19 May
Notable Births
JoJo Siwa
b. 2003
American singer and dancer (born 2003)
Riccardo Calafiori
b. 2002
Italian footballer (born 2002)
Elizabeth Mandlik
b. 2001
American tennis player
Michael Carcone
b. 1996
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1996)
Taane Milne
b. 1995
Fiji international rugby league footballer
Carlos Guzmán
b. 1994
Mexican footballer (born 1994)
Michele Camporese
b. 1992
Italian footballer
Ola John
b. 1992
Dutch association football player
Felise Kaufusi
b. 1992
Australia and Tonga international rugby league footballer
Evgeny Kuznetsov
b. 1992
Russian ice hockey player (born 1992)
Marshmello
b. 1992
American DJ (born 1992)
Sam Smith
b. 1992
English singer and songwriter (born 1992)
Heather Watson
b. 1992
British tennis player (born 1992)
Lainey Wilson
b. 1992
American country singer (born 1992)
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
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)
Nawshirwan Mustafa
d. 2017
Iraqi Kurdish politician
Stanislav Petrov
d. 2017
Soviet Air Defence Forces officer (1939–2017)
Alan Young
d. 2016
British actor (1919–2016)
Morley Safer
d. 2016
Canadian-American reporter and correspondent (1931–2016)
Happy Rockefeller
d. 2015
Second Lady of the United States from 1974 to 1977
Robert S. Wistrich
d. 2015
Professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (1945–2015)
Simon Andrews (motorcyclist)
d. 2014
British motorcycle racer
Jack Brabham
d. 2014
Australian racing driver and motorsport executive (1926–2014)
Vincent Harding
d. 2014
American historian and pastor
Zbigniew Pietrzykowski
d. 2014
Polish boxer (1934–2014)
Bob Boozer
d. 2012
American basketball player (1937–2012)
Gerhard Hetz
d. 2012
German swimmer (1942–2012)
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
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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.
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
2007
A 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.
2007 Moscow, Idaho, shooting
2000
Space Shuttle program: Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched on mission STS-101 to resupply the International Space Station.
Space Shuttle Atlantis
1997
The Sierra Gorda biosphere, the most ecologically diverse region in Mexico, is established as a result of grassroots efforts.
Sierra Gorda
1996
Space Shuttle program: Space Shuttle Endeavour is launched on mission STS-77.
Space Shuttle program
1993
SAM Colombia Flight 501 crashes on approach to José María Córdova International Airport in Medellín, Colombia, killing 132.
SAM Colombia Flight 501
1991
Croatians vote for independence in a referendum.
Croatia
1986
The Firearm Owners Protection Act is signed into law by U.S. President Ronald Reagan.
Firearm Owners Protection Act
1971
Mars probe program: Mars 2 is launched by the Soviet Union.
Soviet Mars program
1963
The New York Post Sunday Magazine publishes Martin Luther King Jr.'s Letter from Birmingham Jail.
Martin Luther King Jr.
1962
A 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".
John F. Kennedy
1961
Venera 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).
Venera program
1961
At Silchar Railway Station, Assam, 11 Bengalis die when police open fire on protesters demanding state recognition of Bengali language in the Bengali Language Movement.
Silchar