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El 19 de mayo es el día 139 del año (140 en años bisiestos ) en el calendario gregoriano ; Quedan 226 días para el final del año.

Eventos [ editar ]

  • 639 - Ashina Jiesheshuai y los miembros de su tribu asaltaron al emperador Taizong en el palacio de Jiucheng.
  • 715 - Se elige al Papa Gregorio II . [1]
  • 1051 - Enrique I de Francia se casa con la princesa Rus , Ana de Kiev . [2]
  • 1445 - Juan II de Castilla derrota a los Infantes de Aragón en la Primera Batalla de Olmedo .
  • 1499 - Catalina de Aragón se casa por poder con Arturo, Príncipe de Gales . Catherine tiene 13 años y Arthur 12.
  • 1535 - El explorador francés Jacques Cartier zarpa en su segundo viaje a América del Norte con tres barcos, 110 hombres y los dos hijos del jefe Donnacona (a quienes Cartier había secuestrado durante su primer viaje).
  • 1536 - Ana Bolena , la segunda esposa de Enrique VIII de Inglaterra , es decapitada por adulterio, traición e incesto.
  • 1542 - El reino de Prome cae en manos de la dinastía Taungoo en la actual Myanmar .
  • 1568 - La reina Isabel I de Inglaterra ordena el arresto de María, reina de Escocia .
  • 1643 - Guerra de los Treinta Años : las fuerzas francesas bajo el mando del duque de Enghien derrotan decisivamente a las fuerzas españolas en la Batalla de Rocroi , marcando el fin simbólico de España como potencia territorial dominante.
  • 1649 - El Parlamento Largo aprueba una ley del Parlamento que declara a Inglaterra como Commonwealth . Inglaterra sería una república durante los próximos once años.
  • 1655 - Comienza la invasión de Jamaica durante la guerra anglo-española .
  • 1743 - Jean-Pierre Christin desarrolló la escala de temperatura en grados centígrados .
  • 1749 - El rey Jorge II de Gran Bretaña otorga a la Compañía de Ohio una concesión de tierras alrededor de las bifurcaciones del río Ohio .
  • 1776 - Guerra Revolucionaria Estadounidense : Una guarnición del Ejército Continental se rinde en la Batalla de los Cedros .
  • 1780 - El Día Oscuro de Nueva Inglaterra , un oscurecimiento inusual del cielo diurno, se observó en los estados de Nueva Inglaterra y partes de Canadá .
  • 1802 - Napoleón Bonaparte funda la Legión de Honor .
  • 1828 - El presidente de los Estados Unidos, John Quincy Adams , promulga la Arancel de 1828 , que protege a los fabricantes de lana en los Estados Unidos.
  • 1845 - El capitán Sir John Franklin y su desafortunada expedición al Ártico parten de Greenhithe , Inglaterra.
  • 1848 - Guerra México -Estadounidense : México ratifica el Tratado de Guadalupe Hidalgo , poniendo así fin a la guerra y cediendo California , Nevada , Utah y partes de otros cuatro estados de los Estados Unidos a los Estados Unidos por 15 millones de dólares.
  • 1911 - Parks Canada , el primer servicio de parques nacionales del mundo , se establece como Dominion Parks Branch bajo el Departamento del Interior.
  • 1917 - Se funda el club de fútbol noruego Rosenborg BK .
  • 1919 - Mustafa Kemal Atatürk aterriza en Samsun en la costa del Mar Negro de Anatolia , iniciando lo que más tarde se denominó la Guerra de Independencia de Turquía .
  • 1921 - El Congreso de los Estados Unidos aprueba la Ley de cuotas de emergencia que establece cuotas nacionales de inmigración.
  • 1922 - Se establece la Organización de Jóvenes Pioneros de la Unión Soviética .
  • 1934 - Zveno y el ejército búlgaro diseñan un golpe de estado e instalan a Kimon Georgiev como nuevo primer ministro de Bulgaria .
  • 1942 - Segunda Guerra Mundial : A raíz de la Batalla del Mar del Coral , la Task Force 16 se dirige a Pearl Harbor .
