On May 19, 1935, T.E. Lawrence, also known as "Lawrence of Arabia," died in England from injuries sustained in a motorcycle crash.
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.
On This Date
| 1536 | Anne Boleyn, the second wife of England's King Henry VIII, was beheaded after being convicted of adultery. |
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| 1588 | The Spanish Armada set sail for England. |
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| 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. |
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| 1964 | The State Department disclosed that 40 hidden microphones had been found in the U.S. Embassy in Moscow. |
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| 1967 | The Soviet Union ratified a treaty with the United States and Britain banning nuclear weapons from outer space. |
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| 1992 | Mary Jo Buttafuoco was shot and seriously wounded in Massapequa, N.Y., by her husband Joey's teenage lover, Amy Fisher. |
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| 1992 | The 27th Amendment to the Constitution, which prohibits Congress from giving itself midterm pay raises, went into effect. |
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| 1994 | Former first lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis died in New York at age 64. |
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| 2001 | Apple, Inc. opened its first retail stores, one in Tysons Corner, Va., the other in Glendale, Calif. |
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| 2003 | WorldCom Inc. agreed to pay investors $500 million to settle civil fraud charges. |
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| 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. |
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| 2005 | "Revenge of the Sith," the final chapter of the "Star Wars" saga, opened in movie theaters. |
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| 2010 | President Barack Obama condemned Arizona's crackdown on illegal immigration and pushed instead for a federal fix. |
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Current Birthdays
Boston Celtics forward Kevin Garnett turns 35 years old today.
AP Photo/Alex GallardoRock musician Dusty Hill (ZZ Top) turns 62 years old today.
AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau
| 1934 | Jim Lehrer, Broadcast journalist, turns 77 |
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| 1935 | David Hartman, TV personality, turns 76 |
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| 1941 | Nora Ephron, Screenwriter, director, turns 70 |
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| 1944 | Peter Mayhew, Actor ("Star Wars"), turns 67 |
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| 1945 | Pete Townshend, Rock musician (The Who), turns 66 |
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| 1952 | Grace Jones, Singer, actress, model, turns 59 |
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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 |
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| 51 | Johann Gottlieb Fichte 5/19/1762 - 1/27/1814
German philosopher and patriot |
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| 78 | Johns Hopkins 5/19/1795 - 12/24/1873
American merchant; endowed Johns Hopkins University and hospital |
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| 81 | John Jacob Abel 5/19/1857 - 5/26/1938
American pharmacologist and physiological chemist |
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| 84 | Nancy Witcher Astor 5/19/1879 - 5/2/1964
American-born English politician; first woman in the British House of Commons |
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| 74 | Percy Williams 5/19/1908 - 11/29/1982
Canadian Olympic gold medal sprinter (1928) |
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| 72 | Pol Pot 5/19/1925 - 4/15/1998
Cambodian leader of the Khmer Rouge |
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| 39 | Malcolm X 5/19/1925 - 2/21/1965
American black militant leader |
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| 34 | Lorraine Hansberry 5/19/1930 - 1/12/1965
American playwright; wrote "Raisin in the Sun" |
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