the Cocos Islands rebel in the Cocos Islands Mutiny. Their mutiny is crushed and three of them are executed, the only British Commonwealth soldiers to be executed for mutiny during the Second World War.
• 1967

  The Philippine province of Davao is split into three: Davao del Norte, Davao del Sur, and Davao Oriental.
• 1972

  Four Black September terrorists hijack Sabena Flight 571. Israeli Sayeret Matkal commandos recapture the plane the following day.
• 1980

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

  The Soviet Union announces that it will boycott the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California.

• 1521

  Petrus Canisius, Dutch Jesuit (d. 1597)
• 1839

  Adolphe-Basile Routhier, French Canadian lyricist (d. 1920)
• 1906

  Roberto Rossellini, Italian director (d. 1977)
• 1925

  Ali Hassan Mwinyi, President of Tanzania
• 1926

  Don Rickles, American comedian
• 1928

  Theodore Sorensen, American lawyer and special counsel to John F. Kennedy (d. 2010)
• 1945

  Keith Jarrett, American musician
• 1951

  Philip Bailey, American singer (Earth, Wind & Fire)
• 1958

  Lovie Smith, American professional football coach
• 1981

  Yasuko Tajima, Japanese swimmer

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