  • 1950 - Una barcaza que contenía municiones con destino a Pakistán explota en el puerto de South Amboy, Nueva Jersey , devastando la ciudad.
  • 1950: Egipto anuncia que el Canal de Suez está cerrado a los barcos y al comercio israelíes .
  • 1959 - El Ejército de Vietnam del Norte establece el Grupo 559 , cuya responsabilidad es determinar cómo mantener las líneas de suministro a Vietnam del Sur ; la ruta resultante es el sendero Ho Chi Minh .
  • 1961 - Programa Venera : Venera 1 se convierte en el primer objeto hecho por el hombre en volar por otro planeta al pasar Venus (la sonda había perdido contacto con la Tierra un mes antes y no envió ningún dato).
  • 1961 - En la estación de tren de Silchar , Assam , 11 bengalíes mueren cuando la policía abre fuego contra los manifestantes que exigen el reconocimiento estatal del idioma bengalí en el Movimiento del idioma bengalí .
  • 1962 - Se lleva a cabo un saludo de cumpleaños al presidente de los Estados Unidos, John F. Kennedy , en el Madison Square Garden de la ciudad de Nueva York. Lo más destacado es la interpretación de Marilyn Monroe de " Happy Birthday ".
  • 1963 - The New York Post Sunday Magazine publica la Carta de Martin Luther King Jr. desde la cárcel de Birmingham .
  • 1971 - Programa de sondas de Marte : Mars 2 es lanzado por la Unión Soviética .
  • 1986 - El presidente de los Estados Unidos, Ronald Reagan, promulga la Ley de Protección a los Propietarios de Armas de Fuego .
  • 1991 - Los croatas votan por la independencia en un referéndum .
  • 1993 - El vuelo 501 de SAM Colombia se estrella en la aproximación al Aeropuerto Internacional José María Córdova en Medellín , Colombia , matando a 132 personas [3].
  • 1997 - Se establece la biosfera de Sierra Gorda , la región con mayor diversidad ecológica de México, como resultado de esfuerzos de base .
  • 2007 - El presidente de Rumanía, Traian Băsescu, sobrevive a un referéndum de acusación y regresa al poder tras la suspensión.
  • 2010 - Las Fuerzas Armadas Reales de Tailandia concluyen su represión de las protestas al forzar la rendición de los líderes del Frente Unido por la Democracia contra la Dictadura .
  • 2012 - Tres bombas de cilindro de gas explotan frente a una escuela de formación profesional en la ciudad italiana de Brindisi , matando a una persona e hiriendo a otras cinco.
  • 2012 - Un coche bomba explota cerca de un complejo militar en la ciudad siria de Deir ez-Zor , matando a nueve personas.
  • 2015 - El derrame de petróleo de Refugio depositó 142,800 galones estadounidenses (3,400 barriles) de petróleo crudo en un área de California considerada una de las costas con mayor diversidad biológica de la costa oeste .
  • 2016 - El vuelo 804 de EgyptAir se estrella en el mar Mediterráneo mientras viajaba de París a El Cairo , matando a todos a bordo.
  • 2018 - La boda del Príncipe Harry y Meghan Markle se lleva a cabo en la Capilla de San Jorge , Windsor , con una audiencia global estimada de 1.900 millones.

