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This day in history: 19 May

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373 historical events, births and deaths are listed for 19 May.
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2024: A helicopter crash in Iran leaves 8 people dead, including the country's president Ebrahim Raisi & foreign minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian.

Holidays and observances

Christian feast day: Blessed Umiliana de' Cerchi

Christian feast day: Calocerus (Eastern Orthodox Church)

Christian feast day: Crispin of Viterbo

Christian feast day: Dunstan (Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church; commemoration, Anglicanism)

Christian feast day: Ivo of Kermartin

Christian feast day: Joaquina Vedruna de Mas

Christian feast day: Maria Bernarda Bütler

Christian feast day: May 19 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Christian feast day: Peter Celestine

Christian feast day: Pudentiana (Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church)

Commemoration of Atatürk, Youth and Sports Day (Turkey, Northern Cyprus)

Hepatitis Testing Day (United States)

Events

2024A helicopter crash in Iran leaves 8 people dead, including the country's president Ebrahim Raisi & foreign minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian.

2018The wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle is held at St George's Chapel, Windsor, with an estimated global audience of 1.9 billion.

2016EgyptAir Flight 804 crashes into the Mediterranean Sea while traveling from Paris to Cairo, killing all on board.

2015The Refugio oil spill deposited 142,800 U.S. gallons (3,400 barrels) of crude oil onto an area in California considered one of the most biologically diverse coastlines of the west coast.

2012A car bomb explodes near a military complex in the Syrian city of Deir ez-Zor, killing nine people.

2012Three gas cylinder bombs explode in front of a vocational school in the Italian city of Brindisi, killing one person and injuring five others.

2010The Royal Thai Armed Forces concludes its crackdown on protests by forcing the surrender of United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship leaders.

2007A mass shooting starts in Moscow, Idaho, which would leave 3 non-shooters dead and 3 more injured, before the shooter committed suicide the next day.

2007President of Romania Traian Băsescu survives an impeachment referendum and returns to office from suspension.

2000Space Shuttle program: Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched on mission STS-101 to resupply the International Space Station.

1997The Sierra Gorda biosphere, the most ecologically diverse region in Mexico, is established as a result of grassroots efforts.

1996Space Shuttle program: Space Shuttle Endeavour is launched on mission STS-77.

1993SAM Colombia Flight 501 crashes on approach to José María Córdova International Airport in Medellín, Colombia, killing 132.

1991Croatians vote for independence in a referendum.

1986The Firearm Owners Protection Act is signed into law by U.S. President Ronald Reagan.

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

1963The New York Post Sunday Magazine publishes Martin Luther King Jr.'s Letter from Birmingham Jail.

1962A birthday salute to U.S. President John F. Kennedy takes place at Madison Square Garden, New York City. The highlight is Marilyn Monroe's rendition of "Happy Birthday".

1961At Silchar Railway Station, Assam, 11 Bengalis die when police open fire on protesters demanding state recognition of Bengali language in the Bengali Language Movement.

1961Venera 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).

1959The North Vietnamese Army establishes Group 559, whose responsibility is to determine how to maintain supply lines to South Vietnam; the resulting route is the Ho Chi Minh trail.

1950A barge containing munitions destined for Pakistan explodes in the harbor at South Amboy, New Jersey, devastating the city.

1945Syrian demonstrators in Damascus are fired upon by French troops injuring twelve, leading to the Levant Crisis.

1943Winston Churchill's second wartime address to the U.S. Congress

1942World War II: In the aftermath of the Battle of the Coral Sea, Task Force 16 heads to Pearl Harbor for repairs.

1934Zveno and the Bulgarian Army engineer a coup d'état and install Kimon Georgiev as the new Prime Minister of Bulgaria.

1933Finnish cavalry general C. G. E. Mannerheim is appointed the field marshal.

1922The Young Pioneer Organization of the Soviet Union is established.

1921The United States Congress passes the Emergency Quota Act establishing national quotas on immigration.

1919Mustafa Kemal Atatürk lands at Samsun on the Anatolian Black Sea coast, initiating what is later termed the Turkish War of Independence.

1917The Norwegian football club Rosenborg BK is founded.

1911Parks Canada, the world's first national park service, is established as the Dominion Parks Branch under the Department of the Interior.

1900Great Britain annexes Tonga Island.

1900Second Boer War: British troops relieve Mafeking.

1883Buffalo Bill's first Buffalo Bill's Wild West opens in Omaha, Nebraska.

1848Mexican–American War: Mexico ratifies the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, thus ending the war and ceding California, Nevada, Utah and parts of four other modern-day U.S. states to the United States for US$15 million.

