Today is Monday, May 19, the 139th day of 2025 with 226 to follow.
The moon is waning. Morning stars are Mars, Mercury, Neptune, Saturn and Venus. Evening stars are Jupiter and Mars.
Those born on this date are under the sign of Taurus. They include Pope Innocent XI in 1611; philanthropist Johns Hopkins in 1795; American-born British MP Nancy Astor in 1879; Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, founder of the Republic of Turkey, in 1881; Vietnamese leader Ho Chi Minh in 1890; civil rights leader Malcolm X in 1925; Cambodian dictator Pol Pot in 1925; writer Lorraine Hansberry in 1930; journalist Jim Lehrer in 1934; actor/TV personality David Hartman in 1935 (age 90); actor James Fox in 1939 (age 86); writer Nora Ephron in 1941; actor Peter Mayhew in 1944; musician Pete Townshend (Who) in 1945 (age 80); wrestler/actor Andre the Giant in 1946; actor/model/musician Grace Jones in 1948 (age 77); College Football Hall of Fame member Archie Manning in 1949 (age 76); musician Joey Ramone in 1951; musician Phil Rudd (AC/DC) in 1954 (age 71); actor/former first son Steven Ford in 1956 (age 69); Lithuanian President Gitanas NausÄ—da in 1964 (age 61); actor Polly Walker in 1966 (age 59); actor Jason Gray-Stanford in 1970 (age 55); musician Israel Houghton in 1971 (age 54); musician Jenny Berggren (Ace of Base) in 1972 (age 53); Basketball Hall of Fame member Kevin Garnett in 1976 (age 49); actor Rebecca Hall in 1982 (age 43); musician James Richardson (MGMT) in 1983 (age 42); comedian Michael Che in 1983 (age 42); actor Eric Lloyd in 1986 (age 39); actor Lily Cole in 1987 (age 37); disability justice activist Stacey Park Milbern in 1987; musician/actor Lainey Wilson in 1992 (age 33); actor Eleanor Tomlinson in 1992 (age 33); DJ Marshmello in 1992 (age 33); musician Sam Smith in 1992 (age 33); TV personality/musician/dancer JoJo Siwa in 2003 (22).
On this date in history:
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In 1536, Anne Boleyn, the second of King Henry VIII's six wives and mother of Queen Elizabeth I, was beheaded.
In 1588, the Spanish Armada, assembled to invade England, set sail from Lisbon.
In 1916, Col. Teddy Roosevelt, speaking in Detroit, blasted the pacifism of Henry Ford and accused the Wilson administration of "make-believe preparedness."
In 1935, Pope Pius XI canonized Sir Thomas More and Cardinal John Fisher as saints of the Catholic Church. English King Henry VIII ordered the two men executed in 1535 for refusing to accept him as head of the Church of England.
In 1964, it was revealed that U.S. diplomats had found at least 40 secret microphones hidden in the U.S. Embassy in Moscow.
In 1986, in the first direct talks between China and Taiwan in 37 years, Beijing agreed to return a cargo jet flown to the mainland by a defecting pilot.
In 1994, former U.S. first lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis died at age 64.
In 2008, mudslides in China's earthquake-devastated Sichan province engulfed and killed more than 200 rescue workers. The death toll from the quake, which struck a week earlier, had surpassed 69,000, with thousands of people reported missing.
In 2009, the Hubble Space Telescope was returned to orbit after astronauts finished five spacewalks in a mission to repair and refurbish the 19-year-old instrument.
In 2016, EgyptAir Flight 804, en route from Paris to Cairo, crashed into the Mediterranean Sea killing all 66 on board.
In 2018, Britain's Prince Harry married American actor Meghan Markle at Windsor Castle. Queen Elizabeth II granted the newlyweds the titles of duke and duchess of Sussex.
In 2024, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, 63, and eight other people died in a helicopter crash in a mountainous region of Iran's East Azerbaijan province. First Vice President Mohammad Mokhber succeeded Raisi as acting president until Iranians elected Masoud Pezeshkian as leader in July 2024.
A thought for the day: "There are many little ways to enlarge your child's world. Love of books is the best of all." -- U.S. first lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
