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May 19th, 2008 (May 19 2008) | Death | Vijay Tendulkar, Indian playwright, (born in 1928) | |
May 19th, 2007 (May 19 2007) | Death | Dean Eyre, New Zealand politician (born in 1914) | |
May 19th, 2006 (May 19 2006) | Death | Freddie Garrity, English lead singer from the band Freddie and the Dreamers (born in 1940) | |
May 19th, 2005 (May 19 2005) | Death | Henry Corden, American actor and voice artist (born in 1921) | |
May 19th, 2004 (May 19 2004) | Death | Mary Dresselhuys, Dutch actress (born in 1907) | |
May 19th, 2002 (May 19 2002) | Death | John Gorton, nineteenth Prime Minister of Australia (born in 1911) | |
May 19th, 2002 (May 19 2002) | Death | Walter Lord, American writer (born in 1917) | |
May 19th, 2001 (May 19 2001) | Death | Susannah McCorkle, American singer (born in 1946) | |
May 19th, 2000 (May 19 2000) | Death | Yevgeny Khrunov, cosmonaut (born in 1933) | |
May 19th, 1999 (May 19 1999) | Death | James Blades, English percussionist (born in 1901) | |
May 19th, 1999 (May 19 1999) | Death | Candy Candido, American actor (born in 1913) | |
May 19th, 1998 (May 19 1998) | Death | Sosuke Uno, Japanese prime minister (born in 1922) | |
May 19th, 1994 (May 19 1994) | Death | Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, First Lady of the United States (born in 1929) | Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Quotes |
May 19th, 1994 (May 19 1994) | Death | Luis Ocana, Spanish cyclist (born in 1945) | |
May 19th, 1991 (May 19 1991) | Event | Croatian s vote for independence at their independence referendum. | |
May 19th, 1991 (May 19 1991) | Birth | Jordan Pruitt, American singer | |
May 19th, 1989 (May 19 1989) | Death | CLR James, West Indian writer and journalist (born in 1901) | |
May 19th, 1988 (May 19 1988) | Birth | Lily Cole, English model/actress | |
May 19th, 1987 (May 19 1987) | Birth | David Edgar, Canadian football (soccer) player | |
May 19th, 1987 (May 19 1987) | Birth | Mariano Torres, Argentine footballer | |
May 19th, 1987 (May 19 1987) | Death | James Tiptree, Jr, American author (born in 1915) | |
May 19th, 1986 (May 19 1986) | Birth | Eric Lloyd, American actor | |
May 19th, 1986 (May 19 1986) | Birth | Mario Chalmers, NCAA basketball player | |
May 19th, 1986 (May 19 1986) | Death | Jimmy Lyons, American musician (born in 1931) | |
May 19th, 1984 (May 19 1984) | Birth | Marcedes Lewis, American football player | |
May 19th, 1984 (May 19 1984) | Death | John Betjeman, English poet and Poet Laureate (born in 1906) | John Betjeman Quotes |
May 19th, 1983 (May 19 1983) | Birth | Eve Angel, Hungarian porn star | |
May 19th, 1983 (May 19 1983) | Birth | Jessica Fox, British actress | |
May 19th, 1983 (May 19 1983) | Death | Jean Rey, President of the European Commission (born in 1902) | |
May 19th, 1982 (May 19 1982) | Birth | Kevin Amankwaah, English footballer | |
May 19th, 1982 (May 19 1982) | Birth | Pal Steffen Andresen, Norwegian footballer | |
May 19th, 1981 (May 19 1981) | Birth | Georges St. Pierre, Mixed Martial Arts Fighter | Martial Quotes |
May 19th, 1981 (May 19 1981) | Birth | Luciano Figueroa, Argentine footballer | |
May 19th, 1981 (May 19 1981) | Birth | Klaas-Erik Zwering, Dutch swimmer | |
May 19th, 1981 (May 19 1981) | Birth | Nate Cole, American singer | |
May 19th, 1980 (May 19 1980) | Birth | Drew Fuller, American actor/model | |
May 19th, 1980 (May 19 1980) | Birth | Tony Hackworth, English footballer | |
