May 19

Events

• 639 - Ashina Jiesheshuai and his tribesmen assaulted Emperor Taizong at Jiucheng Palace.
• 715 - Pope Gregory II is elected.
• 1051 - Henry I of France marries the Russian princess, Anne of Kiev.
• 1445 - John II of Castile defeats the Infantes of Aragon at the First Battle of Olmedo.
• 1499 - Catherine of Aragon is married by proxy to Arthur, Prince of Wales. Catherine is 13 and Arthur is 12.
• 1535 - French explorer Jacques Cartier sets sail on his second voyage to North America with three ships, 110 men, and Chief Donnacona's two sons.
• 1536 - Anne Boleyn, the second wife of Henry VIII of England, is beheaded for adultery, treason, and incest.
• 1542 - The Prome Kingdom falls to the Taungoo Dynasty in present-day Myanmar.
• 1568 - Queen Elizabeth I of England orders the arrest of Mary, Queen of Scots.
• 1643 - Thirty Years' War: French forces under the duc d'Enghien decisively defeat Spanish forces at the Battle of Rocroi, marking the symbolic end of Spain as a dominant land power.
• 1649 - An Act of Parliament declaring England a Commonwealth is passed by the Long Parliament. England would be a republic for the next eleven years.
• 1655 - The Invasion of Jamaica begins during the Anglo-Spanish War.
• 1743 - Jean-Pierre Christin developed the centigrade temperature scale.
• 1749 - King George II of Great Britain grants the Ohio Company a charter of land around the forks of the Ohio River.
• 1776 - American Revolutionary War: A Continental Army garrison surrenders in the Battle of The Cedars.
• 1780 - New England's Dark Day, an unusual darkening of the day sky, was observed over the New England states and parts of Canada.
• 1802 - Napoleon Bonaparte founds the Legion of Honour.
• 1828 - U.S. President John Quincy Adams signs the Tariff of 1828 into law, protecting wool manufacturers in the United States.
• 1845 - Captain Sir John Franklin and his ill-fated Arctic expedition depart from Greenhithe, England.
• 1848 - Mexican–American War: Mexico ratifies the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo thus ending the war and ceding California, Nevada, Utah and parts of four other modern-day U.S. states to the United States for US$15 million.
• 1911 - Parks Canada, the world's first national park service, is established as the Dominion Parks Branch under the Department of the Interior.
• 1917 - The Norwegian football club Rosenborg BK is founded.
• 1919 - Mustafa Kemal Atatürk lands at Samsun on the Anatolian Black Sea coast, initiating what is later termed the Turkish War of Independence.
• 1921 - The United States Congress passes the Emergency Quota Act establishing national quotas on immigration.
• 1922 - The Young Pioneer Organization of the Soviet Union is established.
• 1934 - Zveno and the Bulgarian Army engineer a coup d'état and install Kimon Georgiev as the new Prime Minister of Bulgaria.
• 1942 - World War II: In the aftermath of the Battle of the Coral Sea, Task Force 16 heads to Pearl Harbor.
• 1950 - A barge containing munitions destined for Pakistan explodes in the harbor at South Amboy, New Jersey, devastating the city.
• 1950 - Egypt announces that the Suez Canal is closed to Israeli ships and commerce.
• 1959 - The North Vietnamese Army establishes Group 559, whose responsibility is to determine how to maintain supply lines to South Vietnam; the resulting route is the Ho Chi Minh trail.
• 1961 - Venera program: Venera 1 becomes the first man-made object to fly by another planet by passing Venus.
• 1961 - At Silchar Railway Station, Assam, 11 Bengalis die when police open fire on protesters demanding state recognition of Bengali language in the Bengali Language Movement.
• 1962 - A birthday salute to U.S. President John F. Kennedy takes place at Madison Square Garden, New York City. The highlight is Marilyn Monroe's rendition of "Happy Birthday".
• 1963 - The New York Post Sunday Magazine publishes Martin Luther King Jr.'s Letter from Birmingham Jail.
