May 19
1536 - Anne Boleyn, the second wife of England's King Henry VIII, was beheaded.
1588 - The 130-ship strong Spanish Armada set sail for England. (It was defeated in August.)
1643 - The colonies of Massachusetts Bay, Plymouth, Connecticut and New Harbor met to form the New England Confederation.
1780 - A mysterious darkness enveloped much of New England and part of Canada in the early afternoon.
1913 - California Gov. Hiram Johnson signed the Webb-Hartley Law prohibiting “aliens ineligible to citizenship” from owning farm land, a measure targeting Asian immigrants, particularly Japanese.
1920 - Ten people were killed in a gun battle between coal miners, who were led by a local police chief, and a group of private security guards hired to evict them for joining a union in Matewan, a small “company town” in West Virginia.
1921- Congress passed and President Warren G. Harding signed, the Emergency Quota Act, which established national quotas for immigrants.
1935 - British author and soldier, T.E. Lawrence, also known as "Lawrence of Arabia," died from injuries sustained in a motorcycle crash.
1943 - In his second wartime address to the U.S. Congress, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill pledged his country’s full support in the fight against Japan; that evening, Churchill met with President Franklin D. Roosevelt at the White House, where the two leaders agreed on May 1, 1944 as the date for the D-Day invasion of France (the operation ended up being launched more than a month later).
1962 - Marilyn Monroe performed her iconic rendition of "Happy Birthday" for President John F. Kennedy during a Democratic Party fundraiser at Madison Square Garden.
1967 - The Soviet Union ratified a treaty with the United States and Britain, banning nuclear and other weapons from outer space as well as celestial bodies such as the moon. (The treaty entered into force in October 1967.)
1993 - The Clinton White House set off a political storm by abruptly firing the entire staff of its travel office; five of the seven staffers were later reinstated and assigned to other duties.
1994 - Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, wife of President John F. Kennedy, died in New York City at age 64.
2003 - WorldCom Inc. agreed to pay investors $500 million to settle civil fraud charges.
2018 - Britain’s Prince Harry wed American actress Meghan Markle in a service that reflected Harry’s royal heritage and his bride’s biracial roots, as well as their shared commitment to put a more diverse, modern face on the monarchy.
2018 - First lady Melania Trump returned to the white House following a weeklong hospitalization for kidney treatment.
2020 - A Trump administration policy of quickly expelling most migrants stopped along the border because of the COVID-19 pandemic was indefinitely extended.
Birthdays
22 - Nolan Lyons (actor)
24 - Erin Thumann (model)
31 - Eleanor Tomlinson (actress)
31 - Sam Smith (singer)
31 - Lainey Wilson (singer)
32 - Mali-koa Hood (singer)
32 - Lindsey Pelas (model)
37 - Eric Lloyd (actor)
38 - Aleister Black (professional wrestler)
40 - Michael Che (actor/comedian)
43 - Drew Fuller (actor)
44 - Shooter Jennings (singer)
45 - Kim Zolciak (reality star)
47 - Kevin Garnett (basketball player)
51 - Jenny Berggren (singer)
53 - Jason Gray-Stanford (actor)
57 - Polly Walker (actress)
63 - Toni Lewis (actress)
67 - Steven Ford (actor)
72 - Grace Jones (singer/actress)
74 - Archie Manning (football player)
78 - Pete Townshend (singer)
84 - Nancy Kwan (actress)
84 - James Fox (actor)
88 - David Hartman (TV personality)
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Today in Sports History - May 19
1910 - Cy Young of the Cleveland Indians recorded his 500th pitching victory.
1912 - American League president Ban Johnson told the Detroit Tigers that if they continued to protest Ty Cobb suspension they would be banned from baseball.
1935 - The National Football League (NFL) adopted an annual college draft to begin in 1936.
1962 - Stan Musial set the National League hit record when he got his 3,431st hit, breaking the old mark held by Honus Wagner.
1974 - The Philadelphia Flyers became the first expansion team to win the Stanley Cup after defeating the Boston Bruins.
1984 - The Edmonton Oilers won their first Stanley Cup, defeating the New York Islanders.
1988 - The Boston Red Sox retired Bobby Doerr's #1.
2002 - Roger Clemens (New York Yankees) got his 287th win. He tied for 22nd place on the all-time victory list.
