May, 19th in History

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Events

Thursday 19, 2005:
2005 - is released. Entire Saga estimated to have made over $20 billion US

Sunday 19, 1991:
Willy T. Ribbs becomes the first African-American driver to qualify for the Indianapolis 500.

Wednesday 19, 1971:
Mars probe program: Mars 2 is launched by the Soviet Union.

Tuesday 19, 1964:
Vietnam War: The United States Air Force begins Operation Yankee Team.

Saturday 19, 1962:
A birthday salute to U.S. President John F. Kennedy takes place at Madison Square Garden, New York. The highlight is Marilyn Monroe's infamous rendition of Happy Birthday. Thirty-four years later, John F. Kennedy, Jr. had actress Drew Barrymore pose as Monroe for the cover of George magazine with the heading "Happy Birthday, Mr. President" in honor of then-President Bill Clinton turning 50.

Friday 19, 1961:
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 data).

Wednesday 19, 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 cross-English Channel landing (D-Day would later be delayed over a month due to bad weather).

Thursday 19, 1932:
The gangster film ' opens at the Rialto Theater in Los Angeles, California.

Friday 19, 1922:
Young Pioneer organization of the Soviet Union is established.

Thursday 19, 1921:
The Emergency Quota Act passes the U.S. Congress establishing national quotas on immigration.

Monday 19, 1919:
In Turkey, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk moves to Samsun from Istanbul with a few followers, to oppose the Ottoman government, which eventually leads to the Turkish War of Independence.

Wednesday 19, 1897:
Oscar Wilde is released from Reading Gaol.

Thursday 19, 1864:
American Civil War: Battle of Spotsylvania Court House ends.

Friday 19, 1848:
Mexican-American War: Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo – Mexico ratifies the treaty thus ending the war and ceding California, Nevada, Utah and parts of five other modern-day U.S. states to the USA for USD $15 million.

Monday 19, 1828:
U.S. President John Quincy Adams signs the Tariff of 1828 into law, protecting wool manufacturers in the United States.

Wednesday 19, 1802:
The Légion d'Honneur is founded by Napoleon Bonaparte.

Friday 19, 1780:
Never-explained complete darkness falls on Eastern Canada and the New England area of the United States at 2 pm.

Monday 19, 1749:
King George II of Great Britain grants the Ohio Company a charter of land around the forks of the Ohio River.

Wednesday 19, 1649:
An Act declaring England a Commonwealth is passed by the Long Parliament.

Tuesday 19, 1643:
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.

Wednesday 19, 1604:
The town of Montreal is founded.

Sunday 19, 1568:
Queen Elizabeth I of England has Mary Queen of Scots arrested.

Tuesday 19, 1536:
Anne Boleyn, the second wife of Henry VIII of England, is beheaded for adultery.

Sunday 19, 1535:
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).

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/19-may/on-this-day.html


People born on May 19

1981:
Klaas-Erik Zwering, Dutch swimmer (b: May 19, 1981) (Biography of Klaas-Erik Zwering)

1976:
Kevin Garnett, American basketball player (b: May 19, 1976) (Biography of Kevin Garnett)

1975:
London Fletcher, American football player (b: May 19, 1975) (Biography of London Fletcher)

1973:
Dario Franchitti, Scottish race car driver (b: May 19, 1973) (Biography of Dario Franchitti)

1966:
Polly Walker, British actress (b: May 19, 1966) (Biography of Polly Walker)

1963:
Yazz, British singer (b: May 19, 1963) (Biography of Yazz)

1956:
James Gosling, Canadian computer programmer (b: May 19, 1956) (Biography of James Gosling)

1953:
Victoria Wood, British comic actress (b: May 19, 1953) (Biography of Victoria Wood)

1951:
Joey Ramone, American musician and singer (The Ramones) (b: May 19, 1951 ; d: April 15, 2001) (Biography of Joey Ramone)

1949:
Archie Manning, American football player (b: May 19, 1949) (Biography of Archie Manning)

1948:
Grace Jones, Jamaican singer and actress (b: May 19, 1948) (Biography of Grace Jones)

1946:
André the Giant, French professional wrestler (b: May 19, 1946 ; d: January 27, 1993) (Biography of André the Giant)

1945:
Pete Townshend, English guitarist and lyricist (b: May 19, 1945) (Biography of Pete Townshend)

1944:
Peter Mayhew, British actor (b: May 19, 1944) (Biography of Peter Mayhew)

1942:
Gary Kildall, American computer programmer (b: May 19, 1942 ; d: July 11, 1994) (Biography of Gary Kildall)

1941:
Nora Ephron, American screenwriter (b: May 19, 1941) (Biography of Nora Ephron)

1940:
Mickey Newbury, American musician (b: May 19, 1940) (Biography of Mickey Newbury)

