May 19
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Art and culture
- 1897 - Oscar Wilde is released from Prison in England.
Births
- 1948 - Grace Jones, Jamaica is a model, singer and actress
- 1948 - Malcolm X, born Malcolm Little, also known as Detroit Red and Al-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz (North Omaha, Nebraska, May 19, 1925 – February 21, 1965 in New York ...
- 1809 - William Gladsone the four time Prime Minister of England and flagellation afficionado
- 1922 - Bob Mizer, creator of the Athletic Model Guild and Physique Pictorial. Died: May 19, 1992. [WES]
Deaths
- 2002 - Raymond Durgnat, British film critic
- 1925 - Viking Eggeling, Swedish artist and filmmaker
- 2002 - Thomas Edward Lawrence, British writer
- 2002 - Ferdinand Hodler (March 14, 1853 in Berne – May 19, 1918 in Geneva) was one of the best-known Swiss painters of the 19th century. ...
- 2002 - Derek Ford (September 6, 1932 – May 19, 1995) was a British film director, most famous for sexploitation films such as The Wife Swappers (1969), ...