• 1971 - Mars probe program: Mars 2 is launched by the Soviet Union.
• 1986 - The Firearm Owners Protection Act is signed into law by U.S. President Ronald Reagan.
• 1991 - Croatians vote for independence in a referendum.
• 1997 - The Sierra Gorda biosphere, the most ecologically diverse region in Mexico, is established as a result of grassroots efforts.
• 2007 - President of Romania Traian Băsescu survives an impeachment referendum and returns to office from suspension.
• 2010 - The Royal Thai Armed Forces concludes its crackdown on protests by forcing the surrender of United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship leaders.
• 2012 - Three gas cylinder bombs explode in front of a vocational school in the Italian city of Brindisi, killing one person and injuring five others.
• 2012 - A car bomb explodes near a military complex in the Syrian city of Deir ez-Zor, killing nine people.
• 2015 - The Refugio oil spill deposited 142,800 U.S. gallons of crude oil onto an area in California considered one of the most biologically diverse coastlines of the west coast.
• 2016 - EgyptAir Flight 804 crashes into the Mediterranean Sea while traveling from Paris to Cairo, killing all on board.
• 2018 - The wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle is held at St George's Chapel, Windsor, with an estimated global audience of 1.9 billion.

  Births

• 1400 - John Stourton, 1st Baron Stourton, English soldier and politician
• 1462 - Baccio D'Agnolo, Italian woodcarver, sculptor and architect
• 1476 - Helena of Moscow, Grand Duchess consort of Lithuania and Queen consort of Poland
• 1593 - Claude Vignon, French painter
• 1616 - Johann Jakob Froberger, German organist and composer
• 1639 - Charles Weston, 3rd Earl of Portland, English soldier and noble
• 1700 - José de Escandón, 1st Count of Sierra Gorda, Spanish sergeant and politician
• 1724 - Augustus Hervey, 3rd Earl of Bristol, English admiral and politician, Chief Secretary for Ireland
• 1744 - Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, German-born Queen to George III of the United Kingdom
• 1762 - Johann Gottlieb Fichte, German philosopher and academic
• 1773 - Arthur Aikin, English chemist and mineralogist
• 1795 - Johns Hopkins, American businessman and philanthropist
• 1827 - Paul-Armand Challemel-Lacour, French academic and politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs
• 1832 - James Watney, Jr., English politician, brewer and cricketer
• 1857 - John Jacob Abel, American biochemist and pharmacologist
• 1861 - Nellie Melba, Australian soprano and actress
• 1871 - Walter Russell, American painter, sculptor, and author
• 1874 - Gilbert Jessop, English cricketer and soldier
• 1878 - Alfred Laliberté, Canadian sculptor and painter
• 1879 - Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor, American-English politician
• 1880 - Albert Richardson, English architect and educator, designed the Manchester Opera House
• 1881 - Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, Turkish field marshal and statesman, 1st President of Turkey
• 1884 - David Munson, American runner
• 1886 - Francis Biddle, American lawyer and judge, 58th United States Attorney General
• 1887 - Ion Jalea, Romanian soldier and sculptor
• 1889 - Tản Đà, Vietnamese poet and author
• 1889 - Henry B. Richardson, American archer
• 1890 - Eveline Adelheid von Maydell, German-American illustrator
• 1890 - Ho Chi Minh, Vietnamese politician, 1st President of Vietnam
• 1891 - Oswald Boelcke, German captain and pilot
• 1893 - H. Bonciu, Romanian author, poet, and journalist
• 1897 - Frank Luke, American lieutenant and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient
• 1898 - Julius Evola, Italian philosopher and painter
• 1899 - Lothar Rădăceanu, Romanian journalist, linguist, and politician
