May 19

May 19 is the 139th day of the year (140th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 226 days remain until the end of the year.

Events

Pre-1600

• 639 – Ashina Jiesheshuai and his tribesmen assaulted Emperor Taizong at Jiucheng Palace.
• 715 – Pope Gregory II is elected.^[1]
• 1051 – Henry I of France marries the Rus' princess, Anne of Kiev.^[2]
• 1445 – John II of Castile defeats the Infantes of Aragon at the First Battle of Olmedo.
• 1499 – Catherine of Aragon is married by proxy to Arthur, Prince of Wales. Catherine is 13 and Arthur is 12.
• Chief Donnacona
  's two sons (whom Cartier had kidnapped during his first voyage).
• Henry VIII of England
  , is beheaded for adultery, treason, and incest.
• Taungoo Dynasty in present-day Myanmar
  .

• 1643 – Thirty Years' War: French forces under the duc d'Enghien decisively defeat Spanish forces at the Battle of Rocroi, marking the symbolic end of Spain as a dominant land power.
• Act of Parliament declaring England a Commonwealth is passed by the Long Parliament. England would be a republic
  for the next eleven years.
• Anglo-Spanish War
  .
• centigrade temperature scale
  .
• 1749 – King George II of Great Britain grants the Ohio Company a charter of land around the forks of the Ohio River.
• Battle of The Cedars
  .
• 1780 – New England's Dark Day, an unusual darkening of the day sky, was observed over the New England states and parts of Canada.
• 1802 – Napoleon Bonaparte founds the Legion of Honour.
• Tariff of 1828 into law, protecting wool
  manufacturers in the United States.
• 1845 – Captain Sir John Franklin and his ill-fated Arctic expedition depart from Greenhithe, England.
• 1848 – Mexican–American War: Mexico ratifies the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo thus ending the war and ceding California, Nevada, Utah and parts of four other modern-day U.S. states to the United States for US$15 million.
• 1883 – Buffalo Bill's first Buffalo Bill's Wild West opens in Omaha, Nebraska.^[3]
• 1900 – Great Britain annexes Tonga Island.^[4]
• 1900 – Second Boer War: British troops relieve Mafeking.

1901–present

• 1911 – Parks Canada, the world's first national park service, is established as the Dominion Parks Branch under the Department of the Interior.
• 1917 – The Norwegian football club Rosenborg BK is founded.
• 1919 – Mustafa Kemal Atatürk lands at Samsun on the Anatolian Black Sea coast, initiating what is later termed the Turkish War of Independence.
• 1921 – The United States Congress passes the Emergency Quota Act establishing national quotas on immigration.
• Young Pioneer Organization of the Soviet Union
  is established.
• C. G. E. Mannerheim is appointed the field marshal.^[5]
• Prime Minister of Bulgaria
  .
• 1942 – World War II: In the aftermath of the Battle of the Coral Sea, Task Force 16 heads to Pearl Harbor for repairs.
• 1943 – Winston Churchill's second wartime address to the U.S. Congress^[6]
• Syrian demonstrators in Damascus are fired upon by French troops injuring twelve, leading to the Levant Crisis.^[7]
• 1950 – A barge containing munitions destined for Pakistan explodes in the harbor at South Amboy, New Jersey, devastating the city.
• 1950 – Egypt announces that the Suez Canal is closed to Israeli ships and commerce.
• supply lines to South Vietnam; the resulting route is the Ho Chi Minh trail
  .
• 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).
• 1961 – At
  Bengali Language Movement
  .
• 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".
• 1963 – The New York Post Sunday Magazine publishes Martin Luther King Jr.'s Letter from Birmingham Jail.
• Mars probe program: Mars 2 is launched by the Soviet Union
  .
• 1986 – The Firearm Owners Protection Act is signed into law by U.S. President Ronald Reagan.
• 1991 – Croatians vote for independence in a referendum.
• 1993 – SAM Colombia Flight 501 crashes on approach to José María Córdova International Airport in Medellín, Colombia, killing 132.^[8]
• 1996 – Space Shuttle program: Space Shuttle Endeavour is launched on mission STS-77.^[9]
• Sierra Gorda biosphere, the most ecologically diverse region in Mexico, is established as a result of grassroots
  efforts.
• 2000 – Space Shuttle program: Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched on mission STS-101 to resupply the International Space Station.^[10]
• 2007 – President of Romania Traian Băsescu survives an impeachment referendum and returns to office from suspension.
• 2010 – The Royal Thai Armed Forces concludes its crackdown on protests by forcing the surrender of United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship leaders.
• explode in front of a vocational school in the Italian city of Brindisi
  , killing one person and injuring five others.
• 2012 – A car bomb explodes near a military complex in the Syrian city of Deir ez-Zor, killing nine people.
• crude oil onto an area in California considered one of the most biologically diverse coastlines of the west coast
  .
• 2016 – EgyptAir Flight 804 crashes into the Mediterranean Sea while traveling from Paris to Cairo, killing all on board.
• 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.
• 2024 – A helicopter crash in Iran leaves 8 people dead, including the country's president Ebrahim Raisi & foreign minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian.^[11]

