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May 19
1536– Anne Boleyn, the second wife of King Henry VIII, was beheaded.
1588– The 130-ship-strong Spanish Armada set sail for England; it was defeated in August.
1643– The colonies of Massachusetts Bay, Plymouth, Connecticut, and New Harbor met to form the New England Confederation.
1921– Congress passed the Emergency Quota Act, establishing national quotas for immigrants.
1928– The first annual Calaveras County “Frog Jumping Jubilee” was held in Angel’s Camp, California.
1935– British author and soldier, T. E. Lawrence, also known as “Lawrence of Arabia,” died from injuries sustained in a motorcycle crash.
1962– Marilyn Monroe sang “Happy Birthday” to President John F. Kennedy.
1992– The 27th Amendment to the Constitution, which prohibited Congress from giving itself midterm pay raises, went into effect.
1994– Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis died in New York.
Birthdays
1795– Johns Hopkins, financier and philanthropist
1879– Nancy Astor, politician
1890– Ho Chi Minh, Communist rebel leader, North Vietnamese president
1925– Malcolm X, Civil Rights leader, Nation of Islam
1930– Lorraine Hansberry, playwriter
1941– Nora Ephron, screenwriter, director
1945– Pete Townshend, The Who, musician, composer