• 1902 - Lubka Kolessa, Ukrainian-Canadian pianist and educator
• 1903 - Ruth Ella Moore, American scientist
• 1906 - Bruce Bennett, American shot putter and actor
• 1908 - Manik Bandopadhyay, Indian author, poet, and playwright
• 1908 - Merriam Modell, American author
• 1908 - Percy Williams, Canadian sprinter
• 1909 - Nicholas Winton, English banker and humanitarian
• 1910 - Alan Melville, South African cricketer
• 1913 - Neelam Sanjiva Reddy, Indian lawyer and politician, 6th President of India
• 1914 - Max Perutz, Austrian-English biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1914 - Alex Shibicky, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1914 - John Vachon, American photographer and journalist
• 1915 - Renée Asherson, English actress
• 1918 - Abraham Pais, Dutch-American physicist, historian, and academic
• 1919 - Georgie Auld, Canadian-American saxophonist, clarinet player, and bandleader
• 1919 - Mitja Ribičič, Italian-Slovenian soldier and politician, 25th Prime Minister of Yugoslavia
• 1920 - Tina Strobos, Dutch psychiatrist known for rescuing Jews during World War II
• 1921 - Leslie Broderick, English lieutenant and pilot
• 1921 - Harry W. Brown, American colonel and pilot
• 1921 - Daniel Gélin, French actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1921 - Yuri Kochiyama, American activist
• 1921 - Karel van het Reve, Dutch historian and author
• 1922 - Arthur Gorrie, Australian hobby shop proprietor
• 1924 - Sandy Wilson, English composer and songwriter
• 1925 - Pol Pot, Cambodian general and politician, 29th Prime Minister of Cambodia
• 1925 - Malcolm X, American minister and activist
• 1926 - Edward Parkes, English engineer and academic
• 1926 - Peter Zadek, German director and screenwriter
• 1927 - Serge Lang, French-American mathematician, author and academic
• 1928 - Colin Chapman, English engineer and businessman, founded Lotus Cars
• 1928 - Thomas Kennedy, English air marshal
• 1928 - Gil McDougald, American baseball player and coach
• 1928 - Dolph Schayes, American basketball player and coach
• 1929 - Helmut Braunlich, German-American violinist and composer
• 1929 - Richard Larter, Australian painter
• 1929 - John Stroger, American politician
• 1930 - Eugene Genovese, American historian and author
• 1930 - Lorraine Hansberry, American playwright and director
• 1931 - Bob Anderson, English race car driver
• 1931 - Trevor Peacock, English actor, screenwriter and songwriter
• 1932 - Alma Cogan, English singer
• 1932 - Paul Erdman, American economist and author
• 1932 - Bill Fitch, American basketball player and coach
• 1932 - Elena Poniatowska, Mexican intellectual and journalist
• 1933 - Edward de Bono, Maltese physician, author, and academic
• 1934 - Ruskin Bond, Indian author and poet
• 1934 - Jim Lehrer, American journalist and author
• 1935 - David Hartman, American journalist and television personality
• 1937 - Pat Roach, English wrestler
• 1938 - Moisés da Costa Amaral, East Timorese politician
• 1938 - Herbie Flowers, English musician
• 1938 - Igor Ter-Ovanesyan, Ukrainian long jumper and coach
• 1939 - Livio Berruti, Italian sprinter
• 1939 - James Fox, English actor
• 1939 - Nancy Kwan, Hong Kong-American actress and makeup artist
• 1939 - Jānis Lūsis, Latvian javelin thrower and coach
• 1939 - Dick Scobee, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut
• 1940 - Jan Janssen, Dutch cyclist
• 1940 - Mickey Newbury, American country/pop singer-songwriter
• 1941 - Nora Ephron, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1941 - Igor Judge, Baron Judge, Maltese-English lawyer and judge, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales
• 1942 - Gary Kildall, American computer scientist, founded Digital Research Inc.