May 19th, 1979 (May 19 1979) | Birth | Barbara Nedeljakova, Slovak actress | |
May 19th, 1979 (May 19 1979) | Birth | Diego Forlan, Uruguayan footballer | |
May 19th, 1979 (May 19 1979) | Birth | Andrea Pirlo, Italian footballer | |
May 19th, 1978 (May 19 1978) | Birth | Marcus Bent, English footballer | |
May 19th, 1977 (May 19 1977) | Birth | Manuel Almunia, Spanish footballer | |
May 19th, 1977 (May 19 1977) | Birth | Brandon Inge, American baseball player | |
May 19th, 1976 (May 19 1976) | Birth | Ed Cota, American basketball player | |
May 19th, 1976 (May 19 1976) | Birth | Kevin Garnett, American basketball player | |
May 19th, 1975 (May 19 1975) | Birth | London Fletcher, American football player | |
May 19th, 1975 (May 19 1975) | Birth | Masanobu Ando, Japanese actor | |
May 19th, 1975 (May 19 1975) | Birth | Josh Paul, American baseball player | |
May 19th, 1975 (May 19 1975) | Birth | Pretinha, Brazilian footballer | |
May 19th, 1974 (May 19 1974) | Birth | Andrew Johns, Australian rugby league footballer | |
May 19th, 1972 (May 19 1972) | Birth | Jenny Berggren, Swedish singer (Ace of Base) | |
May 19th, 1971 (May 19 1971) | Event | Mars probe program: Mars 2 is launched by the Soviet Union. | |
May 19th, 1971 (May 19 1971) | Birth | Psicosis, Mexican professional wrestler | |
May 19th, 1971 (May 19 1971) | Death | Ogden Nash, American poet (born in 1902) | |
May 19th, 1970 (May 19 1970) | Birth | Mario Dumont, Quebec politician (Action democratique du Quebec) | |
May 19th, 1970 (May 19 1970) | Birth | Choi Kyung-Ju, South Korean professional golfer | |
May 19th, 1970 (May 19 1970) | Birth | Jason Gray-Stanford, Canadian actor | |
May 19th, 1969 (May 19 1969) | Death | Coleman Hawkins, American musician (born in 1901) | |
May 19th, 1968 (May 19 1968) | Birth | Kyle Eastwood, American jazz musician; son of Clint Eastwood | Clint Eastwood Quotes |
May 19th, 1967 (May 19 1967) | Birth | Massimo Taccon, Italian painter and sculptor | |
May 19th, 1966 (May 19 1966) | Birth | Polly Walker, British actress | |
May 19th, 1966 (May 19 1966) | Birth | Marc Bureau, French Canadian ice hockey player | |
May 19th, 1966 (May 19 1966) | Birth | Sophia Crawford, English actress and martial artist | Martial Quotes |
May 19th, 1965 (May 19 1965) | Birth | Maile Flanagan, American actress | |
May 19th, 1965 (May 19 1965) | Death | Tui Malila, world s oldest tortoise (born in 1773 or 1777) | |
May 19th, 1964 (May 19 1964) | Birth | Miloslav Mecir, Slovakian former tennis player | |
May 19th, 1964 (May 19 1964) | Birth | Sean Whalen, American actor | |
May 19th, 1963 (May 19 1963) | Birth | Filippo Galli, Italian footballer | |
May 19th, 1963 (May 19 1963) | Birth | Yazz, British singer | |
May 19th, 1962 (May 19 1962) | Event | 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 infamous rendition of Happy Birthday. | Marilyn Monroe Quotes |
May 19th, 1961 (May 19 1961) | Event | Venera program: Venera 1 becomes the first man-made object to fly-by another planet by passing Venus (the probe had lost contact with Earth a month earlier and did not send back any data). | |
May 19th, 1961 (May 19 1961) | Birth | Gregory Poirier, American screenwriter and director | |
May 19th, 1959 (May 19 1959) | Birth | Nicole Brown Simpson, Ex-wife of O.J. Simpson and murder victim. (died in 1994) | |
May 19th, 1958 (May 19 1958) | Death | Archie Scott-Brown, English race car driver (born in 1927) | |
