As we speak is Monday, Could 19, the 139th day of 2025. There are 226 days left within the yr.
As we speak in historical past:
On Could 19, 1920, ten folks have been killed in a gun battle between coal miners, who have been led by an area police chief, and a gaggle of personal safety guards employed to evict them for becoming a member of a union in Matewan, West Virginia.
Additionally on this date:
In 1536, Anne Boleyn, the second spouse of England’s King Henry VIII, was beheaded on the Tower of London after being convicted of adultery.
In 1883, William Cody held the primary of his “Buffalo Invoice’s Wild West” exhibits in Omaha, Nebraska.
In 1921, President Warren G. Harding signed the Emergency Quota Act, which established nationwide quotas for immigrants.
In 1943, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill met with President Franklin D. Roosevelt on the White Home, the place the 2 leaders agreed on Could 1, 1944, because the date for the D-Day invasion of France (growth plans for the invasion prompted the date of the touchdown to be delayed by a month).
In 1962, movie star Marilyn Monroe sang “Pleased Birthday to You” to President John F. Kennedy throughout a Democratic fundraiser at New York’s Madison Sq. Backyard.
In 2018, Britain’s Prince Harry wed American actor Meghan Markle in St. George’s Chapel at Windsor Citadel.
As we speak’s Birthdays:
- TV character David Hartman is 90.
- Musician-composer Pete Townshend (The Who) is 80.
- Singer-actor Grace Jones is 77.
- Former racing driver Dario Franchitti is 52.
- Basketball Corridor of Famer Kevin Garnett is 49.
- Nation musician-producer Shooter Jennings is 46.
- Comic-actor Michael Che is 42.
- Singer Sam Smith is 33.
- Media personality-singer JoJo Siwa is 22.