May 19
1536 - Anne Boleyn, the second wife of England's 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 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 the Emergency Quota Act, establishing 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 sang her iconic rendition of "Happy Birthday" to President John F. Kennedy at New York City's Madison Square Garden.
1967 - The Soviet Union ratified a treaty with the United States and Britain banning nuclear weapons from outer space.
1992 - The 27th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which prohibited Congress from giving itself midterm pay raises, went into effect.
1992 - Mary Jo Buttafuoco was shot and seriously wounded in Massapequa, New York, by her husband Joey's teenage lover, Amy Fisher.
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 - 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 prequel trilogy in the Star Wars saga, opened in 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.
2017 - Sweden dropped a rape investigation of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who remained holed up in Ecuador’s embassy in London to avoid arrest and possible extradition to the United States to face charges stemming from the publication of thousands of pages of classified documents.
2017 - Former U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner, D-N.Y., whose penchant for sexting strangers ended his political career, pleaded guilty in Manhattan to a sex charge, tearfully apologizing for communications with a 15-year-old girl. (Weiner received a 21-month prison sentence.)
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.
2020 - A Trump administration policy of quickly expelling most migrants stopped along the border because of the COVID-19 pandemic was indefinitely extended.
2021 - The House voted to create an independent commission on the deadly Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, sending the legislation to the Senate. (Senate Republicans would block creation of the panel.)
Birthdays
21 - Nolan Lyons (actor)
23 - Erin Thumann (model)
27 - Scarlet Vas (actress)
30 - Eleanor Tomlinson (actress)
30 - Sam Smith (singer)
31 - Lindsey Pelas (model)
31 - Mali-koa Hood (singer)
36 - Eric Lloyd (actor)
37 - Aleister Black (professional wrestler)
39 - Michael Che (actor/comedian)
42 - Drew Fuller (actor)
43 - Shooter Jennings (singer)
44 - Kim Zolciak (TV personality)
46 - Kevin Garnett (basketball player)
50 - Jenny Berggren (singer)
52 - Jason Gray-Stanford (actor)
56 - Polly Walker (actress)
62 - Toni Lewis (actress)
66 - Steven Ford (actor)
68 - Phil Rudd (musician)
71 - Grace Jones (singer/actress)
73 - Archie Manning (football player)
77 - Pete Townshend (singer)
83 - Nancy Kwan (actress)
83 - James Fox (actor)
87 - David Hartman (TV personality)
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Today in Sports History - May 19
1910 - Cy Young (Cleveland Indians) got his 500th win.
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.
1974 - The Philadelphia Flyers became the first post-'67 expansion team to win the Stanley Cup.
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.
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 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 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 the Emergency Quota Act, establishing 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 sang her iconic rendition of "Happy Birthday" to President John F. Kennedy at New York City's Madison Square Garden.
1967 - The Soviet Union ratified a treaty with the United States and Britain banning nuclear weapons from outer space.
1992 - The 27th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which prohibited Congress from giving itself midterm pay raises, went into effect.
1992 - Mary Jo Buttafuoco was shot and seriously wounded in Massapequa, New York, by her husband Joey's teenage lover, Amy Fisher.
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 - 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 prequel trilogy in the Star Wars saga, opened in 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.
2017 - Sweden dropped a rape investigation of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who remained holed up in Ecuador’s embassy in London to avoid arrest and possible extradition to the United States to face charges stemming from the publication of thousands of pages of classified documents.
2017 - Former U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner, D-N.Y., whose penchant for sexting strangers ended his political career, pleaded guilty in Manhattan to a sex charge, tearfully apologizing for communications with a 15-year-old girl. (Weiner received a 21-month prison sentence.)
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.
2020 - A Trump administration policy of quickly expelling most migrants stopped along the border because of the COVID-19 pandemic was indefinitely extended.
2021 - The House voted to create an independent commission on the deadly Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, sending the legislation to the Senate. (Senate Republicans would block creation of the panel.)
Birthdays
21 - Nolan Lyons (actor)
23 - Erin Thumann (model)
27 - Scarlet Vas (actress)
30 - Eleanor Tomlinson (actress)
30 - Sam Smith (singer)
31 - Lindsey Pelas (model)
31 - Mali-koa Hood (singer)
36 - Eric Lloyd (actor)
37 - Aleister Black (professional wrestler)
39 - Michael Che (actor/comedian)
42 - Drew Fuller (actor)
43 - Shooter Jennings (singer)
44 - Kim Zolciak (TV personality)
46 - Kevin Garnett (basketball player)
50 - Jenny Berggren (singer)
52 - Jason Gray-Stanford (actor)
56 - Polly Walker (actress)
62 - Toni Lewis (actress)
66 - Steven Ford (actor)
68 - Phil Rudd (musician)
71 - Grace Jones (singer/actress)
73 - Archie Manning (football player)
77 - Pete Townshend (singer)
83 - Nancy Kwan (actress)
83 - James Fox (actor)
87 - David Hartman (TV personality)
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Today in Sports History - May 19
1910 - Cy Young (Cleveland Indians) got his 500th win.
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.
1974 - The Philadelphia Flyers became the first post-'67 expansion team to win the Stanley Cup.
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.
2002 - Roger Clemens (New York Yankees) got his 287th win. He tied for 22nd place on the all-time victory list.
