Today In History. What Happened This Day In History
A Timeline Of Events That Occurred On This Day In History
A chronological timetable of historical events that occurred on this day in history. Historical facts of the day in the areas of military, politics, science, music, sports, arts, entertainment and more. Discover what happened today in history.
Today in History
May 19
| 715 | St. Gregory II begins his reign as Catholic Pope. | |
| 1535 | French explorer Jacques Cartier sets sail for North America. | |
| 1536 | Anne Boleyn is beheaded on Tower Green. | |
| 1568 | Defeated by the Protestants, Mary, Queen of Scots, flees to England where Queen Elizabeth imprisons her. | |
| 1588 | The Spanish Armada sets sail from Lisbon, Spain. | |
| 1608 | The Protestant states form the Evangelical Union of Lutherans and Calvinists. | |
| 1635 | Cardinal Richelieu of France intervenes in the great conflict in Europe by declaring war on the Hapsburgs in Spain. | |
| 1643 | The French army defeats a Spanish army at Rocroi, France. | |
| 1780 | Near total darkness descends on New England at noon. No explanation is found. | |
| 1856 | Senator Charles Sumner speaks out against slavery. | |
| 1858 | A pro-slavery band led by Charles Hameton executes unarmed Free State men near Marais des Cygnes on the Kansas-Missouri border. | |
| 1863 | Union General Ulysses S. Grant's first attack on Vicksburg is repulsed. | |
| 1864 | The Union and Confederate armies launch their last attacks against each other at Spotsylvania, Virginia. | |
| 1921 | Congress sharply curbs immigration, setting a national quota system. | |
| 1935 | The National Football League adopts an annual college draft to begin in 1936. | |
| 1964 | U.S. diplomats find at least 40 microphones planted in the American embassy in Moscow. | |
| 1967 | U.S. planes bomb Hanoi for the first time. | |
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| 1762 | Johann Gottlieb Fichte, German philosopher. | |
| 1879 | Lady Nancy Astor (Nancy Witcher Langhorne), the first woman to sit in the British House of Commons. | |
| 1890 | Ho Chi Minh (Nguyen That Thanh), Vietnamese nationalist and political leader. | |
| 1895 | Johns Hopkins, merchant and philanthropist. | |
| 1925 | Malcolm X (Malcolm Little), African-American activist. | |
| 1934 | James Lehrer, broadcast journalist. | |
| 1941 | Jane Brody, food and health writer. | |
| 1941 | Nora Ephron, screenwriter and director. | |
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