Nacimientos [ editar ]

  • 1400 - John Stourton, primer barón Stourton , soldado y político inglés (muerto en 1462) [4]
  • 1462 - Baccio D'Agnolo , tallista , escultor y arquitecto italiano (m. 1543) [5]
  • 1476 (o 1474 ) - Elena de Moscú , gran duquesa consorte de Lituania y reina consorte de Polonia (m. 1513) [6]
  • 1593 - Claude Vignon , pintor francés (m. 1670) [7]
  • 1616 - Johann Jakob Froberger , organista y compositor alemán (m. 1667)
  • 1639 : Charles Weston, tercer conde de Portland , soldado y noble inglés (m. 1665)
  • 1700 - José de Escandón, primer conde de Sierra Gorda , sargento y político español (m. 1770)
  • 1724 - Augustus Hervey, tercer conde de Bristol , almirante y político inglés, secretario en jefe para Irlanda (m. 1779)
  • 1744 - Charlotte de Mecklenburg-Strelitz , reina nacida en Alemania de Jorge III del Reino Unido (m. 1818) [8]
  • 1762 - Johann Gottlieb Fichte , filósofo y académico alemán (m. 1814)
  • 1773 : Arthur Aikin , químico y mineralogista inglés (muerto en 1854)
  • 1795 – Johns Hopkins, American businessman and philanthropist (d. 1873)
  • 1827 – Paul-Armand Challemel-Lacour, French academic and politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 1896)
  • 1832 – James Watney, Jr., English politician, brewer and cricketer (d. 1886)
  • 1857 – John Jacob Abel, American biochemist and pharmacologist (d. 1938)
  • 1861 – Nellie Melba, Australian soprano and actress (d. 1931)
  • 1871 – Walter Russell, American painter, sculptor, and author (d. 1963)
  • 1874 – Gilbert Jessop, English cricketer and soldier (d. 1955)
  • 1878 – Alfred Laliberté, Canadian sculptor and painter (d. 1953)
  • 1879 – Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor, American-English politician (d. 1964)
  • 1880 – Albert Richardson, English architect and educator, designed the Manchester Opera House (d. 1964)
  • 1881 – Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (official birthday), Turkish field marshal and statesman, 1st President of Turkey (d. 1938)
  • 1884 – David Munson, American runner (d. 1953)
  • 1886 – Francis Biddle, American lawyer and judge, 58th United States Attorney General (d. 1968)
  • 1887 – Ion Jalea, Romanian soldier and sculptor (d. 1983)
  • 1889 – Tản Đà, Vietnamese poet and author (d. 1939)
  • 1889 – Henry B. Richardson, American archer (d. 1963)
  • 1890 – Eveline Adelheid von Maydell, German-American illustrator (d. 1962)
  • 1890 – Ho Chi Minh, Vietnamese politician, 1st President of Vietnam (d. 1969)
  • 1891 – Oswald Boelcke, German captain and pilot (d. 1916)
  • 1893 – H. Bonciu, Romanian author, poet, and journalist (d. 1950)
  • 1897 – Frank Luke, American lieutenant and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1918)
  • 1898 – Julius Evola, Italian philosopher and painter (d. 1974)
  • 1899 – Lothar Rădăceanu, Romanian journalist, linguist, and politician (d. 1955)
  • 1902 – Lubka Kolessa, Ukrainian-Canadian pianist and educator (d. 1997)
  • 1903 – Ruth Ella Moore, American scientist (d. 1994)
  • 1906 – Bruce Bennett, American shot putter and actor (d. 2007)
  • 1908 – Manik Bandopadhyay, Indian author, poet, and playwright (d. 1956)
  • 1908 – Merriam Modell, American author (d. 1994)
  • 1908 – Percy Williams, Canadian sprinter (d. 1982)
  • 1909 – Nicholas Winton, English banker and humanitarian (d. 2015)
  • 1910 – Alan Melville, South African cricketer (d. 1983)
  • 1913 – Neelam Sanjiva Reddy, Indian lawyer and politician, 6th President of India (d. 1996)
  • 1914 – Max Perutz, Austrian-English biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2002)
  • 1914 – Alex Shibicky, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2005)
  • 1914 – John Vachon, American photographer and journalist (d. 1975)
  • 1915 – Renée Asherson, English actress (d. 2014)