Births

Pre-1600

• 1400 – John Stourton, 1st Baron Stourton, English soldier and politician (d. 1462)^[12]
• woodcarver, sculptor and architect (d. 1543)^[13]
• 1476 (or 1474) – Helena of Moscow, Grand Duchess consort of Lithuania and Queen consort of Poland (d. 1513)^[14]
• 1593 – Claude Vignon, French painter (d. 1670)^[15]

1601–1900

• 1616 – Johann Jakob Froberger, German organist and composer (d. 1667)
• 1639 – Charles Weston, 3rd Earl of Portland, English soldier and noble (d. 1665)
• 1700 – José de Escandón, 1st Count of Sierra Gorda, Spanish sergeant and politician (d. 1770)
• 1724 – Augustus Hervey, 3rd Earl of Bristol, English admiral and politician, Chief Secretary for Ireland (d. 1779)
• George III of the United Kingdom (d. 1818)^[16]
• 1762 – Johann Gottlieb Fichte, German philosopher and academic (d. 1814)
• 1773 – Arthur Aikin, English chemist and mineralogist (d. 1854)
• 1795 – Johns Hopkins, American businessman and philanthropist (d. 1873)
• French Minister of Foreign Affairs
  (d. 1896)
• James Watney, Jr.
  , English politician, brewer and cricketer (d. 1886)
• 1857 – John Jacob Abel, American biochemist and pharmacologist (d. 1938)
• 1861 – Nellie Melba, Australian soprano and actress (d. 1931)
• 1871 – Walter Russell, American painter, sculptor, and author (d. 1963)
• 1874 – Gilbert Jessop, English cricketer and soldier (d. 1955)
• 1878 – Alfred Laliberté, Canadian sculptor and painter (d. 1953)
• 1879 – Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor, American-English politician (d. 1964)
• 1880 – Albert Richardson, English architect and educator, designed the Manchester Opera House (d. 1964)
• 1881 – Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (official birthday), Turkish field marshal and statesman, 1st President of Turkey (d. 1938)
• 1884 – David Munson, American runner (d. 1953)
• 1886 – Francis Biddle, American lawyer and judge, 58th United States Attorney General (d. 1968)
• 1887 – Ion Jalea, Romanian soldier and sculptor (d. 1983)
• 1889 – Tản Đà, Vietnamese poet and author (d. 1939)
• 1889 – Henry B. Richardson, American archer (d. 1963)
• 1890 – Eveline Adelheid von Maydell, German-American illustrator (d. 1962)
• 1890 – Ho Chi Minh, Vietnamese politician, 1st President of Vietnam (d. 1969)
• 1891 – Oswald Boelcke, German captain and pilot (d. 1916)
• 1893 – H. Bonciu, Romanian author, poet, and journalist (d. 1950)
• 1897 – Frank Luke, American lieutenant and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1918)
• 1898 – Julius Evola, Italian philosopher and painter (d. 1974)
• 1899 – Lothar Rădăceanu, Romanian journalist, linguist, and politician (d. 1955)

