Are you asking the question “What day of the week was I born?” Continue reading to find out what day of the week you were born.
Day Of The Week: May 19
May 19, 2025 is the 139th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 226 days remaining until the end of 2025. The day of the week is Monday.
If you are into daily horoscope then Taurus is your zodiac sign. Emerald is your modern birthstone. Sapphire is your mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
Historical Events: May 19
- 1499 –Catherine of Aragon is married by proxy to Arthur Tudor, Prince of Wales. Catherine is 13 and Arthur is 12.
- 1536 –Anne Boleyn, the second wife of Henry VIII of England, is beheaded for adultery, treason, and incest.
- 1649 –An Act of Parliament declaring England a Commonwealth is passed by the Long Parliament. England would be a republic for the next eleven years.
- 1780 –New England’s Dark Day: A combination of thick smoke and heavy cloud cover causes complete darkness to fall on Eastern Canada and the New England area of the United States at 10:30 A.M.
- 1845 –Captain Sir John Franklin and his ill-fated Arctic expedition depart from Greenhithe, England.
- 1911 –Parks Canada, the world’s first national park service, is established as the Dominion Parks Branch under the Department of the Interior.
- 1922 –The Young Pioneer organization of the Soviet Union is established.
- 1943 –World War II: British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt set Monday, May 1, 1944 as the date for the Normandy landings (“D-Day”). It would later be delayed over a month due to bad weather.
- 1959 –The North Vietnamese Army establishes Group 559, whose responsibility is to determine how to maintain supply lines to South Vietnam; the resulting route is the Ho Chi Minh trail.
- 1962 –A birthday salute to U.S. President John F. Kennedy takes place at Madison Square Garden, New York City. The highlight is Marilyn Monroe’s rendition of “Happy Birthday”.
Who were born on May 19?
- 1797 –Maria Isabel of Portugal, Queen of Spain (d. 1818)
- 1870 –Albert Fish, American serial killer (d. 1936)
- 1908 –Merriam Modell, American author (d. 1994)
- 1928 –Colin Chapman, British car designer (d. 1982)
- 1935 –David Hartman, American actor and television personality
- 1972 –Jenny Berggren, Swedish singer (Ace of Base)
- 1979 –Barbara Nedeljáková, Slovak actress
- 1979 –Diego Forlán, Uruguayan footballer
- 1983 –Eve Angel, Hungarian pornographic actress
- 1987 –David Edgar, Canadian footballer
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