  • 1918 – Abraham Pais, Dutch-American physicist, historian, and academic (d. 2000)
  • 1919 – Georgie Auld, Canadian-American saxophonist, clarinet player, and bandleader (d. 1990)
  • 1919 – Mitja Ribičič, Italian-Slovenian soldier and politician, 25th Prime Minister of Yugoslavia (d. 2013)
  • 1920 – Tina Strobos, Dutch psychiatrist known for rescuing Jews during World War II (d. 2012)[9]
  • 1921 – Leslie Broderick, English lieutenant and pilot (d. 2013)
  • 1921 – Harry W. Brown, American colonel and pilot (d. 1991)
  • 1921 – Daniel Gélin, French actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2002)
  • 1921 – Yuri Kochiyama, American activist (d. 2014)
  • 1921 – Karel van het Reve, Dutch historian and author (d. 1999)
  • 1922 – Arthur Gorrie, Australian hobby shop proprietor (d. 1992)
  • 1924 – Sandy Wilson, English composer and songwriter (d. 2014)
  • 1925 – Pol Pot, Cambodian general and politician, 29th Prime Minister of Cambodia (d. 1998)
  • 1925 – Malcolm X, American minister and activist (d. 1965)
  • 1926 – Edward Parkes, English engineer and academic (d. 2019)
  • 1926 – Peter Zadek, German director and screenwriter (d. 2009)
  • 1927 – Serge Lang, French-American mathematician, author and academic (d. 2005)
  • 1928 – Colin Chapman, English engineer and businessman, founded Lotus Cars (d. 1982)
  • 1928 – Thomas Kennedy, English air marshal (d. 2013)
  • 1928 – Gil McDougald, American baseball player and coach (d. 2010)
  • 1928 – Dolph Schayes, American basketball player and coach (d. 2015)
  • 1929 – Helmut Braunlich, German-American violinist and composer (d. 2013)
  • 1929 – Richard Larter, Australian painter (d. 2014)
  • 1929 – John Stroger, American politician (d. 2008)
  • 1930 – Eugene Genovese, American historian and author (d. 2012)
  • 1930 – Lorraine Hansberry, American playwright and director (d. 1965)
  • 1931 – Bob Anderson, English race car driver (d. 1967)
  • 1931 – Trevor Peacock, English actor, screenwriter and songwriter (d. 2021)
  • 1932 – Alma Cogan, English singer (d. 1966)
  • 1932 – Paul Erdman, American economist and author (d. 2007)
  • 1932 – Bill Fitch, American basketball player and coach
  • 1932 – Elena Poniatowska, Mexican intellectual and journalist
  • 1933 – Edward de Bono, Maltese physician, author, and academic
  • 1934 – Ruskin Bond, Indian author and poet
  • 1934 – Jim Lehrer, American journalist and author (d. 2020)
  • 1935 – David Hartman, American journalist and television personality
  • 1937 – Pat Roach, English wrestler (d. 2004)
  • 1938 – Moisés da Costa Amaral, East Timorese politician (d. 1989)
  • 1938 – Herbie Flowers, English musician
  • 1938 – Igor Ter-Ovanesyan, Ukrainian long jumper and coach
  • 1939 – Livio Berruti, Italian sprinter
  • 1939 – James Fox, English actor
  • 1939 – Nancy Kwan, Hong Kong-American actress and makeup artist
  • 1939 – Jānis Lūsis, Latvian javelin thrower and coach (d. 2020)
  • 1939 – Dick Scobee, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (d. 1986)
  • 1940 – Jan Janssen, Dutch cyclist
  • 1940 – Mickey Newbury, American country/pop singer-songwriter (d. 2002)
  • 1941 – Nora Ephron, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2012)
  • 1941 – Igor Judge, Baron Judge, Maltese-English lawyer and judge, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales
  • 1942 – Gary Kildall, American computer scientist, founded Digital Research Inc. (d. 1994)
  • 1942 – Robert Kilroy-Silk, English television host and politician
  • 1943 – Eddie May, English footballer and manager (d. 2012)
  • 1943 – Shirrel Rhoades, American author, publisher, and academic
  • 1944 – Peter Mayhew, English-American actor (d. 2019)
  • 1945 – Pete Townshend, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1946 – Claude Lelièvre, Belgian activist
