jueves, 19 de mayo de 2011

On This Day: May 19

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On May 19, 1935, T.E. Lawrence, also known as "Lawrence of Arabia," died in England from injuries sustained in a motorcycle crash.

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On May 19, 1890, Ho Chi Minh, the founder of the Indochina Communist Party and president of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam from 1954 to 1969, was born. Following his death on Sept. 2, 1969, his obituary appeared in The Times.

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On This Date

1536	Anne Boleyn, the second wife of England's King Henry VIII, was beheaded after being convicted of adultery.
1588	The Spanish Armada set sail for England.
1962	Actress Marilyn Monroe performed a sultry rendition of "Happy Birthday" for President John F. Kennedy during a fund-raiser at New York's Madison Square Garden.
1964	The State Department disclosed that 40 hidden microphones had been found in the U.S. Embassy in Moscow.
1967	The Soviet Union ratified a treaty with the United States and Britain banning nuclear weapons from outer space.
1992	Mary Jo Buttafuoco was shot and seriously wounded in Massapequa, N.Y., by her husband Joey's teenage lover, Amy Fisher.
1992	The 27th Amendment to the Constitution, which prohibits Congress from giving itself midterm pay raises, went into effect.
1994	Former first lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis died in New York at age 64.
2001	Apple, Inc. opened its first retail stores, one in Tysons Corner, Va., the other in Glendale, Calif.
2003	WorldCom Inc. agreed to pay investors $500 million to settle civil fraud charges.
2004	Specialist Jeremy C. Sivits received a year in prison and a bad conduct discharge in the first court-martial stemming from abuse of Iraqis at the Abu Ghraib prison.
2005	"Revenge of the Sith," the final chapter of the "Star Wars" saga, opened in movie theaters.
2010	President Barack Obama condemned Arizona's crackdown on illegal immigration and pushed instead for a federal fix.

Current Birthdays

Boston Celtics forward Kevin Garnett turns 35 years old today.

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Rock musician Dusty Hill (ZZ Top) turns 62 years old today.

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1934	Jim Lehrer, Broadcast journalist, turns 77
1935	David Hartman, TV personality, turns 76
1941	Nora Ephron, Screenwriter, director, turns 70
1944	Peter Mayhew, Actor ("Star Wars"), turns 67
1945	Pete Townshend, Rock musician (The Who), turns 66
1952	Grace Jones, Singer, actress, model, turns 59

Historic Birthdays

Ho Chi Minh5/19/1890 - 9/2/1969Indochinese leader; president of Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam) from 1945 to 1969.Go to obituary »

85	Jacob Jordaens 5/19/1593 - 10/18/1678 Belgian artist; painted scenes of peasant life
51	Johann Gottlieb Fichte 5/19/1762 - 1/27/1814 German philosopher and patriot
78	Johns Hopkins 5/19/1795 - 12/24/1873 American merchant; endowed Johns Hopkins University and hospital
81	John Jacob Abel 5/19/1857 - 5/26/1938 American pharmacologist and physiological chemist
84	Nancy Witcher Astor 5/19/1879 - 5/2/1964 American-born English politician; first woman in the British House of Commons
74	Percy Williams 5/19/1908 - 11/29/1982 Canadian Olympic gold medal sprinter (1928)
72	Pol Pot 5/19/1925 - 4/15/1998 Cambodian leader of the Khmer Rouge
39	Malcolm X 5/19/1925 - 2/21/1965 American black militant leader
34	Lorraine Hansberry 5/19/1930 - 1/12/1965 American playwright; wrote "Raisin in the Sun"