May 19th, 1958 (May 19 1958) | Death | Ronald Colman, English actor (born in 1891) | |
May 19th, 1957 (May 19 1957) | Birth | Bill Laimbeer, American basketball player and coach | |
May 19th, 1956 (May 19 1956) | Birth | Steven Ford, American actor | |
May 19th, 1955 (May 19 1955) | Birth | James Gosling, Canadian computer programmer | |
May 19th, 1954 (May 19 1954) | Birth | Phil Rudd, Australian drummer (AC/DC) | |
May 19th, 1954 (May 19 1954) | Death | Charles Ives, American composer (born in 1874) | |
May 19th, 1953 (May 19 1953) | Birth | Victoria Wood, British comic actress | |
May 19th, 1953 (May 19 1953) | Birth | Dawud M. Mu Min, American convicted murderer (died in 1997) | |
May 19th, 1953 (May 19 1953) | Birth | Shavarsh Karapetyan, Soviet Armenian finswimmer | |
May 19th, 1952 (May 19 1952) | Birth | Bert van Marwijk, Dutch football manager | |
May 19th, 1951 (May 19 1951) | Birth | Joey Ramone, American musician (The Ramones) (died in 2001) | |
May 19th, 1949 (May 19 1949) | Birth | Archie Manning, American football player | |
May 19th, 1949 (May 19 1949) | Birth | Dusty Hill, American blues rock singer/bassist (ZZ Top) | |
May 19th, 1948 (May 19 1948) | Birth | Grace Jones, Jamaican singer and actress | |
May 19th, 1947 (May 19 1947) | Birth | Michele Placido, Italian actor and director | |
May 19th, 1947 (May 19 1947) | Birth | Paul Brady, Northern Ireland singer/songwriter | |
May 19th, 1947 (May 19 1947) | Birth | David Helfgott, Australian pianist | |
May 19th, 1946 (May 19 1946) | Birth | Andre the Giant, French professional wrestler (died in 1993) | |
May 19th, 1946 (May 19 1946) | Birth | Claude Lelievre, Belgian commissioner for children s rights | |
May 19th, 1946 (May 19 1946) | Death | Booth Tarkington, American novelist (born in 1869) | |
May 19th, 1945 (May 19 1945) | Birth | Pete Townshend, English musician (The Who) | |
May 19th, 1945 (May 19 1945) | Death | Philipp Bouhler, German nazi leader (born in 1889) | |
May 19th, 1944 (May 19 1944) | Birth | Peter Mayhew, British-American actor | |
May 19th, 1943 (May 19 1943) | Event | 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 cross-English Channel landing (D-Day would later be delayed over a month due to bad weather). | Winston Churchill Quotes |
May 19th, 1943 (May 19 1943) | Death | Kristjan Raud, Estonian painter (born in 1865) | |
May 19th, 1942 (May 19 1942) | Birth | Gary Kildall, American computer programmer (died in 1994) | |
May 19th, 1942 (May 19 1942) | Birth | Robert Kilroy-Silk, British politician and television presenter | |
May 19th, 1941 (May 19 1941) | Birth | Nora Ephron, American screenwriter | |
May 19th, 1940 (May 19 1940) | Birth | Mickey Newbury, American musician | |
May 19th, 1940 (May 19 1940) | Birth | Jan Janssen, Dutch cyclist | |
May 19th, 1939 (May 19 1939) | Birth | Livio Berruti, Italian athlete | |
May 19th, 1939 (May 19 1939) | Birth | James Fox, English actor | |
May 19th, 1939 (May 19 1939) | Birth | Nancy Kwan, Hong Kong actress | |
May 19th, 1939 (May 19 1939) | Birth | Dick Scobee, American astronaut (died in 1986) | |
May 19th, 1938 (May 19 1938) | Birth | Madge Hindle, English actress | |
May 19th, 1938 (May 19 1938) | Birth | Moises da Costa Amaral, East Timorese leader (died in 1989) | |
May 19th, 1937 (May 19 1937) | Birth | Pat Roach, English actor and wrestler (died in 2004) | |
May 19th, 1935 (May 19 1935) | Death | T. E. Lawrence, English soldier known as Lawrence of Arabia (born in 1888) | |