1939:
Dick Scobee, astronaut (b: May 19, 1939 ; d: January 28, 1986) (Biography of Dick Scobee)
Livio Berruti, Italian athlete (b: May 19, 1939) (Biography of Livio Berruti)
Nancy Kwan, Hong Kong actress (b: May 19, 1939) (Biography of Nancy Kwan)

1934:
Jim Lehrer, American television journalist (b: May 19, 1934) (Biography of Jim Lehrer)

1931:
Eric Tappy, Swiss tenor (b: May 19, 1931) (Biography of Eric Tappy)

1930:
Lorraine Hansberry, American playwright (b: May 19, 1930 ; d: January 12, 1965) (Biography of Lorraine Hansberry)

1925:
Malcolm X, American civil rights activist (b: May 19, 1925 ; d: February 21, 1965) (Biography of Malcolm X)
Pol Pot, Cambodian dictator (b: May 19, 1925 ; d: April 15, 1998) (Biography of Pol Pot)
Swami Kriyananda, spiritual teacher and author (b: May 19, 1925) (Biography of Swami Kriyananda)

1924:
Sandy Wilson, British composer (b: May 19, 1924) (Biography of Sandy Wilson)

1921:
Karel van het Reve, Dutch writer (b: May 19, 1921 ; d: March 4, 1999) (Biography of Karel van het Reve)
Yuri Kochiyama, American civil rights activist (b: May 19, 1921) (Biography of Yuri Kochiyama)

1914:
Max Perutz, Austrian-born molecular biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (b: May 19, 1914 ; d: February 6, 2002) (Biography of Max Perutz)
Go Seigen, Japanese Go player (b: May 19, 1914) (Biography of Go Seigen)

1909:
Bruce Bennett, American athlete and actor (b: May 19, 1909) (Biography of Bruce Bennett)

1908:
Percy Williams, Canadian athlete (b: May 19, 1908 ; d: November 29, 1982) (Biography of Percy Williams)

1897:
Frank Luke, American World War I pilot (b: May 19, 1897) (Biography of Frank Luke)

1891:
Oswald Boelcke, German World War I pilot (b: May 19, 1891 ; d: October 28, 1916) (Biography of Oswald Boelcke)

1890:
Ho Chi Minh, Vietnamese leader (b: May 19, 1890 ; d: September 2, 1969) (Biography of Ho Chi Minh)

1882:
Mohammed Mossadegh, Prime Minister of Iran (b: May 19, 1882) (Biography of Mohammed Mossadegh)

1880:
Sir Albert Richardson, English architect (b: May 19, 1880 ; d: February 3, 1964) (Biography of Albert Richardson)

1879:
Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor, American-born politician (b: May 19, 1879 ; d: May 2, 1964) (Biography of Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor)

1874:
Gilbert Jessop; English cricketer (b: May 19, 1874 ; d: May 11, 1955) (Biography of Gilbert Laird Jessop)

1870:
Albert Fish, American serial killer (b: May 19, 1870 ; d: January 16, 1936) (Biography of Albert Fish)

1861:
Dame Nellie Melba, Australian opera singer (b: May 19, 1861) (Biography of Dame Nellie Melba)

1827:
Paul-Armand Challemel-Lacour, French statesman (b: May 19, 1827) (Biography of Paul-Armand Challemel-Lacour)

1795:
Johns Hopkins, American philanthropist (b: May 19, 1795) (Biography of Johns Hopkins)

1773:
Arthur Aikin, English chemist, mineralogist and scientific writer (b: May 19, 1773 ; d: April 15, 1854) (Biography of Arthur Aikin)

1762:
Johann Gottlieb Fichte, German philosopher (b: May 19, 1762) (Biography of Johann Gottlieb Fichte)

1744:
Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (b: May 19, 1744) (Biography of Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz)

1700:
José de Escandón, Spanish colonial governor (b: May 19, 1700) (Biography of José de Escandón)

1593:
Jacob Jordaens, Flemish painter (b: May 19, 1593 ; d: October 18, 1678) (Biography of Jacob Jordaens)

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/19-may/births.html

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People who died on May 19

2005:
Henry Corden (d: May 19, 2005) (Biography of Henry Corden)

2004:
Mary Dresselhuys, Dutch actress (b: January 22, 1907 ; d: May 19, 2004) (Biography of Mary Dresselhuys)

2002:
Walter Lord, American author (b: October 8, 1917 ; d: May 19, 2002) (Biography of Walter Lord)
John Gorton, nineteenth Prime Minister of Australia (b: September 9, 1911 ; d: May 19, 2002) (Biography of John Gorton)

2000:
Yevgeny Khrunov, cosmonaut (b: September 10, 1933 ; d: May 19, 2000) (Biography of Yevgeny Khrunov)

1998:
Uno Sosuke (d: May 19, 1998) (Biography of Uno Sosuke)

1994:
Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy (d: May 19, 1994) (Biography of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy)