1901–present

• 1902 – Lubka Kolessa, Ukrainian-Canadian pianist and educator (d. 1997)
• 1903 – Ruth Ella Moore, American scientist (d. 1994)
• 1904 – Sven Thofelt, Swedish modern pentathlete and épée fencer (d. 1993)^[17]
• 1906 – Bruce Bennett, American shot putter and actor (d. 2007)
• 1908 – Manik Bandopadhyay, Indian author, poet, and playwright (d. 1956)
• 1908 – Merriam Modell, American author (d. 1994)
• 1908 – Percy Williams, Canadian sprinter (d. 1982)
• 1909 – Nicholas Winton, English banker and humanitarian (d. 2015)
• 1910 – Alan Melville, South African cricketer (d. 1983)
• 1913 – Neelam Sanjiva Reddy, Indian lawyer and politician, 6th President of India (d. 1996)
• 1914 – Max Perutz, Austrian-English biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2002)
• 1914 – Alex Shibicky, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2005)
• 1914 – John Vachon, American photographer and journalist (d. 1975)
• 1915 – Renée Asherson, English actress (d. 2014)
• 1918 – Abraham Pais, Dutch-American physicist, historian, and academic (d. 2000)
• 1919 – Georgie Auld, Canadian-American saxophonist, clarinet player, and bandleader (d. 1990)
• 1919 – Mitja Ribičič, Italian-Slovenian soldier and politician, 25th Prime Minister of Yugoslavia (d. 2013)
• 1920 – Tina Strobos, Dutch psychiatrist known for rescuing Jews during World War II (d. 2012)^[18]
• 1921 – Leslie Broderick, English lieutenant and pilot (d. 2013)
• 1921 – Harry W. Brown, American colonel and pilot (d. 1991)
• 1921 – Daniel Gélin, French actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2002)
• 1921 – Yuri Kochiyama, American activist (d. 2014)
• 1921 – Karel van het Reve, Dutch historian and author (d. 1999)
• 1922 – Arthur Gorrie, Australian hobby shop proprietor (d. 1992)
• 1924 – Sandy Wilson, English composer and songwriter (d. 2014)
• 1925 – Pol Pot, Cambodian general and politician, 29th Prime Minister of Cambodia (d. 1998)
• 1925 – Malcolm X, American minister and activist (d. 1965)
• 1926 – Edward Parkes, English engineer and academic (d. 2019)
• 1926 – Peter Zadek, German director and screenwriter (d. 2009)
• 1927 – Serge Lang, French-American mathematician, author and academic (d. 2005)
• 1928 – Colin Chapman, English engineer and businessman, founded Lotus Cars (d. 1982)
• 1928 – Thomas Kennedy, English air marshal (d. 2013)
• 1928 – Gil McDougald, American baseball player and coach (d. 2010)
• 1928 – Dolph Schayes, American basketball player and coach (d. 2015)
• 1929 – Helmut Braunlich, German-American violinist and composer (d. 2013)
• 1929 – Richard Larter, Australian painter (d. 2014)
• 1929 – John Stroger, American politician (d. 2008)
• 1930 – Eugene Genovese, American historian and author (d. 2012)
• 1930 – Lorraine Hansberry, American playwright and director (d. 1965)
• 1931 – Bob Anderson, English race car driver (d. 1967)
• 1931 – Trevor Peacock, English actor, screenwriter and songwriter (d. 2021)
• 1932 – Alma Cogan, English singer (d. 1966)
• 1932 – Paul Erdman, American economist and author (d. 2007)
• 1932 – Bill Fitch, American basketball player and coach (d. 2022)
• 1932 – Elena Poniatowska, Mexican intellectual and journalist
• 1933 – Edward de Bono, Maltese physician, author, and academic (d. 2021)
• 1934 – Ruskin Bond, Indian author and poet
• 1934 – Jim Lehrer, American journalist and author (d. 2020)
• 1935 – David Hartman, American journalist and television personality
• 1937 – Pat Roach, English wrestler (d. 2004)
• 1938 – Moisés da Costa Amaral, East Timorese politician (d. 1989)
• 1938 – Herbie Flowers, English musician
• 1938 – Igor Ter-Ovanesyan, Ukrainian long jumper and coach
• 1939 – Livio Berruti, Italian sprinter
• 1939 – James Fox, English actor
• 1939 – Nancy Kwan, Hong Kong-American actress and makeup artist
• 1939 – Jānis Lūsis, Latvian javelin thrower and coach (d. 2020)
• 1939 – Dick Scobee, American pilot, and astronaut (d. 1986)^[19]
• 1940 – Jan Janssen, Dutch cyclist
• 1940 – Mickey Newbury, American country/pop singer-songwriter (d. 2002)
• 1941 – Nora Ephron, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2012)
• 1941 – Igor Judge, Baron Judge, Maltese-English lawyer and judge, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales (d. 2023)
• 1942 – Gary Kildall, American computer scientist, founded Digital Research Inc. (d. 1994)
• 1942 – Robert Kilroy-Silk, English television host and politician
• 1943 – Eddie May, English footballer and manager (d. 2012)
• 1943 – Shirrel Rhoades, American author, publisher, and academic
• 1944 – Peter Mayhew, English-American actor (d. 2019)
• 1945 – Pete Townshend, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1946 – Claude Lelièvre, Belgian activist
• 1946 – Michele Placido, Italian actor and director
• 1946 – André the Giant, French-American wrestler and actor (d. 1993)
• 1947 – Paul Brady, Irish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1947 – Christopher Chope, English lawyer and politician
• 1947 – David Helfgott, Australian pianist
• 1948 – Grace Jones, Jamaican-American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