  • 1946 – Michele Placido, Italian actor and director
  • 1946 – André the Giant, French-American wrestler and actor (d. 1993)
  • 1947 – Paul Brady, Irish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
  • 1947 – Christopher Chope, English lawyer and politician
  • 1947 – David Helfgott, Australian pianist
  • 1948 – Grace Jones, Jamaican-American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
  • 1949 – Dusty Hill, American singer-songwriter and bass player
  • 1949 – Philip Hunt, Baron Hunt of Kings Heath, English politician
  • 1949 – Archie Manning, American football player
  • 1950 – Tadeusz Ślusarski, Polish pole vaulter (d. 1998)
  • 1951 – Joey Ramone, American singer-songwriter (d. 2001)
  • 1951 – Dick Slater, American wrestler
  • 1952 – Charlie Spedding, English runner
  • 1952 – Bert van Marwijk, Dutch footballer, coach, and manager
  • 1953 – Patrick Hodge, Lord Hodge, Scottish lawyer and judge
  • 1953 – Shavarsh Karapetyan, Armenian finswimmer
  • 1953 – Florin Marin, Romanian footballer and manager
  • 1953 – Victoria Wood, English actress, singer, director, and screenwriter (d. 2016)
  • 1954 – Rick Cerone, American baseball player and sportscaster
  • 1954 – Lena Einhorn, Swedish director, writer and physician[10]
  • 1954 – Hōchū Ōtsuka, Japanese voice actor
  • 1954 – Phil Rudd, Australian-New Zealand drummer
  • 1955 – James Gosling, Canadian-American computer scientist, created Java
  • 1956 – Oliver Letwin, English philosopher and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
  • 1956 – Martyn Ware, English keyboard player, songwriter, and producer
  • 1957 – Bill Laimbeer, American basketball player and coach
  • 1957 – James Reyne, Nigerian-Australian singer-songwriter
  • 1961 – Vadim Cojocaru, Moldovan politician
  • 1961 – Gregory Poirier, American director, producer, and screenwriter
  • 1961 – Wayne Van Dorp, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 1963 – Filippo Galli, Italian footballer and manager
  • 1964 – Peter Jackson, Australian rugby league player and sportscaster (d. 1997)
  • 1964 – John Lee, South Korean-American football player
  • 1964 – Miloslav Mečíř, Slovak tennis player
  • 1965 – Maile Flanagan, American actress, producer, and screenwriter
  • 1966 – Marc Bureau, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
  • 1966 – Jodi Picoult, American author and educator
  • 1966 – Polly Walker, English actress
  • 1967 – Alexia, Italian singer
  • 1967 – Geraldine Somerville, Irish-born English actress
  • 1968 – Kyle Eastwood, American actor and bass player
  • 1970 – Stuart Cable, Welsh drummer (d. 2010)
  • 1970 – K. J. Choi, South Korean golfer
  • 1970 – Regina Narva, Estonian chess player
  • 1970 – Nia Zulkarnaen, Indonesian actress, singer and producer
  • 1971 – Ross Katz, American director, producer, and screenwriter
  • 1971 – Andres Salumets, Estonian biologist, biochemist, and educator
  • 1972 – Jenny Berggren, Swedish singer-songwriter
  • 1972 – Claudia Karvan, Australian actress, producer, and screenwriter
  • 1973 – Dario Franchitti, Scottish race car driver
  • 1974 – Andrew Johns, Australian rugby league player, coach, and sportscaster
  • 1974 – Emma Shapplin, French soprano
  • 1974 – Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Indian actor
  • 1975 – Pretinha, Brazilian footballer
  • 1975 – London Fletcher, American football player
  • 1975 – Josh Paul, American baseball player and manager
  • 1975 – Jonas Renkse, Swedish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
  • 1976 – Ed Cota, American basketball player
  • 1976 – Kevin Garnett, American basketball player
  • 1977 – Manuel Almunia, Spanish footballer
  • 1977 – Wouter Hamel, Dutch singer and guitarist
  • 1977 – Brandon Inge, American baseball player
