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100 years anniversary | ||||
19 May 1925 | Pol Pot, Cambodian general and politician, 29th Prime Minister of Cambodia (d. 1998) | |||
19 May 1925 | Guy Provost, Canadian actor (d. 2004) | |||
19 May 1925 | Malcolm X, American minister and activist (d. 1965) | |||
19 May 1925 | Malcolm X [Little] Omaha NE, assassinated leader of black muslims | |||
75 years anniversary | ||||
19 May 1950 | New York Times reports of worlds smallest and dumbest mechanical brain | |||
19 May 1950 | Tadeusz Ślusarski, Polish pole vaulter (d. 1998) | |||
19 May 1950 | Daniel Ciugureanu, Moldovan physician and politician, Prime Minister of Moldova (b. 1884) | |||
19 May 1950 | A barge containing munitions destined for Pakistan explodes in the harbor at South Amboy, New Jersey, devastating the city. | |||
19 May 1950 | Egypt announces that the Suez Canal is closed to Israeli ships and commerce. | |||
19 May 1950 | birth Romeo Challenger, Showaddywaddy, (1976 UK No.1 single 'Under The Moon Of Love', plus over 20 other UK Top 40 singles). | |||
19 May 1950 | New York Times reports of world's smallest & dumbest mechanical brain | |||
50 years anniversary | ||||
19 May 1975 | 27th Emmy Awards: Mary Tyler Moore Show, Robert Blake and Jean Marsh | |||
19 May 1975 | Farm truck packed with wedding party struck by a train, killing 66 in truck, 40 miles south of Poona, India | |||
19 May 1975 | Junko Tabei is 1st woman to climb to the top of Mount Everest | |||
19 May 1975 | Pretinha, Brazilian footballer | |||
19 May 1975 | Masanobu Ando, Japanese actor | |||
19 May 1975 | London Fletcher, American football player | |||
19 May 1975 | Josh Paul, American baseball player and manager | |||
19 May 1975 | Jonas Renkse, Swedish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Katatonia, Bloodbath, and October Tide) | |||
19 May 1975 | Li Tobler, Swiss model and actress (b. 1948) | |||
19 May 1975 | 27th Emmy Awards: Mary Tyler Moore Show, Robert Blake & Jean Marsh | |||
19 May 1975 | Farm truck packed with wedding party struck by a train, killing 66 in truck, 40 miles south of Poona India | |||
19 May 1975 | Junko Tabei is 1st woman to climb to the top of Mount Everest | |||
25 years anniversary | ||||
19 May 2000
Yevgeny Khrunov |
death Yevgeny Khrunov Yevgeny Khrunov (b. 1933), cosmonaut |
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20 years anniversary | ||||
19 May 2005 | Henry Corden, Canadian-American actor and singer (b. 1920) | |||
15 years anniversary | ||||
19 May 2010 | The Royal Thai Armed Forces concludes its crackdown on protests by forcing the surrender of United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship leaders. | |||
19 May 2010 | Stairway To Heaven was named the UK's favourite rock song in a survey by listeners to radio station Absolute Classic Rock. The band had two other tracks in the top 10; Whole Lotta Love was voted at No. 4 and Rock 'n' Roll, from the groups fourth album, was at No. 7. | |||
10 years anniversary | ||||
19 May 2015 | Bruce Lundvall, American businessman (b. 1935) | |||
19 May 2015 | Ted McWhinney, Australian-Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1924) | |||
19 May 2015 | State of Bengal, Pakistani-English DJ and producer (b. 1965) | |||
19 May 2015 | Happy Rockefeller, American philanthropist, 31st Second Lady of the United States (b. 1926) | |||
19 May 2015 | Robert S. Wistrich, Kazakh-English historian, author, and academic (b. 1945) | |||
19 May 2015 | Lee Ryan became the fourth and final member of Blue to declare himself bankrupt. Lee became the last member of the chart-topping boyband - who earned more than £80million after selling in excess of 15million records worldwide - to file for bankruptcy, following in the financial footsteps of his band mates Simon Webbe, Antony Costa and Duncan James. |