What day of the week was May 12, 1885?

The day of the week May 12th, 1885 fell on was a Tuesday.

Paltiel Daykan the Lithuanian-Israeli jurist (d. 1969) was born on 12 May in 1885.

North-West Rebellion: The four-day Battle of Batoche the pitting rebel Métis against the Canadian government, comes to an end with a decisive rebel defeat.