  • 1977 – Natalia Oreiro, Uruguayan singer-songwriter and actress
  • 1978 – Marcus Bent, English footballer
  • 1978 – Dave Bus, Dutch footballer
  • 1979 – Andrea Pirlo, Italian footballer
  • 1979 – Diego Forlán, Uruguayan footballer
  • 1980 – Tony Hackworth, English footballer
  • 1981 – Luciano Figueroa, Argentinian footballer
  • 1981 – Yo Gotti, American rapper
  • 1981 – Michael Leighton, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 1981 – Sina Schielke, German sprinter
  • 1981 – Klaas-Erik Zwering, Dutch swimmer
  • 1982 – Kevin Amankwaah, English footballer
  • 1982 – Pål Steffen Andresen, Norwegian footballer
  • 1982 – Klaas Vantornout, Belgian cyclist
  • 1983 – Michael Che, American comedian
  • 1983 – Jessica Fox, English actress
  • 1984 – Marcedes Lewis, American football player
  • 1985 – Aleister Black, Dutch professional wrestler
  • 1986 – Mario Chalmers, American basketball player
  • 1987 – Michael Angelakos, American singer-songwriter and producer
  • 1987 – David Edgar, Canadian soccer player
  • 1987 – Mariano Torres, Argentinian footballer
  • 1987 – Jayne Wisener, Northern Irish actress[11]
  • 1991 – Jordan Pruitt, American singer-songwriter
  • 1992 – Marshmello, American electronic music producer and DJ[12]
  • 1992 – Michele Camporese, Italian footballer
  • 1992 – Ola John, Dutch footballer
  • 1992 – Felise Kaufusi, New Zealand-Tongan rugby league player
  • 1992 – Evgeny Kuznetsov, Russian ice hockey player
  • 1992 – Sam Smith, English singer-songwriter
  • 1994 – Carlos Guzmán, Mexican footballer
  • 1995 – Taane Milne, New Zealand rugby league player
  • 2003 – Jojo Siwa, American dancer, singer, actress, and youtube personality[13]

Deaths[edit]

  • 804 – Alcuin, English monk and scholar (b. 735)
  • 956 – Robert, archbishop of Trier
  • 988 – Dunstan, English archbishop and saint (b. 909)
  • 1102 – Stephen, Count of Blois (b. 1045)
  • 1125 – Vladimir II Monomakh, Grand Duke of Kiev
  • 1164 – Saint Bashnouna, Egyptian saint and martyr
  • 1218 – Otto IV, Holy Roman Emperor
  • 1296 – Pope Celestine V (b. 1215)
  • 1303 – Saint Ivo of Kermartin, French canon lawyer (b. 1253)
  • 1319 – Louis, Count of Évreux (b. 1276)
  • 1389 – Dmitry Donskoy, Grand Prince of Muscovy (b. 1350)
  • 1396 – John I of Aragon (b. 1350)[14]
  • 1526 – Emperor Go-Kashiwabara of Japan (b. 1464)
  • 1531 – Jan Łaski, Polish archbishop and diplomat (b. 1456)
  • 1536 – Anne Boleyn, Queen of England (1533–1536); second wife of Henry VIII of England (b. c. 1501)
  • 1601 – Costanzo Porta, Italian composer (b. 1528)
  • 1609 – García Hurtado de Mendoza, 5th Marquis of Cañete (b. 1535)
  • 1610 – Thomas Sanchez, Spanish priest and theologian (b. 1550)
  • 1623 – Mariam-uz-Zamani, Empress of the Mughal Empire (b. 1542)
  • 1637 – Isaac Beeckman, Dutch scientist and philosopher (b. 1588)
  • 1715 – Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax, English poet and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1661)
  • 1786 – John Stanley, English organist and composer (b. 1712)
  • 1795 – Josiah Bartlett, American physician and politician, 4th Governor of New Hampshire (b. 1729)
  • 1795 – James Boswell, Scottish biographer (b. 1740)
  • 1798 – William Byron, 5th Baron Byron, English lieutenant and politician (b. 1722)
  • 1821 – Camille Jordan, French lawyer and politician (b. 1771)
  • 1825 – Claude Henri de Rouvroy, comte de Saint-Simon, French philosopher and theorist (b. 1760)
  • 1831 – Johann Friedrich von Eschscholtz, Estonian-German physician, botanist, and entomologist (b. 1793)
  • 1864 – Nathaniel Hawthorne, American novelist and short story writer (b. 1804)
  • 1865 – Sengge Rinchen, Mongolian general (b. 1811)
  • 1872 – John Baker, English-Australian politician, 2nd Premier of South Australia (b. 1813)