1845Captain Sir John Franklin and his ill-fated Arctic expedition depart from Greenhithe, England.

1828U.S. President John Quincy Adams signs the Tariff of 1828 into law, sparking outrage in the South and leading to the Nullification crisis.

1802Napoleon Bonaparte founds the Legion of Honour.

1798Napoleon Bonaparte and his expedition force leave France to invade Egypt.

Born on this day

2003Jojo Siwa, American dancer, singer, actress, and YouTube personality

2002Rafa Marín, Spanish footballer

2002Riccardo Calafiori, Italian footballer

2001Elizabeth Mandlik, American tennis player

1996Michael Carcone, Canadian ice hockey player

1995Taane Milne, New Zealand rugby league player

1994Carlos Guzmán, Mexican footballer

1992Evgeny Kuznetsov, Russian ice hockey player

1992Felise Kaufusi, New Zealand-Tongan rugby league player

1992Heather Watson, British tennis player

1992Lainey Wilson, American singer-songwriter

1992Marshmello, American electronic music producer and DJ

1992Michele Camporese, Italian footballer

1992Ola John, Dutch footballer

1992Sam Smith, English singer-songwriter

1991Jordan Pruitt, American singer-songwriter

1987David Edgar, Canadian soccer player

1987Mariano Torres, Argentinian footballer

1987Michael Angelakos, American singer-songwriter and producer

1986Mario Chalmers, American basketball player

1985Malakai Black, Dutch professional wrestler

1984Marcedes Lewis, American football player

1983Jessica Fox, English actress

1983Michael Che, American comedian

1982Kevin Amankwaah, English footballer

1982Klaas Vantornout, Belgian cyclist

1982Pål Steffen Andresen, Norwegian footballer

1981Klaas-Erik Zwering, Dutch swimmer

1981Luciano Figueroa, Argentinian footballer

1981Michael Leighton, Canadian ice hockey player

1981Sina Schielke, German sprinter

1981Yo Gotti, American rapper

1980Tony Hackworth, English footballer

1979Andrea Pirlo, Italian footballer

1979Diego Forlán, Uruguayan footballer

1979Shooter Jennings, American country singer, songwriter

1978Dave Bus, Dutch footballer

1978Marcus Bent, English footballer

1977Brandon Inge, American baseball player

1977Manuel Almunia, Spanish footballer

Died on this day

2024Christian Malanga, Congolese politician, businessman and military officer (born 1983)

2024Victims in the 2024 Varzaqan helicopter crash:

2023Andy Rourke, English bassist (born 1964)

2021Paul Mooney, American comedian (born 1941)

2018Zhengzhang Shangfang, Chinese linguist (born 1933)

2017Nawshirwan Mustafa, General coordinator of the Movement for Change (Gorran) (born 1944)

2017Stanislav Petrov, Lt. Colonel in Soviet Air Defence Forces (born 1939)

2016Alan Young, English-born Canadian-American actor (born 1919)

2016Morley Safer, Canadian-born American journalist (born 1931)

2015Bruce Lundvall, American businessman (born 1935)

2015Happy Rockefeller, American philanthropist, socialite; 31st Second Lady of the United States (born 1926)

2015Robert S. Wistrich, English historian, author, and academic (born 1945)

2015Ted McWhinney, Australian-Canadian lawyer and politician (born 1924)

2014Gabriel Kolko, American historian and author (born 1932)

2014Jack Brabham, Australian race car driver (born 1926)

2014Sam Greenlee, American author and poet (born 1930)

2014Simon Andrews, English motorcycle racer (born 1982)

2014Vincent Harding, American historian and scholar (born 1931)

2014Zbigniew Pietrzykowski, Polish boxer (born 1934)

2013G. Sarsfield Ford, American lawyer and jurist (born 1933)

2013Neil Reynolds, Canadian journalist and politician (born 1940)

2013Robin Harrison, English-Canadian pianist and composer (born 1932)

2012Bob Boozer, American basketball player (born 1937)

2012Gerhard Hetz, German-Mexican swimmer (born 1942)

2012Ian Burgess, English race car driver (born 1930)

2012Phil Lamason, New Zealand soldier and pilot (born 1918)

2012Tamara Brooks, American conductor and educator (born 1941)

2011Garret FitzGerald, Irish lawyer and politician, 8th Taoiseach of Ireland (born 1926)

2011Jeffrey Catherine Jones, American artist (born 1944)

2009Clint Smith, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1913)

Quote of the day

“Do you have the patience to wait till your mud settles and the water is clear?”

Lao Tzu

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