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| Birthday May 19, 1795 John Hopkins, Philanthropist |
| Birthday May 19, 1890 Ho Chi Minh, trail blazer |
| Birthday May 19, 1925 Malcolm X, Muslim |
| Birthday May 19, 1935 David Hartman, TV personality |
| Birthday May 19, 1941 Nora Ephron, NY, writer |
| Birthday May 19, 1947 Glenn Close, Actress |
| Birthday May 19, 1952 Grace Jones, in Jamaica, singer |
| History May 19, 1536 Anne Boleyn Executed |
| History May 19, 1588 Spanish Armada sets sail |
| History May 19, 1715 The early years of species protection |
| History May 19, 1749 Ohio Company chartered |
| History May 19, 1749 George II grants charter to Ohio Company to settle Ohio Valley |
| History May 19, 1780 About midday - near-total darkness descends on much of New England |
| History May 19, 1795 New Hampshire Patriot Josiah Bartlett dies |
| History May 19, 1836 Cynthia Ann Parker is kidnapped |
| History May 19, 1856 Sen Charles Sumner - Mass - spoke out against proslavery people |
| History May 19, 1862 Homestead Act becomes law |
| History May 19, 1864 Lincoln proposes equal treatment of soldiers' dependents |
| History May 19, 1864 Battle of Spotsylvania concludes |
| History May 19, 1897 Oscar Wilde is released from jail |
| History May 19, 1898 Simplon Tunnel opens from Brig - Switzerland to Iselle - Italy |
| History May 19, 1916 Britain and France conclude Sykes-Picot agreement |
| History May 19, 1943 Churchill and FDR plot D-Day |
| History May 19, 1964 U.S. Air Force begins Operation Yankee Team |
| History May 19, 1965 Pete Townshend writes My Generation on his 20th birthday |
| History May 19, 1967 Soviets ratify treaty banning nuclear weapons from outer space |
| History May 19, 1971 USSR Mars 2 launched 1st spacecraft to crash land on Mars |
| History May 19, 1972 South Vietnamese fight to open road to An Loc |
| History May 19, 1984 Gretzky and Messier lead Oilers to championship |
| History May 19, 1997 Avian flu kills young boy |
| History May 19, 2006 The Da Vinci Code opens |
| History May 19, 2007 Smart launches U.S. road show to introduce its microcar |