  • 1876 – Guillaume Groen van Prinsterer, Dutch historian and politician (b. 1801)
  • 1885 – Peter W. Barlow, English engineer (b. 1809)
  • 1895 – José Martí, Cuban journalist, poet, and philosopher (b. 1853)
  • 1898 – William Ewart Gladstone, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1809)
  • 1901 – Marthinus Wessel Pretorius, South African general and politician, 1st President of the South African Republic (b. 1819)
  • 1903 – Arthur Shrewsbury, English cricketer (b. 1856)
  • 1904 – Auguste Molinier, French librarian and historian (b. 1851)
  • 1904 – Jamsetji Tata, Indian businessman, founded Tata Group (b. 1839)
  • 1906 – Gabriel Dumont, Canadian Métis leader (b. 1837)
  • 1907 – Benjamin Baker, English engineer, designed the Forth Bridge (b. 1840)
  • 1912 – Bolesław Prus, Polish journalist and author (b. 1847)
  • 1915 – John Simpson Kirkpatrick, English-Australian soldier (b. 1892)
  • 1918 – Gervais Raoul Lufbery, French-American soldier and pilot (b. 1885)
  • 1935 – T. E. Lawrence, British colonel and archaeologist (b. 1888)
  • 1936 – Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall, British Islamic scholar (b. 1875)
  • 1939 – Ahmet Ağaoğlu, Azerbaijani-Turkish journalist and publicist (b. 1869)
  • 1943 – Kristjan Raud, Estonian painter and illustrator (b. 1865)
  • 1945 – Philipp Bouhler, German soldier and politician (b. 1889)
  • 1946 – Booth Tarkington, American novelist and dramatist (b. 1869)
  • 1950 – Daniel Ciugureanu, Romanian physician and politician, Prime Minister of Moldova (b. 1884)
  • 1954 – Charles Ives, American composer and educator (b. 1874)
  • 1958 – Jadunath Sarkar, Indian historian (b. 1870)
  • 1958 – Archie Scott Brown, Scottish race car driver (b. 1927)
  • 1958 – Ronald Colman, English actor (b. 1891)
  • 1963 – Walter Russell, American painter, sculptor, and author (b. 1871)
  • 1962 – Gabriele Münter, German painter (d. 1877)[15]
  • 1969 – Coleman Hawkins, American saxophonist and clarinet player (b. 1901)
  • 1971 – Ogden Nash, American poet (b. 1902)
  • 1978 – Albert Kivikas, Estonian-Swedish journalist and author (b. 1898)
  • 1980 – Joseph Schull, Canadian playwright and historian (b. 1906)
  • 1983 – Jean Rey, Belgian lawyer and politician, 2nd President of the European Commission (b. 1902)
  • 1984 – John Betjeman, English poet and academic (b. 1906)
  • 1986 – Jimmy Lyons, American saxophonist (b. 1931)
  • 1987 – James Tiptree, Jr., American psychologist and author (b. 1915)
  • 1989 – Yiannis Papaioannou, Greek composer and educator (b. 1910)
  • 1994 – Jacques Ellul, French sociologist, philosopher, and academic (b. 1912)
  • 1994 – Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, American journalist, 37th First Lady of the United States (b. 1929)
  • 1994 – Luis Ocaña, Spanish cyclist (b. 1945)
  • 1996 – John Beradino, American baseball player and actor (b. 1917)
  • 1998 – Sōsuke Uno, Japanese soldier and politician, 75th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1922)
  • 2001 – Alexey Maresyev, Russian soldier and pilot (b. 1916)
  • 2001 – Susannah McCorkle, American singer (b. 1946)
  • 2002 – John Gorton, Australian lieutenant and politician, 19th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1911)
  • 2002 – Walter Lord, American historian and author (b. 1917)
  • 2004 – Mary Dresselhuys, Dutch actress and screenwriter (b. 1907)
  • 2007 – Bernard Blaut, Polish footballer and coach (b. 1940)
  • 2007 – Dean Eyre, New Zealand politician (b. 1914)
  • 2008 – Vijay Tendulkar, Indian playwright and screenwriter (b. 1928)
  • 2009 – Robert F. Furchgott, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1916)
  • 2009 – Nicholas Maw, English composer and academic (b. 1935)
  • 2009 – Clint Smith, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1913)