May 19th, 1934 (May 19 1934) | Birth | Jim Lehrer, American television journalist | |
May 19th, 1934 (May 19 1934) | Birth | Ruskin Bond, Indian author | |
May 19th, 1932 (May 19 1932) | Birth | Alma Cogan, English singer (died in 1966) | |
May 19th, 1932 (May 19 1932) | Birth | Paul Erdman, American economist and author (died in 2007) | |
May 19th, 1932 (May 19 1932) | Birth | Claude Blanchard, Quebec comedian and actor (died in 2006) | |
May 19th, 1931 (May 19 1931) | Birth | Eric Tappy, Swiss tenor | |
May 19th, 1931 (May 19 1931) | Birth | Bob Anderson, British racing driver (died in 1967) | |
May 19th, 1930 (May 19 1930) | Birth | Lorraine Hansberry, American playwright (died in 1965) | |
May 19th, 1929 (May 19 1929) | Birth | John Stroger Chicago politician | |
May 19th, 1928 (May 19 1928) | Birth | Colin Chapman, founder of Lotus Cars (died in 1982) | Colin Chapman Quotes |
May 19th, 1928 (May 19 1928) | Birth | Dolph Schayes, American basketball player and coach | |
May 19th, 1926 (May 19 1926) | Birth | Swami Kriyananda, Indian teacher and author | |
May 19th, 1925 (May 19 1925) | Birth | Malcolm X, American civil rights activist (died in 1965) | Malcolm X Quotes |
May 19th, 1925 (May 19 1925) | Birth | Pol Pot, Cambodian dictator (died in 1998) | |
May 19th, 1925 (May 19 1925) | Birth | Guy Provost, French Canadian actor (died in 2004) | |
May 19th, 1924 (May 19 1924) | Birth | Sandy Wilson, British composer | |
May 19th, 1922 (May 19 1922) | Event | The Young Pioneer organization of the Soviet Union is established. | |
May 19th, 1921 (May 19 1921) | Event | The U.S. Congress passes the Emergency Quota Act establishing national quotas on immigration. | |
May 19th, 1921 (May 19 1921) | Birth | Yuri Kochiyama, American civil rights activist | |
May 19th, 1921 (May 19 1921) | Birth | Karel van het Reve, Dutch writer (died in 1999) | |
May 19th, 1921 (May 19 1921) | Birth | Daniel Gelin, French actor (died in 2002) | |
May 19th, 1919 (May 19 1919) | Event | Mustafa Kemal Ataturk lands at Samsun on the Anatolian Black Sea coast, initiating what was later termed the Turkish War of Independence. The anniversary of this event is the official date of commemoration of the Pontic Greek Genocide in Greece and Cyprus. | Mustafa Kemal Ataturk Quotes |
May 19th, 1918 (May 19 1918) | Birth | Abraham Pais, Dutch-born American physicist (died in 2000) | Abraham Quotes |
May 19th, 1918 (May 19 1918) | Death | Raoul Lufbery, French-American World War I fighter pilot and flying ace (born in 1885) | |
May 19th, 1915 (May 19 1915) | Death | John Simpson Kirkpatrick stretcher bearer with the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps at Gallipoli during World War I (born in 1892) | |
May 19th, 1914 (May 19 1914) | Birth | Max Perutz, Austrian-born molecular biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (died in 2002) | |
May 19th, 1914 (May 19 1914) | Birth | Go Seigen, Japanese Go player | |
May 19th, 1914 (May 19 1914) | Birth | Alex Shibicky, Canadian ice hockey player (died in 2005) | |
May 19th, 1912 (May 19 1912) | Death | Boleslaw Prus, Polish writer (born in 1847) | |
May 19th, 1909 (May 19 1909) | Birth | Nicholas Winton, British Humanitarian | |
May 19th, 1908 (May 19 1908) | Birth | Percy Williams, Canadian athlete (died in 1982) | |
May 19th, 1907 (May 19 1907) | Death | Benjamin Baker, English engineer (born in 1840) | |
May 19th, 1906 (May 19 1906) | Birth | Bruce Bennett, American athlete and actor (died in 2007) | |
