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| May 19th, 2008 (May 19 2008) | Death | Vijay Tendulkar, Indian playwright, (born in 1928) | |
| May 19th, 1998 (May 19 1998) | Death | Sosuke Uno, Japanese prime minister (born in 1922) | |
| May 19th, 1988 (May 19 1988) | Birth | Lily Cole, English model/actress | |
| May 19th, 1978 (May 19 1978) | Birth | Marcus Bent, English footballer | |
| May 19th, 1968 (May 19 1968) | Birth | Kyle Eastwood, American jazz musician; son of Clint Eastwood | Clint Eastwood Quotes |
| 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, 1948 (May 19 1948) | Birth | Grace Jones, Jamaican singer and actress | |
| 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, 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, 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, 1908 (May 19 1908) | Birth | Percy Williams, Canadian athlete (died in 1982) | |
| 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, 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, 1798 (May 19 1798) | Death | William Byron, 5th Baron Byron, English dueler (born in 1722) | |
| 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, 0988 (May 19 0988) | Death | Dunstan, Archbishop of Canterbury (born in 909) | |