  • 2011 – Garret FitzGerald, Irish lawyer and politician, 8th Taoiseach of Ireland (b. 1926)
  • 2011 – Jeffrey Catherine Jones, American artist (b.1944)
  • 2012 – Bob Boozer, American basketball player (b. 1937)
  • 2012 – Tamara Brooks, American conductor and educator (b. 1941)
  • 2012 – Ian Burgess, English race car driver (b. 1930)
  • 2012 – Gerhard Hetz, German-Mexican swimmer (b. 1942)
  • 2012 – Phil Lamason, New Zealand soldier and pilot (b. 1918)
  • 2013 – G. Sarsfield Ford, American lawyer and jurist (b. 1933)
  • 2013 – Robin Harrison, English-Canadian pianist and composer (b. 1932)
  • 2013 – Neil Reynolds, Canadian journalist and politician (b. 1940)
  • 2014 – Simon Andrews, English motorcycle racer (b. 1982)
  • 2014 – Jack Brabham, Australian race car driver (b. 1926)
  • 2014 – Terry W. Gee, American businessman and politician (b. 1940)
  • 2014 – Sam Greenlee, American author and poet (b. 1930)
  • 2014 – Vincent Harding, American historian and scholar (b. 1931)
  • 2014 – Gabriel Kolko, American historian and author (b. 1932)
  • 2014 – Zbigniew Pietrzykowski, Polish boxer (b. 1934)
  • 2015 – Bruce Lundvall, American businessman (b. 1935)
  • 2015 – Ted McWhinney, Australian-Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1924)
  • 2015 – Happy Rockefeller, American philanthropist, socialite; 31st Second Lady of the United States (b. 1926)
  • 2015 – Robert S. Wistrich, English historian, author, and academic (b. 1945)
  • 2016 – Alan Young, English-born Canadian-American actor (b. 1919)
  • 2016 – Morley Safer, Canadian-born American journalist (b. 1931)
  • 2017 – Nawshirwan Mustafa, General coordinator of the Movement for Change (Gorran) (b. 1944)
  • 2017 – Stanislav Petrov, Lt. Colonel in Soviet Air Defence Forces (b. 1939)[16]
  • 2018 – Zhengzhang Shangfang, Chinese linguist (b. 1933)

Holidays and observances[edit]

  • Christian feast day:
    • Calocerus (Eastern Orthodox Church)
    • Crispin of Viterbo
    • Dunstan (Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church; commemoration, Anglicanism)
    • Ivo of Kermartin
    • Joaquina Vedruna de Mas
    • Maria Bernarda Bütler
    • Peter Celestine
    • Pudentiana (Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church)
    • May 19 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
  • Commemoration of Atatürk, Youth and Sports Day (Turkey, Northern Cyprus)
  • Greek Genocide Remembrance Day (Greece)
  • Hồ Chí Minh's Birthday (Vietnam)
  • Malcolm X Day (United States of America)
  • National Asian & Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (United States)
  • Hepatitis Testing Day (United States)
  • Mother's Day (Kyrgyzstan)

References[edit]

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  2. ^ William Mendel Newman (1929). The Kings, the Court, and the Royal Power in France in the Eleventh Century. H. Cléder. p. 23.
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  6. ^ Anne Commire; Deborah Klezmer (2000). Women in World History: Harr-I. Yorkin Publications. p. 178. ISBN 978-0-7876-4066-8.
  7. ^ John Denison Champlin; Charles Callahan Perkins (1969). Cyclopedia of painters and paintings. Kennikat Press. p. 368.
  8. ^ The Universal Scots Almanack: For the Year 1790, ... John Robertson, and sold by all the booksellers. 1790. p. 113.
  9. ^ Berger, Joseph (2012-02-29). "Dr. Tina Strobos, Who Harbored Jews From the Nazis, Dies at 91". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2018-04-22.
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  16. ^ Myre, Greg (September 18, 2017). "Stanislav Petrov, 'The Man Who Saved The World,' Dies At 77". NPR. Retrieved October 27, 2020.

External links[edit]

  • BBC: On This Day
  • The New York Times: On This Day
  • Historical Events on May 19
  • Today in Canadian History