May 19th, 1904 (May 19 1904) | Death | Auguste Molinier, French historian (born in 1851) | |
May 19th, 1898 (May 19 1898) | Birth | Julius Evola, Italian philosopher (died in 1974) | Julius Evola Quotes |
May 19th, 1898 (May 19 1898) | Death | William Ewart Gladstone, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born in 1809) | William Ewart Gladstone Quotes |
May 19th, 1897 (May 19 1897) | Event | Oscar Wilde is released from Reading Gaol. | Oscar Wilde Quotes |
May 19th, 1897 (May 19 1897) | Birth | Frank Luke, American World War I pilot (died in 1918) | |
May 19th, 1895 (May 19 1895) | Death | Jose Marti, Cuban independence leader (born in 1853) | Jose Marti Quotes |
May 19th, 1891 (May 19 1891) | Birth | Oswald Boelcke, German World War I pilot (died in 1916) | |
May 19th, 1890 (May 19 1890) | Birth | Ho Chi Minh, Vietnamese leader (died in 1969) | |
May 19th, 1885 (May 19 1885) | Death | Peter W. Barlow, English engineer (born in 1809) | |
May 19th, 1882 (May 19 1882) | Birth | Mohammed Mosaddeq, Prime Minister of Iran (died in 1967) | |
May 19th, 1881 (May 19 1881) | Birth | Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, 1st President of Turkey (died in 1938) | Mustafa Kemal Ataturk Quotes |
May 19th, 1880 (May 19 1880) | Birth | Sir Albert Richardson, English architect (died in 1964) | |
May 19th, 1879 (May 19 1879) | Birth | Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor, American-born politician (died in 1964) | |
May 19th, 1876 (May 19 1876) | Death | Guillaume Groen van Prinsterer, Dutch politician (born in 1801) | |
May 19th, 1874 (May 19 1874) | Birth | Gilbert Laird Jessop, English cricketer (died in 1955) | |
May 19th, 1870 (May 19 1870) | Birth | Albert Fish, American serial killer (died in 1936) | |
May 19th, 1864 (May 19 1864) | Event | American Civil War: the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House ends. | |
May 19th, 1864 (May 19 1864) | Death | Nathaniel Hawthorne, American author (born in 1804) | Nathaniel Hawthorne Quotes |
May 19th, 1862 (May 19 1862) | Birth | Mikhail Nesterov, Russian painter (died in 1942) | |
May 19th, 1861 (May 19 1861) | Birth | Dame Nellie Melba, Australian opera singer (died in 1931) | |
May 19th, 1848 (May 19 1848) | Event | Mexican-American War: Mexico ratifies the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo thus ending the war and ceding California, Nevada, Utah and parts of five other modern-day U.S. states to the United States for $15 million USD. | |
May 19th, 1828 (May 19 1828) | Event | U.S. President John Quincy Adams signs the Tariff of 1828 into law, protecting wool manufacturers in the United States. | John Quincy Adams Quotes |
May 19th, 1827 (May 19 1827) | Birth | Paul-Armand Challemel-Lacour, French statesman (died in 1896) | |
May 19th, 1825 (May 19 1825) | Death | Claude Henri de Rouvroy, Comte de Saint-Simon, French political philosopher (born in 1760) | Philo Quotes |
May 19th, 1821 (May 19 1821) | Death | Camille Jordan, French politician (born in 1771) | |
May 19th, 1802 (May 19 1802) | Event | The Legion d Honneur is founded by Napoleon Bonaparte. | Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes |
May 19th, 1798 (May 19 1798) | Death | William Byron, 5th Baron Byron, English dueler (born in 1722) | |
May 19th, 1797 (May 19 1797) | Birth | Maria Isabel of Portugal, queen of Spain (died in 1818) | |
May 19th, 1795 (May 19 1795) | Birth | Johns Hopkins, American philanthropist (died in 1873) | |
