May 19
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Events
- 1536 – Anne Boleyn, the second wife of Henry VIII of England, is beheaded for adultery, treason, and incest.
- 1897 – Oscar Wilde is released from Reading Gaol.
- 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 to You".
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Births
- 1593 – Jacob Jordaens, Flemish painter (d. 1678)
- 1762 – Johann Gottlieb Fichte, German philosopher (d. 1814)
- 1890 – Ho Chi Minh, Vietnamese leader (d. 1969)
- 1924 – Sandy Wilson, British composer
- 1925 – Malcolm X, American civil rights activist (d. 1965)
- 1925 – Pol Pot, Cambodian dictator (d. 1998)
- 1939 – James Fox, English actor
- 1947 – Michele Placido, Italian actor and director
- 1948 – Grace Jones, Jamaican singer and actress
- 1951 – Joey Ramone, American musician (The Ramones) (d. 2001)
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Deaths
- 1536 – Anne Boleyn, second wife of Henry VIII of England
- 1825 – Claude Henri de Rouvroy, Comte de Saint-Simon, French political philosopher (b. 1760)
- 1864 – Nathaniel Hawthorne, American author (b. 1804)
- 1898 – William Ewart Gladstone, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1809)
- 1912 – Bolesław Prus, Polish writer (b. 1847)
- 1918 – Ferdinand Hodler, Swiss painter.
- 1925 – Viking Eggeling, Swedish artist and filmmaker.
- 1935 – T. E. Lawrence, English soldier known as Lawrence of Arabia (b. 1888)
- 1954 – Charles Ives, American composer (b. 1874)
- 1984 – John Betjeman, English poet and Poet Laureate (b. 1906)
- 1992 – Bob Mizer, creator of the Athletic Model Guild
- 1995 – Derek Ford, British film director.
- 2002 – Raymond Durgnat, British film critic.
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