• 1949 – Dusty Hill, American singer-songwriter and bass player (d. 2021)
• 1949 – Philip Hunt, Baron Hunt of Kings Heath, English politician
• 1949 – Archie Manning, American football player
• 1950 – Tadeusz Ślusarski, Polish pole vaulter (d. 1998)
• 1951 – Joey Ramone, American singer-songwriter (d. 2001)
• 1951 – Dick Slater, American wrestler (d. 2018)
• 1952 – Charlie Spedding, English runner
• 1952 – Bert van Marwijk, Dutch footballer, coach, and manager
• 1953 – Patrick Hodge, Lord Hodge, Scottish lawyer and judge
• 1953 – Shavarsh Karapetyan, Armenian finswimmer
• 1953 – Florin Marin, Romanian footballer and manager
• 1953 – Victoria Wood, English actress, singer, director, and screenwriter (d. 2016)^[20]
• 1954 – Rick Cerone, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 1954 – Lena Einhorn, Swedish director, writer and physician^[21]
• 1954 – Hōchū Ōtsuka, Japanese voice actor
• 1954 – Phil Rudd, Australian-New Zealand drummer
• 1955 – James Gosling, Canadian-American computer scientist, created Java
• 1956 – Oliver Letwin, English philosopher and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
• 1956 – Martyn Ware, English keyboard player, songwriter, and producer
• 1957 – Bill Laimbeer, American basketball player and coach
• 1957 – James Reyne, Nigerian-Australian singer-songwriter
• 1961 – Vadim Cojocaru, Moldovan politician (d. 2021)
• 1961 – Gregory Poirier, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1961 – Wayne Van Dorp, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1963 – Filippo Galli, Italian footballer and manager
• 1964 – Peter Jackson, Australian rugby league player and sportscaster (d. 1997)
• 1964 – John Lee, South Korean-American football player
• 1964 – Miloslav Mečíř, Slovak tennis player
• 1965 – Maile Flanagan, American actress, producer, and screenwriter
• 1966 – Marc Bureau, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
• 1966 – Jodi Picoult, American author and educator
• 1966 – Polly Walker, English actress
• Alexia
  , Italian singer
• 1967 – Geraldine Somerville, Irish-born English actress
• 1968 – Kyle Eastwood, American actor and bass player
• 1970 – Stuart Cable, Welsh drummer (d. 2010)
• 1970 – K. J. Choi, South Korean golfer
• 1970 – Regina Narva, Estonian chess player
• 1970 – Nia Zulkarnaen, Indonesian actress, singer and producer
• 1971 – Ross Katz, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1971 – Andres Salumets, Estonian biologist, biochemist, and educator
• 1972 – Jenny Berggren, Swedish singer-songwriter
• 1972 – Claudia Karvan, Australian actress, producer, and screenwriter
• 1973 – Dario Franchitti, Scottish race car driver
• 1974 – Andrew Johns, Australian rugby league player, coach, and sportscaster
• 1974 – Emma Shapplin, French soprano
• 1974 – Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Indian actor
• 1975 – Pretinha, Brazilian footballer
• 1975 – London Fletcher, American football player
• 1975 – Josh Paul, American baseball player and manager
• 1975 – Jonas Renkse, Swedish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1976 – Ed Cota, American basketball player
• 1976 – Kevin Garnett, American basketball player
• 1977 – Manuel Almunia, Spanish footballer
• 1977 – Wouter Hamel, Dutch singer and guitarist
• 1977 – Brandon Inge, American baseball player
• 1977 – Natalia Oreiro, Uruguayan singer-songwriter and actress
• 1978 – Marcus Bent, English footballer
• 1978 – Dave Bus, Dutch footballer
• 1979 – Andrea Pirlo, Italian footballer
• 1979 – Diego Forlán, Uruguayan footballer
• 1979 – Shooter Jennings, American country singer, songwriter^[22]
• 1980 – Tony Hackworth, English footballer
• 1981 – Luciano Figueroa, Argentinian footballer
• 1981 – Yo Gotti, American rapper
• 1981 – Michael Leighton, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1981 – Sina Schielke, German sprinter
• 1981 – Klaas-Erik Zwering, Dutch swimmer
• 1982 – Kevin Amankwaah, English footballer
• 1982 – Pål Steffen Andresen, Norwegian footballer
• 1982 – Klaas Vantornout, Belgian cyclist
• 1983 – Michael Che, American comedian
• 1983 – Jessica Fox, English actress
• 1984 – Marcedes Lewis, American football player
• 1985 – Malakai Black, Dutch professional wrestler
• 1986 – Mario Chalmers, American basketball player
• 1987 – Michael Angelakos, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1987 –
  David Edgar
  , Canadian soccer player
• 1987 – Mariano Torres, Argentinian footballer
• 1991 – Jordan Pruitt, American singer-songwriter
• 1992 – Michele Camporese, Italian footballer
• 1992 – Ola John, Dutch footballer
• 1992 – Felise Kaufusi, New Zealand-Tongan rugby league player
• 1992 – Evgeny Kuznetsov, Russian ice hockey player
• 1992 – Marshmello, American electronic music producer and DJ^[23]
• 1992 –
  Sam Smith
  , English singer-songwriter
• 1992 – Heather Watson, British tennis player^[24]
• 1994 – Carlos Guzmán, Mexican footballer
• 1995 – Taane Milne, New Zealand rugby league player
• 1996 – Michael Carcone, Canadian ice hockey player^[25]
• 2001 – Elizabeth Mandlik, American tennis player^[26]
• 2003 – Jojo Siwa, American dancer, singer, actress, and YouTube personality^[27]

