Today in History
19 May
203 births · 114 deaths · 58 events recorded
Notable Births
All 203 ›
JoJo Siwa
b. 2003
American singer and dancer (born 2003)
Riccardo Calafiori
b. 2002
Italian footballer (born 2002)
Claudia Karvan
b. 1972
Australian actress (born 1972)
Grace Jones
b. 1948
Jamaican singer, actress and model (born 1948)
Elena Poniatowska
b. 1932
Mexican journalist and author (b. 1932)
Pol Pot
b. 1925
Cambodian communist leader (1925–1998)
Malcolm X
b. 1925
American civil rights activist (1925–1965)
Abraham Pais
b. 1918
Dutch-American physicist and science historian
Notable Deaths
All 114 ›
Christian Malanga
d. 2024
Congolese politician and military officer (1983–2024)
Hossein Amir-Abdollahian
d. 2024
Iranian politician (1964–2024)
Ebrahim Raisi
d. 2024
President of Iran from 2021 to 2024
Andy Rourke
d. 2023
English musician (1964–2023)
Paul Mooney (comedian)
d. 2021
American writer and entertainer (1941–2021)
Coleman Hawkins
d. 1969
American jazz saxophonist (1904–1969)
José Martí
d. 1895
Cuban national hero (1853–1895)
Anne Boleyn
d. 1536
Queen of England from 1533 to 1536
On This Day in History
All 58 ›
2024
A helicopter crash in Iran leaves 8 people dead, including the country's president Ebrahim Raisi & foreign minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian.
2024 Varzaqan helicopter crash
2018
The wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle is held at St George's Chapel, Windsor, with an estimated global audience of 1.9 billion.
Wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle
2016
EgyptAir Flight 804 crashes into the Mediterranean Sea while traveling from Paris to Cairo, killing all on board.
EgyptAir Flight 804
2015
The 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.
Refugio oil spill
2012
Three gas cylinder bombs explode in front of a vocational school in the Italian city of Brindisi, killing one person and injuring five others.
Brindisi school bombing
2012
A car bomb explodes near a military complex in the Syrian city of Deir ez-Zor, killing nine people.
2012 Deir ez-Zor bombing
2010
The Royal Thai Armed Forces concludes its crackdown on protests by forcing the surrender of United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship leaders.
Royal Thai Armed Forces
2007
President of Romania Traian Băsescu survives an impeachment referendum and returns to office from suspension.
President of Romania