What Day of the Week

May 9, 2019 is the 129^th day of the year 2019 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 236 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Thursday.

If you are trying to learn Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Mokuyōbi.

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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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• 1092

  Lincoln Cathedral is consecrated.
• 1671

  Thomas Blood, disguised as a clergyman, attempts to steal England’s Crown Jewels from the Tower of London.
• 1726

  Five men arrested during a raid on Mother Clap’s molly house in London are executed at Tyburn.
• 1877

  A magnitude 8.8 earthquake off the coast of Peru kills 2,541, including some as far away as Hawaii and Japan.
• 1877

  Mihail Kogălniceanu reads, in the Chamber of Deputies, the Declaration of Independence of Romania. This day became the Independence Day of Romania.
• 1911

  The works of Gabriele D'Annunzio placed by the Vatican in the Index of Forbidden Books.
• 1918

  World War I: Germans repel the British’s second attempt to blockade the port of Ostend, Belgium.
• 1945

  World War II: The Channel Islands are liberated by the British after five years of German occupation.
• 1969

  Carlos Lamarca leads the first urban guerrilla action against the military dictatorship of Brazil in São Paulo, by robbing two banks.
• 2006

  Estonia ratifies the European Constitution.

• 1147

  Minamoto no Yoritomo, Japanese shogun (d. 1199)
• 1914

  Denham Fouts, American male prostitute and socialite (d. 1948)
• 1929

  Kay Dotrice, British actress (d. 2007)
• 1933

  Jessica Steele, English romance novelist
• 1938

  Charles Simic, Yugoslavian-born poet, 15th Poet Laureate of the United States
• 1939

  Ralph Boston, American athlete
• 1979

  Dionysis Boukouvalas, Greek composer, pianist and musicologist
• 1981

  Bill Murphy, American baseball player
• 1985

  Henrique, Brazilian soccer player
• 1993

  Ryosuke Yamada, Japanese actor and singer

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