Deaths

Pre-1600

• 804 – Alcuin, English monk and scholar (b. 735)
• 956 – Robert, archbishop of Trier
• 988 – Dunstan, English archbishop and saint (b. 909)
• 1102 – Stephen, Count of Blois (b. 1045)
• Grand Duke of Kyiv
• Saint Bashnouna, Egyptian saint and martyr
• 1218 – Otto IV, Holy Roman Emperor
• 1296 – Pope Celestine V (b. 1215)
• 1303 – Saint Ivo of Kermartin, French canon lawyer (b. 1253)
• 1319 – Louis, Count of Évreux (b. 1276)
• 1389 – Dmitry Donskoy, Grand Prince of Muscovy (b. 1350)
• 1396 – John I of Aragon (b. 1350)^[28]
• 1526 – Emperor Go-Kashiwabara of Japan (b. 1464)
• 1531 – Jan Łaski, Polish archbishop and diplomat (b. 1456)
• Henry VIII of England^[29]

• 1601 – Costanzo Porta, Italian composer (b. 1528)
• 1609 – García Hurtado de Mendoza, 5th Marquis of Cañete (b. 1535)
• 1610 – Thomas Sanchez, Spanish priest and theologian (b. 1550)
• 1623 – Mariam-uz-Zamani, Empress of the Mughal Empire (b. 1542)
• 1637 – Isaac Beeckman, Dutch scientist and philosopher (b. 1588)
• 1715 – Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax, English poet and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1661)
• 1786 – John Stanley, English organist and composer (b. 1712)
• 1795 – Josiah Bartlett, American physician and politician, 4th Governor of New Hampshire (b. 1729)
• 1795 – James Boswell, Scottish biographer (b. 1740)
• 1798 – William Byron, 5th Baron Byron, English lieutenant and politician (b. 1722)
• 1821 – Camille Jordan, French lawyer and politician (b. 1771)
• Claude Henri de Rouvroy, comte de Saint-Simon
  , French philosopher and theorist (b. 1760)
• 1831 – Johann Friedrich von Eschscholtz, Estonian-German physician, botanist, and entomologist (b. 1793)
• 1864 – Nathaniel Hawthorne, American novelist and short story writer (b. 1804)
• 1865 – Sengge Rinchen, Mongolian general (b. 1811)
• 1872 – John Baker, English-Australian politician, 2nd Premier of South Australia (b. 1813)
• 1876 – Guillaume Groen van Prinsterer, Dutch historian and politician (b. 1801)
• 1885 – Peter W. Barlow, English engineer (b. 1809)
• 1895 – José Martí, Cuban journalist, poet, and philosopher (b. 1853)
• 1898 – William Ewart Gladstone, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1809)