1536 - Anne Boleyn, the second wife of England's King Henry VIII, was beheaded.
1588 - The 130-ship strong Spanish Armada set sail for England. (It was defeated in August.)
1643 - The colonies of Massachusetts Bay, Plymouth, Connecticut and New Harbor met to form the New England Confederation.
1780 - A mysterious darkness enveloped much of New England and part of Canada in the early afternoon.
1913 - California Gov. Hiram Johnson signed the Webb-Hartley Law prohibiting “aliens ineligible to citizenship” from owning farm land, a measure targeting Asian immigrants, particularly Japanese.
1920 - Ten people were killed in a gun battle between coal miners, who were led by a local police chief, and a group of private security guards hired to evict them for joining a union in Matewan, a small “company town” in West Virginia.
1921- Congress passed and President Warren G. Harding signed, the Emergency Quota Act, which established national quotas for immigrants.
1935 - British author and soldier, T.E. Lawrence, also known as "Lawrence of Arabia," died from injuries sustained in a motorcycle crash.
1943 - In his second wartime address to the U.S. Congress, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill pledged his country’s full support in the fight against Japan; that evening, Churchill met with President Franklin D. Roosevelt at the White House, where the two leaders agreed on May 1, 1944 as the date for the D-Day invasion of France (the operation ended up being launched more than a month later).
1962 - Marilyn Monroe performed her iconic rendition of "Happy Birthday" for President John F. Kennedy during a Democratic Party fundraiser at Madison Square Garden.
1967 - The Soviet Union ratified a treaty with the United States and Britain, banning nuclear and other weapons from outer space as well as celestial bodies such as the moon. (The treaty entered into force in October 1967.)
1993 - The Clinton White House set off a political storm by abruptly firing the entire staff of its travel office; five of the seven staffers were later reinstated and assigned to other duties.
1994 - Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, wife of President John F. Kennedy, died in New York City at age 64.
2003 - WorldCom Inc. agreed to pay investors $500 million to settle civil fraud charges.
2018 - Britain’s Prince Harry wed American actress Meghan Markle in a service that reflected Harry’s royal heritage and his bride’s biracial roots, as well as their shared commitment to put a more diverse, modern face on the monarchy.
2018 - First lady Melania Trump returned to the white House following a weeklong hospitalization for kidney treatment.
2020 - A Trump administration policy of quickly expelling most migrants stopped along the border because of the COVID-19 pandemic was indefinitely extended.
Birthdays
22 - Nolan Lyons (actor)
24 - Erin Thumann (model)
31 - Eleanor Tomlinson (actress)
31 - Sam Smith (singer)
31 - Lainey Wilson (singer)
32 - Mali-koa Hood (singer)
32 - Lindsey Pelas (model)
37 - Eric Lloyd (actor)
38 - Aleister Black (professional wrestler)
40 - Michael Che (actor/comedian)
43 - Drew Fuller (actor)
44 - Shooter Jennings (singer)
45 - Kim Zolciak (reality star)
47 - Kevin Garnett (basketball player)
51 - Jenny Berggren (singer)
53 - Jason Gray-Stanford (actor)
57 - Polly Walker (actress)
63 - Toni Lewis (actress)
67 - Steven Ford (actor)
72 - Grace Jones (singer/actress)
74 - Archie Manning (football player)
78 - Pete Townshend (singer)
84 - Nancy Kwan (actress)
84 - James Fox (actor)
88 - David Hartman (TV personality)
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Today in Sports History - May 19
1910 - Cy Young of the Cleveland Indians recorded his 500th pitching victory.
1912 - American League president Ban Johnson told the Detroit Tigers that if they continued to protest Ty Cobb suspension they would be banned from baseball.
1935 - The National Football League (NFL) adopted an annual college draft to begin in 1936.
1962 - Stan Musial set the National League hit record when he got his 3,431st hit, breaking the old mark held by Honus Wagner.
1974 - The Philadelphia Flyers became the first expansion team to win the Stanley Cup after defeating the Boston Bruins.
1984 - The Edmonton Oilers won their first Stanley Cup, defeating the New York Islanders.
1988 - The Boston Red Sox retired Bobby Doerr's #1.
2002 - Roger Clemens (New York Yankees) got his 287th win. He tied for 22nd place on the all-time victory list.