• 1942 - Robert Kilroy-Silk, English television host and politician
• 1943 - Eddie May, English footballer and manager
• 1943 - Shirrel Rhoades, American author, publisher, and academic
• 1944 - Peter Mayhew, English-American actor
• 1945 - Pete Townshend, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1946 - Claude Lelièvre, Belgian activist
• 1946 - Michele Placido, Italian actor and director
• 1946 - André the Giant, French-American wrestler and actor
• 1947 - Paul Brady, Irish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1947 - Christopher Chope, English lawyer and politician
• 1947 - David Helfgott, Australian pianist
• 1948 - Grace Jones, Jamaican-American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
• 1949 - Dusty Hill, American singer-songwriter and bass player
• 1949 - Philip Hunt, Baron Hunt of Kings Heath, English politician
• 1949 - Archie Manning, American football player
• 1950 - Tadeusz Ślusarski, Polish pole vaulter
• 1951 - Joey Ramone, American singer-songwriter
• 1951 - Dick Slater, American wrestler
• 1952 - Charlie Spedding, English runner
• 1952 - Bert van Marwijk, Dutch footballer, coach, and manager
• 1953 - Patrick Hodge, Lord Hodge, Scottish lawyer and judge
• 1953 - Shavarsh Karapetyan, Armenian finswimmer
• 1953 - Florin Marin, Romanian footballer and manager
• 1953 - Victoria Wood, English actress, singer, director, and screenwriter
• 1954 - Rick Cerone, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 1954 - Hōchū Ōtsuka, Japanese voice actor
• 1954 - Phil Rudd, Australian-New Zealand drummer
• 1955 - James Gosling, Canadian-American computer scientist, created Java
• 1956 - Oliver Letwin, English philosopher and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
• 1956 - Martyn Ware, English keyboard player, songwriter, and producer
• 1957 - Bill Laimbeer, American basketball player and coach
• 1957 - James Reyne, Nigerian-Australian singer-songwriter
• 1961 - Vadim Cojocaru, Moldovan politician
• 1961 - Gregory Poirier, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1961 - Wayne Van Dorp, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1963 - Filippo Galli, Italian footballer and manager
• 1964 - Peter Jackson, Australian rugby league player and sportscaster
• 1964 - John Lee, South Korean-American football player
• 1964 - Miloslav Mečíř, Slovak tennis player
• 1965 - Maile Flanagan, American actress, producer, and screenwriter
• 1966 - Marc Bureau, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
• 1966 - Jodi Picoult, American author and educator
• 1966 - Polly Walker, English actress
• 1967 - Alexia, Italian singer
• 1967 - Geraldine Somerville, Irish-born English actress
• 1968 - Kyle Eastwood, American actor and bass player
• 1970 - Stuart Cable, Welsh drummer
• 1970 - K. J. Choi, South Korean golfer
• 1970 - Regina Narva, Estonian chess player
• 1970 - Nia Zulkarnaen, Indonesian actress, singer and producer
• 1971 - Ross Katz, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1971 - Andres Salumets, Estonian biologist, biochemist, and educator
• 1972 - Jenny Berggren, Swedish singer-songwriter
• 1972 - Claudia Karvan, Australian actress, producer, and screenwriter
• 1973 - Dario Franchitti, Scottish race car driver
• 1974 - Andrew Johns, Australian rugby league player, coach, and sportscaster
• 1974 - Emma Shapplin, French soprano
• 1974 - Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Indian actor
• 1975 - Pretinha, Brazilian footballer
• 1975 - London Fletcher, American football player
• 1975 - Josh Paul, American baseball player and manager
• 1975 - Jonas Renkse, Swedish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1976 - Ed Cota, American basketball player
• 1976 - Kevin Garnett, American basketball player
• 1977 - Manuel Almunia, Spanish footballer
