May 19
1536 - Anne Boleyn, the second wife of King Henry VIII, was beheaded after being convicted of adultery.
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.
1864 - American author Nathaniel Hawthorne, 59, died in Plymouth, New Hampshire.
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 the Emergency Quota Act, establishing national quotas for immigrants.
1928 - The first annual Calaveras County "Frog Jumping Jubilee" was held in Angel's Camp, California.
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 sang her iconic rendition of "Happy Birthday" to President John F. Kennedy during a fundraiser at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
1967 - The Soviet Union ratified a treaty with Britain and the United States banning nuclear weapons from outer space.
1981 - Five British soldiers were killed by an Irish Republican Army land mine in County Armagh, Northern Ireland.
1992 - Mary Jo Buttafuoco was shot and seriously wounded in Massapequa, New York, by her husband Joey's teenage lover, Amy Fisher.
1992 - The 27th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which prohibited Congress from giving itself midterm pay raises, went into effect.
1993 - The Clinton administration set off a political firestorm by abruptly firing the entire staff of its travel office; five of the seven staffers were later reinstated and assigned to other duties.
1994 - Former first lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis died in New York City at age 64.
2001 - Apple Inc. opened its first retail stores, in Tysons Corner, Virginia and Glendale, California.
2003 - WorldCom Inc. agreed to pay investors $500 million to settle civil fraud charges.
2004 - Specialist Jeremy C. Sivits received a year in prison and a bad conduct discharge in the first court-martial stemming from abuse of Iraqis at the Abu Ghraib prison.
2005 - "Revenge of the Sith," the final chapter of the Star Wars prequel saga, opened in movie theaters.
2011 - Katie Couric, the first regular solo anchorwoman of a network evening newscast, signed off the "CBS Evening News" for the last time after five years.
2011 - President Barack Obama for the first time endorsed the Palestinians’ demand that their eventual state be based on borders that existed before the 1967 Middle East war, a position that put him sharply at odds with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
2016 - An EgyptAir jetliner en route from Paris to Cairo with 66 people aboard swerved wildly in flight before crashing into the Mediterranean Sea, killing all on board.
2019 - The final episode of "Game of Thrones" aired on HBO, with a record-setting number of viewers.
Birthdays
20 - Nolan Lyons (actor)
22 - Erin Thumann (model)
29 - Sam Smith (singer)
29 - Eleanor Tomlinson (actress)
30 - Mali-koa Hood (singer)
35 - Eric Lloyd (actor)
38 - Michael Che (actor/comedian)
39 - Erika Jordan (TV host)
41 - Drew Fuller (actor)
42 - Shooter Jennings (singer)
43 - Kim Zolciak Biermann (reality star)
45 - Kevin Garnett (basketball player)
49 - Jenny Berggren (singer)
50 - Israel Houghton (singer)
51 - Jason Gray-Stanford (actor)
55 - Polly Walker (actress)
61 - Toni Lewis (actress)
65 - Steven Ford (actor)
67 - Phil Rudd (musician)
70 - Grace Jones (singer/actress)
72 - Archie Manning (football player)
76 - Pete Townshend (singer)
82 - Nancy Kwan (actress)
82 - James Fox (actor)
86 - David Hartman (TV personality)
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Today in Sports History - May 19
1910 - Cy Young of the Cleveland Indians record his 500th career win.
1912 - American League president Ban Johnson told the Detroit Tigers that if they continued to protest Ty Cobb's 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.
1974 - The Philadelphia Flyers became the first post-1967 expansion team to win the Stanley Cup, defeating the Boston Bruins in six games.
1984 - The Edmonton Oilers defeated the New York Islanders in five games to win the Stanley Cup.
1988 - The Boston Red Sox retired Bobby Doerr's #1.
1991 - Willy T. Ribbs became the first black driver to make the Indianapolis 500.
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 King Henry VIII, was beheaded after being convicted of adultery.
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.
1864 - American author Nathaniel Hawthorne, 59, died in Plymouth, New Hampshire.
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 the Emergency Quota Act, establishing national quotas for immigrants.
1928 - The first annual Calaveras County "Frog Jumping Jubilee" was held in Angel's Camp, California.
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 sang her iconic rendition of "Happy Birthday" to President John F. Kennedy during a fundraiser at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
1967 - The Soviet Union ratified a treaty with Britain and the United States banning nuclear weapons from outer space.
1981 - Five British soldiers were killed by an Irish Republican Army land mine in County Armagh, Northern Ireland.
1992 - Mary Jo Buttafuoco was shot and seriously wounded in Massapequa, New York, by her husband Joey's teenage lover, Amy Fisher.
1992 - The 27th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which prohibited Congress from giving itself midterm pay raises, went into effect.
1993 - The Clinton administration set off a political firestorm by abruptly firing the entire staff of its travel office; five of the seven staffers were later reinstated and assigned to other duties.
1994 - Former first lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis died in New York City at age 64.
2001 - Apple Inc. opened its first retail stores, in Tysons Corner, Virginia and Glendale, California.
2003 - WorldCom Inc. agreed to pay investors $500 million to settle civil fraud charges.
2004 - Specialist Jeremy C. Sivits received a year in prison and a bad conduct discharge in the first court-martial stemming from abuse of Iraqis at the Abu Ghraib prison.
2005 - "Revenge of the Sith," the final chapter of the Star Wars prequel saga, opened in movie theaters.
2011 - Katie Couric, the first regular solo anchorwoman of a network evening newscast, signed off the "CBS Evening News" for the last time after five years.
2011 - President Barack Obama for the first time endorsed the Palestinians’ demand that their eventual state be based on borders that existed before the 1967 Middle East war, a position that put him sharply at odds with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
2016 - An EgyptAir jetliner en route from Paris to Cairo with 66 people aboard swerved wildly in flight before crashing into the Mediterranean Sea, killing all on board.
2019 - The final episode of "Game of Thrones" aired on HBO, with a record-setting number of viewers.
Birthdays
20 - Nolan Lyons (actor)
22 - Erin Thumann (model)
29 - Sam Smith (singer)
29 - Eleanor Tomlinson (actress)
30 - Mali-koa Hood (singer)
35 - Eric Lloyd (actor)
38 - Michael Che (actor/comedian)
39 - Erika Jordan (TV host)
41 - Drew Fuller (actor)
42 - Shooter Jennings (singer)
43 - Kim Zolciak Biermann (reality star)
45 - Kevin Garnett (basketball player)
49 - Jenny Berggren (singer)
50 - Israel Houghton (singer)
51 - Jason Gray-Stanford (actor)
55 - Polly Walker (actress)
61 - Toni Lewis (actress)
65 - Steven Ford (actor)
67 - Phil Rudd (musician)
70 - Grace Jones (singer/actress)
72 - Archie Manning (football player)
76 - Pete Townshend (singer)
82 - Nancy Kwan (actress)
82 - James Fox (actor)
86 - David Hartman (TV personality)
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Today in Sports History - May 19
1910 - Cy Young of the Cleveland Indians record his 500th career win.
1912 - American League president Ban Johnson told the Detroit Tigers that if they continued to protest Ty Cobb's 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.
1974 - The Philadelphia Flyers became the first post-1967 expansion team to win the Stanley Cup, defeating the Boston Bruins in six games.
1984 - The Edmonton Oilers defeated the New York Islanders in five games to win the Stanley Cup.
1988 - The Boston Red Sox retired Bobby Doerr's #1.
1991 - Willy T. Ribbs became the first black driver to make the Indianapolis 500.
2002 - Roger Clemens (New York Yankees) got his 287th win. He tied for 22nd place on the all-time victory list.