1901–present

• President of the South African Republic
  (b. 1819)
• 1903 – Arthur Shrewsbury, English cricketer (b. 1856)
• 1904 – Auguste Molinier, French librarian and historian (b. 1851)
• 1904 – Jamsetji Tata, Indian businessman, founded Tata Group (b. 1839)^[30]
• Métis
  leader (b. 1837)
• 1907 – Benjamin Baker, English engineer, designed the Forth Bridge (b. 1840)
• 1912 – Bolesław Prus, Polish journalist and author (b. 1847)
• 1915 – John Simpson Kirkpatrick, English-Australian soldier (b. 1892)
• Gervais Raoul Lufbery
  , French-American soldier and pilot (b. 1885)
• 1935 – T. E. Lawrence, British colonel and archaeologist (b. 1888)
• Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall
  , British Islamic scholar (b. 1875)
• 1939 – Ahmet Ağaoğlu, Azerbaijani-Turkish journalist and publicist (b. 1869)
• 1943 – Kristjan Raud, Estonian painter and illustrator (b. 1865)
• 1945 – Philipp Bouhler, German soldier and politician (b. 1889)
• 1946 – Booth Tarkington, American novelist and dramatist (b. 1869)
• 1950 – Daniel Ciugureanu, Romanian physician and politician, Prime Minister of Moldova (b. 1884)
• 1954 – Charles Ives, American composer and educator (b. 1874)
• 1958 – Jadunath Sarkar, Indian historian (b. 1870)
• 1958 – Archie Scott Brown, Scottish race car driver (b. 1927)
• 1958 – Ronald Colman, English actor (b. 1891)
• 1963 – Walter Russell, American painter, sculptor, and author (b. 1871)
• 1962 – Gabriele Münter, German painter (d. 1877)^[31]
• 1969 – Coleman Hawkins, American saxophonist and clarinet player (b. 1901)
• 1971 – Ogden Nash, American poet (b. 1902)
• 1978 – Albert Kivikas, Estonian-Swedish journalist and author (b. 1898)
• 1980 – Joseph Schull, Canadian playwright and historian (b. 1906)
• 1983 – Jean Rey, Belgian lawyer and politician, 2nd President of the European Commission (b. 1902)
• 1984 – John Betjeman, English poet and academic (b. 1906)
• 1985 – Maqbular Rahman Sarkar, Bangladeshi academic (b. 1928)^[32]
• 1986 – Jimmy Lyons, American saxophonist (b. 1931)
• James Tiptree, Jr.
  , American psychologist and author (b. 1915)
• 1989 – Yiannis Papaioannou, Greek composer and educator (b. 1910)
• 1994 – Jacques Ellul, French sociologist, philosopher, and academic (b. 1912)
• 1994 – Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, American journalist, 37th First Lady of the United States (b. 1929)
• 1994 – Luis Ocaña, Spanish cyclist (b. 1945)
• 1996 – John Beradino, American baseball player and actor (b. 1917)
• 1998 – Sōsuke Uno, Japanese soldier and politician, 75th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1922)
• Alexey Maresyev
  , Russian soldier and pilot (b. 1916)
• 2001 – Susannah McCorkle, American singer (b. 1946)
• 2002 – John Gorton, Australian lieutenant and politician, 19th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1911)
• 2002 – Walter Lord, American historian and author (b. 1917)
• 2004 – Mary Dresselhuys, Dutch actress and screenwriter (b. 1907)
• 2007 – Bernard Blaut, Polish footballer and coach (b. 1940)
• 2007 – Dean Eyre, New Zealand politician (b. 1914)
• 2008 – Vijay Tendulkar, Indian playwright and screenwriter (b. 1928)