• 1977 - Wouter Hamel, Dutch singer and guitarist
• 1977 - Brandon Inge, American baseball player
• 1977 - Natalia Oreiro, Uruguayan singer-songwriter and actress
• 1978 - Marcus Bent, English footballer
• 1978 - Dave Bus, Dutch footballer
• 1979 - Andrea Pirlo, Italian footballer
• 1979 - Diego Forlan, Uruguayan footballer
• 1980 - Tony Hackworth, English footballer
• 1981 - Luciano Figueroa, Argentinian footballer
• 1981 - Yo Gotti, American rapper
• 1981 - Michael Leighton, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1981 - Sina Schielke, German sprinter
• 1981 - Klaas-Erik Zwering, Dutch swimmer
• 1982 - Kevin Amankwaah, English footballer
• 1982 - Pål Steffen Andresen, Norwegian footballer
• 1982 - Klaas Vantornout, Belgian cyclist
• 1983 - Michael Che, American comedian
• 1983 - Jessica Fox, English actress
• 1984 - Marcedes Lewis, American football player
• 1985 - Aleister Black, Dutch professional wrestler
• 1986 - Mario Chalmers, American basketball player
• 1987 - Michael Angelakos, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1987 - David Edgar, Canadian soccer player
• 1987 - Mariano Torres, Argentinian footballer
• 1987 - Jayne Wisener, Northern Irish actress
• 1991 - Jordan Pruitt, American singer-songwriter
• 1992 - Marshmello, American electronic music producer and DJ
• 1992 - Michele Camporese, Italian footballer
• 1992 - Ola John, Dutch footballer
• 1992 - Felise Kaufusi, New Zealand-Tongan rugby league player
• 1992 - Evgeny Kuznetsov, Russian ice hockey player
• 1992 - Sam Smith, English singer-songwriter
• 1994 - Carlos Guzmán, Mexican footballer
• 1995 - Taane Milne, New Zealand rugby league player

  Deaths

• 804 - Alcuin, English monk and scholar
• 956 - Robert, archbishop of Trier
• 988 - Dunstan, English archbishop and saint
• 1102 - Stephen, Count of Blois
• 1125 - Vladimir II Monomakh, Grand Duke of Kiev
• 1164 - Saint Bashnouna, Egyptian saint and martyr
• 1218 - Otto IV, Holy Roman Emperor
• 1296 - Pope Celestine V
• 1303 - Saint Ivo of Kermartin, French canon lawyer
• 1319 - Louis, Count of Évreux
• 1389 - Dmitry Donskoy, Grand Prince of Muscovy
• 1396 - John I of Aragon
• 1526 - Emperor Go-Kashiwabara of Japan
• 1531 - Jan Łaski, Polish archbishop and diplomat
• 1536 - Anne Boleyn, Queen of England ; second wife of Henry VIII of England
• 1601 - Costanzo Porta, Italian composer
• 1609 - García Hurtado de Mendoza, 5th Marquis of Cañete
• 1610 - Thomas Sanchez, Spanish priest and theologian
• 1623 - Mariam-uz-Zamani, Empress of the Mughal Empire
• 1637 - Isaac Beeckman, Dutch scientist and philosopher
• 1715 - Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax, English poet and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer
• 1786 - John Stanley, English organist and composer
• 1795 - Josiah Bartlett, American physician and politician, 4th Governor of New Hampshire
• 1795 - James Boswell, Scottish biographer
• 1798 - William Byron, 5th Baron Byron, English lieutenant and politician
• 1821 - Camille Jordan, French lawyer and politician
• 1825 - Claude Henri de Rouvroy, comte de Saint-Simon, French philosopher and theorist
• 1831 - Johann Friedrich von Eschscholtz, Estonian-German physician, botanist, and entomologist
• 1864 - Nathaniel Hawthorne, American novelist and short story writer
• 1865 - Sengge Rinchen, Mongolian general
• 1872 - John Baker, English-Australian politician, 2nd Premier of South Australia
• 1876 - Guillaume Groen van Prinsterer, Dutch historian and politician
• 1885 - Peter W. Barlow, English engineer
• 1895 - José Martí, Cuban journalist, poet, and philosopher
• 1898 - William Ewart Gladstone, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
• 1901 - Marthinus Wessel Pretorius, South African general and politician, 1st President of the South African Republic
• 1903 - Arthur Shrewsbury, English cricketer