May 19th, 1795 (May 19 1795) | Death | Josiah Bartlett, American signer of the Declaration of Independence (born in 1729) | |
May 19th, 1795 (May 19 1795) | Death | James Boswell, Scottish biographer (born in 1740) | James Boswell Quotes |
May 19th, 1786 (May 19 1786) | Death | John Stanley, English composer (born in 1712) | |
May 19th, 1780 (May 19 1780) | Event | 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. | |
May 19th, 1773 (May 19 1773) | Birth | Arthur Aikin, English mineralogist (died in 1854) | |
May 19th, 1762 (May 19 1762) | Birth | Johann Gottlieb Fichte, German philosopher (died in 1814) | Philo Quotes |
May 19th, 1749 (May 19 1749) | Event | King George II of Great Britain grants the Ohio Company a charter of land around the forks of the Ohio River. | George II of Great Britain Quotes |
May 19th, 1744 (May 19 1744) | Birth | Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (died in 1818) | |
May 19th, 1724 (May 19 1724) | Birth | Augustus Hervey, 3rd Earl of Bristol, British admiral and politician (died in 1779) | |
May 19th, 1715 (May 19 1715) | Death | Charles Montagu, Chancellor of the Exchequer (born in 1661) | |
May 19th, 1700 (May 19 1700) | Birth | Jose de Escandon, Spanish colonial governor (died in 1770) | |
May 19th, 1649 (May 19 1649) | Event | An Act declaring England a Commonwealth is passed by the Long Parliament. England would be a republic for the next eleven years. | |
May 19th, 1643 (May 19 1643) | Event | Thirty Years War: French forces under the duc d Enghien decisively defeat Spanish forces at the Battle of Rocroi, marking the symbolic end of Spain as a dominant land power. | |
May 19th, 1637 (May 19 1637) | Death | Isaac Beeckman, Dutch scientist and philosopher (born in 1588) | Philo Quotes |
May 19th, 1610 (May 19 1610) | Death | Thomas Sanchez, Spanish theologian (born in 1550) | |
May 19th, 1601 (May 19 1601) | Death | Costanzo Porta, Italian composer | |
May 19th, 1593 (May 19 1593) | Birth | Jacob Jordaens, Flemish painter (died in 1678) | |
May 19th, 1568 (May 19 1568) | Event | Queen Elizabeth I of England has Mary Queen of Scots arrested. | Elizabeth I of England Quotes |
May 19th, 1536 (May 19 1536) | Event | Anne Boleyn, the second wife of Henry VIII of England, is beheaded for adultery, treason, and incest. | Anne Boleyn Quotes |
May 19th, 1536 (May 19 1536) | Death | Anne Boleyn, second wife of Henry VIII of England | Anne Boleyn Quotes |
May 19th, 1535 (May 19 1535) | Event | French explorer Jacques Cartier sets sail on his second voyage to North America with three ships, 110 men, and Chief Donnacona s two sons (whom Cartier kidnapped during his first voyage). | |
May 19th, 1531 (May 19 1531) | Death | Jan Laski, Polish statesman and diplomat (born in 1456) | |
May 19th, 1526 (May 19 1526) | Death | Emperor Go-Kashiwabara of Japan (born in 1464) | |
May 19th, 1389 (May 19 1389) | Death | Dmitri Donskoi, Grand Prince of Muscovy (born in 1350) | |
May 19th, 1319 (May 19 1319) | Death | Louis d Evreux, son of Philip III of France (born in 1276) | |
May 19th, 1296 (May 19 1296) | Death | Pope Celestine V (born in 1215) | |
May 19th, 1125 (May 19 1125) | Death | Vladimir Monomakh, Russian prince (born in 1053) | |
May 19th, 1102 (May 19 1102) | Death | Stephen, Count of Blois (born in c. 1045) | |
May 19th, 0988 (May 19 0988) | Death | Dunstan, Archbishop of Canterbury (born in 909) | |
May 19th, 0804 (May 19 0804) | Death | Alcuin, English monk (born in c. 735) | Alcuin Quotes |