1989:
CLR James (d: May 19, 1989) (Biography of CLR James)

1987:
James Tiptree, Jr (d: May 19, 1987) (Biography of James Tiptree, Jr)

1984:
John Betjeman, English poet (b: August 28, 1906 ; d: May 19, 1984) (Biography of John Betjeman)

1983:
Jean Rey, Belgian politician and President of the European Commission {d. 1983) (b: July 15, 1902 ; d: May 19, 1983) (Biography of Jean Rey (politician))

1971:
Ogden Nash, American poet (b: August 19, 1902 ; d: May 19, 1971) (Biography of Ogden Nash)

1969:
Coleman Hawkins, American saxophonist (b: November 21, 1904 ; d: May 19, 1969) (Biography of Coleman Hawkins)

1965:
Tui Malila (d: May 19, 1965) (Biography of Tui Malila)

1958:
Ronald Colman, English actor (b: February 9, 1891 ; d: May 19, 1958) (Biography of Ronald Colman)

1954:
Charles Ives, American composer (b: October 20, 1874 ; d: May 19, 1954) (Biography of Charles Ives)

1946:
Booth Tarkington, American author (b: July 29, 1869 ; d: May 19, 1946) (Biography of Booth Tarkington)

1943:
Kristjan Raud, Estonian painter (b: October 22, 1865 ; d: May 19, 1943) (Biography of Kristjan Raud)

1935:
T. E. Lawrence, English writer and soldier (b: August 16, 1888 ; d: May 19, 1935) (Biography of T. E. Lawrence)

1918:
Raoul Lufbery, American World War I pilot (b: March 14, 1885 ; d: May 19, 1918) (Biography of Raoul Lufbery)

1912:
Boleslaw Prus, Polish writer (b: August 20, 1847 ; d: May 19, 1912) (Biography of Boleslaw Prus)

1909:
Isaac Albéniz, Spanish composer (b: May 29, 1860 ; d: May 19, 1909) (Biography of Isaac Albeniz)

1907:
Benjamin Baker (d: May 19, 1907) (Biography of Benjamin Baker)

1904:
Auguste Molinier (d: May 19, 1904) (Biography of Auguste Molinier)

1898:
William Ewart Gladstone, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b: December 29, 1809 ; d: May 19, 1898) (Biography of William Ewart Gladstone)

1895:
José Martí, Cuban revolutionary (b: January 28, 1853 ; d: May 19, 1895) (Biography of José Martí)

1885:
Peter W. Barlow (d: May 19, 1885) (Biography of Peter W. Barlow)

1876:
Guillaume Groen van Prinsterer, Dutch politician (b: August 21, 1801 ; d: May 19, 1876) (Biography of Guillaume Groen van Prinsterer)

1864:
Nathaniel Hawthorne, American writer (b: July 4, 1804 ; d: May 19, 1864) (Biography of Nathaniel Hawthorne)

1825:
Claude Henri de Rouvroy, Comte de Saint-Simon (d: May 19, 1825) (Biography of Claude Henri de Rouvroy, Comte de Saint-Simon)

1821:
Camille Jordan (politician) (d: May 19, 1821) (Biography of Camille Jordan (politician))

1795:
Josiah Bartlett (d: May 19, 1795) (Biography of Josiah Bartlett)
James Boswell, Scottish biographer of Samuel Johnson (b: October 29, 1740 ; d: May 19, 1795) (Biography of James Boswell)

1786:
John Stanley (composer) (d: May 19, 1786) (Biography of John Stanley (composer))

1715:
Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax, English poet and statesman (b: April 16, 1661 ; d: May 19, 1715) (Biography of Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax)

1637:
Isaac Beeckman, Dutch scientist and phhilosopher (b: December 10, 1588 ; d: May 19, 1637) (Biography of Isaac Beeckman)

1610:
Thomas Sanchez (d: May 19, 1610) (Biography of Thomas Sanchez)

1601:
Costanzo Porta (d: May 19, 1601) (Biography of Costanzo Porta)

1536:
Anne Boleyn (d: May 19, 1536) (Biography of Anne Boleyn)

1531:
Jan ?aski (1456-1531) (d: May 19, 1531) (Biography of Jan ?aski (1456-1531))

1526:
Emperor Go-Kashiwabara of Japan (b: November 19, 1464 ; d: May 19, 1526) (Biography of Emperor Go-Kashiwabara of Japan)

1296:
Pope Celestine V (d: May 19, 1296) (Biography of Pope Celestine V)

1125:
Vladimir Monomakh (d: May 19, 1125) (Biography of Vladimir Monomakh)

1102:
Stephen, Count of Blois (d: May 19, 1102) (Biography of Stephen, Count of Blois)

988:
Dunstan (d: May 19, 988) (Biography of Dunstan)

804:
Alcuin (d: May 19, 804) (Biography of Alcuin)

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/19-may/deaths.html