Vero - Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/May 19

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  John Franklin
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  Mexican Cession
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  Young Pioneer, a Member's Pin
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  Légion d'honneur
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  Arthur, Prince of Wales, in 1501
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  Marilyn Monroe
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  Thai soldiers during the crackdown on political protests

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Pontian Greek Genocide Remembrance Day in Greece (1919);	single source section
1051 – Anne of Kiev married King [[Henry I of France|Template:Nowrap]] to become Queen of France.	page numbers needed
1536 – Anne Boleyn, the second wife and queen consort of Henry VIII of England, was beheaded at the Tower of London for adultery, incest, and high treason.	appears on January 25
1542 – The Prome Kingdom, in present-day central Burma, was conquered by the Taungoo Dynasty.	needs more footnotes
1643 – Thirty Years' War: The French, led by [[Louis, Grand Condé|Template:Nowrap de Bourbon, Prince de Condé]], scored a decisive victory against the Spanish in Rocroi, France.	refimprove section, unreferenced section
1649 – The Rump Parliament passed an act to formally establish the Commonwealth of England.	refimprove
1802 – Napoléon Bonaparte, First Consul of the French Republic, established the Légion d'honneur order as a reward to commend civilians and soldiers.	refimprove section
1848 – Mexico ratified the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo that was previously signed to end the Mexican–American War, officially ceding present-day California, Nevada, Utah, and other territory to the United States.	refimprove section
1919 – Mustafa Kemal Atatürk traveled to Samsun to establish the Turkish National Movement to resist the partitioning of the Ottoman Empire after World War I, marking the start of the Turkish War of Independence.	needs more footnotes
1922 – The Vladimir Lenin All-Union Pioneer Organization, a mass pioneer movement for Soviet children of age 10–15, was founded.	needs more footnotes
1962 – Actress Marilyn Monroe performed a sultry rendition of "Happy Birthday to You" during a televised celebration for U.S. President John F. Kennedy.	refimprove section
1971 – The Soviet unmanned spacecraft [[Mars 2|Template:Nowrap]] was launched, eventually becoming the first man-made object to reach the surface of Mars.	refimprove, expansion
* 639 – Ashina Jiesheshuai of the Eastern Turkic Khaganate failed in an attempt to assassinate Emperor Taizong of the Chinese Tang dynasty and was killed by pursuers.	Date not given in source
Ho Chi Minh's Birthday in Vietnam	Not stated in article

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• 715 – Gregory II began his pontificate; his conflict with Byzantine emperor Leo III eventually led to the establishment of the temporal power of the pope.
• 1776 – American Revolutionary War: A Continental Army garrison west of Montreal surrendered to British troops at the Battle of the Cedars.
• 1780 – A combination of thick smoke, fog, and heavy cloud cover caused darkness to fall on parts of Canada and the New England area of the United States by noon.
• 1845 – Captain John Franklin (pictured) departed Greenhithe, England, on an expedition to the Canadian Arctic in search of the Northwest Passage; all 129 men were later lost when their ships became icebound in Victoria Strait.
• 1911 – Parks Canada, the world's first national park service, was established as the Dominion Parks Branch under the Department of the Interior.
• 1991 – Breakup of Yugoslavia: With the local Serb population boycotting the referendum, Croatians voted in favour of independence from Yugoslavia.
• 1997 – The Sierra Gorda Biosphere, which encompasses the most ecologically diverse region in Mexico, was established as a result of grassroots efforts.
• 2010 – In Bangkok, the Thai military (pictured) concluded a week-long crackdown on widespread protests by forcing the surrender of opposition leaders.
• 2015 – A corroded pipeline near Refugio State Beach, California, spilled 142,800 gallons (3,400 barrels) of crude oil onto the Gaviota Coast.
• Born/died: | Dunstan |d|988| Helena of Moscow |b|1476| Mariam-uz-Zamani |d|1623| George Washington Whistler |b|1800| Nellie Melba |b|1861| Nathaniel Hawthorne |d|1864| Ruth Ella Moore |b|1903| Nicholas Winton |b|1909| Jack Reed |b|1924| Salvador Chuliá Hernández |b|1944| Rachel Hunt |b|1965| Erin Phillips |b|1985| Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis |d|1994| Jeffrey Catherine Jones |d|2011|

May 19: Commemoration of Atatürk, Youth and Sports Day in Turkey (1919); Victoria Day in Canada (2025) Template:Main page image/OTD

• 1655 – Anglo-Spanish War: England invaded Spanish Jamaica, capturing it a week later.
• 1743 – French physicist Jean-Pierre Christin published the design of a mercury thermometer using the centigrade scale, with 0 representing the melting point of water and 100 its boiling point.
• 1828 – The United States Congress passed the largest tariff in the nation's history, which resulted in severe economic hardship in the American South.
• 1915 – First World War: Australian and New Zealand troops repelled the third attack on Anzac Cove, inflicting heavy casualties on the attacking Ottoman forces.
• 2018 – The wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle (both pictured) took place at St George's Chapel in Windsor Castle, England.