May 19

Thursday 19, 2005:

2005 - is released. Entire Saga estimated to have made over $20 billion US

Sunday 19, 1991:

Willy T. Ribbs becomes the first African-American driver to qualify for the Indianapolis 500.

Wednesday 19, 1971:

Mars probe program: Mars 2 is launched by the Soviet Union.

Tuesday 19, 1964:

Vietnam War: The United States Air Force begins Operation Yankee Team.

Saturday 19, 1962:

A birthday salute to U.S. President John F. Kennedy takes place at Madison Square Garden, New York. The highlight is Marilyn Monroe's infamous rendition of Happy Birthday. Thirty-four years later, John F. Kennedy, Jr. had actress Drew Barrymore pose as Monroe for the cover of George magazine with the heading "Happy Birthday, Mr. President" in honor of then-President Bill Clinton turning 50.

Friday 19, 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 data).

Wednesday 19, 1943:

World War II: British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt set Monday, May 1, 1944 as the date for the cross-English Channel landing (D-Day would later be delayed over a month due to bad weather).

Thursday 19, 1932:

The gangster film ' opens at the Rialto Theater in Los Angeles, California.

Friday 19, 1922:

Young Pioneer organization of the Soviet Union is established.

Thursday 19, 1921:

The Emergency Quota Act passes the U.S. Congress establishing national quotas on immigration.

Monday 19, 1919:

In Turkey, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk moves to Samsun from Istanbul with a few followers, to oppose the Ottoman government, which eventually leads to the Turkish War of Independence.

Wednesday 19, 1897:

Oscar Wilde is released from Reading Gaol.

Thursday 19, 1864:

American Civil War: Battle of Spotsylvania Court House ends.

Friday 19, 1848:

Mexican-American War: Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo – Mexico ratifies the treaty thus ending the war and ceding California, Nevada, Utah and parts of five other modern-day U.S. states to the USA for USD $15 million.

Monday 19, 1828:

U.S. President John Quincy Adams signs the Tariff of 1828 into law, protecting wool manufacturers in the United States.

Wednesday 19, 1802:

The Légion d'Honneur is founded by Napoleon Bonaparte.

Friday 19, 1780:

Never-explained complete darkness falls on Eastern Canada and the New England area of the United States at 2 pm.

Monday 19, 1749:

King George II of Great Britain grants the Ohio Company a charter of land around the forks of the Ohio River.

Wednesday 19, 1649:

An Act declaring England a Commonwealth is passed by the Long Parliament.

Tuesday 19, 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.

Wednesday 19, 1604:

The town of Montreal is founded.

Sunday 19, 1568:

Queen Elizabeth I of England has Mary Queen of Scots arrested.

Tuesday 19, 1536:

Anne Boleyn, the second wife of Henry VIII of England, is beheaded for adultery.

Sunday 19, 1535:

French explorer Jacques Cartier sets sail on his second voyage to North America with three ships, 110 men, and Chief Donnacona's two sons (whom Cartier kidnapped during his first voyage).

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