• 2009 – Robert F. Furchgott, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1916)
• 2009 – Nicholas Maw, English composer and academic (b. 1935)
• 2009 – Clint Smith, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1913)
• 2011 – Garret FitzGerald, Irish lawyer and politician, 8th Taoiseach of Ireland (b. 1926)
• 2011 – Jeffrey Catherine Jones, American artist (b. 1944)
• 2012 – Bob Boozer, American basketball player (b. 1937)
• 2012 – Tamara Brooks, American conductor and educator (b. 1941)
• 2012 – Ian Burgess, English race car driver (b. 1930)
• 2012 – Gerhard Hetz, German-Mexican swimmer (b. 1942)
• 2012 – Phil Lamason, New Zealand soldier and pilot (b. 1918)
• 2013 – G. Sarsfield Ford, American lawyer and jurist (b. 1933)
• 2013 – Robin Harrison, English-Canadian pianist and composer (b. 1932)
• 2013 – Neil Reynolds, Canadian journalist and politician (b. 1940)
• Simon Andrews
  , English motorcycle racer (b. 1982)
• 2014 – Jack Brabham, Australian race car driver (b. 1926)
• 2014 – Sam Greenlee, American author and poet (b. 1930)
• 2014 – Vincent Harding, American historian and scholar (b. 1931)
• 2014 – Gabriel Kolko, American historian and author (b. 1932)
• 2014 – Zbigniew Pietrzykowski, Polish boxer (b. 1934)
• 2015 – Bruce Lundvall, American businessman (b. 1935)
• 2015 – Ted McWhinney, Australian-Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1924)
• 2015 –
  Second Lady of the United States
  (b. 1926)
• 2015 – Robert S. Wistrich, English historian, author, and academic (b. 1945)
• 2016 – Alan Young, English-born Canadian-American actor (b. 1919)
• 2016 – Morley Safer, Canadian-born American journalist (b. 1931)
• Movement for Change
  (Gorran) (b. 1944)
• 2017 – Stanislav Petrov, Lt. Colonel in Soviet Air Defence Forces (b. 1939)^[33]
• 2018 – Zhengzhang Shangfang, Chinese linguist (b. 1933)
• 2021 – Paul Mooney, American comedian (b. 1941)^[34]
• 2023 – Andy Rourke, English bassist (b. 1964)^[35]
• 2024 – Christian Malanga, Congolese politician, businessman and military officer (b. 1983)^[36]
• 2024 – Victims in the 2024 Varzaqan helicopter crash:^[37]
  • Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, Iranian politician (b. 1964)
  • Ebrahim Raisi, 8th President of Iran (b. 1960)

Holidays and observances

• Christian
  feast day
  :
  • Calocerus (Eastern Orthodox Church)
  • Crispin of Viterbo
  • Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church; commemoration, Anglicanism
    )
  • Ivo of Kermartin
  • Joaquina Vedruna de Mas
  • Maria Bernarda Bütler
  • Peter Celestine
  • Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church
    )
  • May 19 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• Pontian Greek Genocide Remembrance Day (Greece)^[38]
• Commemoration of Atatürk, Youth and Sports Day (Turkey, Northern Cyprus)
• Remembrance Day (Sri Lanka)^[39]
• Hồ Chí Minh's Birthday (Vietnam)
• Malcolm X Day (United States of America)
• National Asian & Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
  (United States)
• Hepatitis Testing Day (United States)
• Mother's Day (Kyrgyzstan)

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to May 19.

• BBC: On This Day
• The New York Times: On This Day
• Historical Events on May 19