• 1904 - Auguste Molinier, French librarian and historian
• 1904 - Jamsetji Tata, Indian businessman, founded Tata Group
• 1906 - Gabriel Dumont, Canadian Métis leader
• 1907 - Benjamin Baker, English engineer, designed the Forth Bridge
• 1912 - Bolesław Prus, Polish journalist and author
• 1915 - John Simpson Kirkpatrick, English-Australian soldier
• 1918 - Gervais Raoul Lufbery, French-American soldier and pilot
• 1935 - T. E. Lawrence, British colonel and archaeologist
• 1936 - Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall, British Islamic scholar
• 1939 - Ahmet Ağaoğlu, Azerbaijani-Turkish journalist and publicist
• 1943 - Kristjan Raud, Estonian painter and illustrator
• 1945 - Philipp Bouhler, German soldier and politician
• 1946 - Booth Tarkington, American novelist and dramatist
• 1950 - Daniel Ciugureanu, Romanian physician and politician, Prime Minister of Moldova
• 1954 - Charles Ives, American composer and educator
• 1958 - Jadunath Sarkar, Indian historian
• 1958 - Archie Scott Brown, Scottish race car driver
• 1958 - Ronald Colman, English actor
• 1963 - Walter Russell, American painter, sculptor, and author
• 1969 - Coleman Hawkins, American saxophonist and clarinet player
• 1971 - Ogden Nash, American poet
• 1978 - Albert Kivikas, Estonian-Swedish journalist and author
• 1980 - Joseph Schull, Canadian playwright and historian
• 1983 - Jean Rey, Belgian lawyer and politician, 2nd President of the European Commission
• 1984 - John Betjeman, English poet and academic
• 1986 - Jimmy Lyons, American saxophonist
• 1987 - James Tiptree, Jr., American psychologist and author
• 1989 - Yiannis Papaioannou, Greek composer and educator
• 1994 - Jacques Ellul, French sociologist, philosopher, and academic
• 1994 - Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, American journalist, 37th First Lady of the United States
• 1994 - Luis Ocaña, Spanish cyclist
• 1996 - John Beradino, American baseball player and actor
• 1998 - Sōsuke Uno, Japanese soldier and politician, 75th Prime Minister of Japan
• 2001 - Alexey Maresyev, Russian soldier and pilot
• 2001 - Susannah McCorkle, American singer
• 2002 - John Gorton, Australian lieutenant and politician, 19th Prime Minister of Australia
• 2002 - Walter Lord, American historian and author
• 2004 - Mary Dresselhuys, Dutch actress and screenwriter
• 2007 - Bernard Blaut, Polish footballer and coach
• 2007 - Dean Eyre, New Zealand politician
• 2008 - Vijay Tendulkar, Indian playwright and screenwriter
• 2009 - Robert F. Furchgott, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 2009 - Nicholas Maw, English composer and academic
• 2009 - Clint Smith, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 2011 - Garret FitzGerald, Irish lawyer and politician, 8th Taoiseach of Ireland
• 2011 - Jeffrey Catherine Jones, American artist
• 2012 - Bob Boozer, American basketball player
• 2012 - Tamara Brooks, American conductor and educator
• 2012 - Ian Burgess, English race car driver
• 2012 - Gerhard Hetz, German-Mexican swimmer
• 2012 - Phil Lamason, New Zealand soldier and pilot
• 2013 - G. Sarsfield Ford, American lawyer and jurist
• 2013 - Robin Harrison, English-Canadian pianist and composer
• 2013 - Neil Reynolds, Canadian journalist and politician
• 2014 - Simon Andrews, English motorcycle racer
• 2014 - Jack Brabham, Australian race car driver
• 2014 - Terry W. Gee, American businessman and politician
• 2014 - Sam Greenlee, American author and poet
• 2014 - Vincent Harding, American historian and scholar
• 2014 - Gabriel Kolko, American historian and author
• 2014 - Zbigniew Pietrzykowski, Polish boxer
• 2015 - Bruce Lundvall, American businessman
• 2015 - Ted McWhinney, Australian-Canadian lawyer and politician
• 2015 - Happy Rockefeller, American philanthropist, socialite; 31st Second Lady of the United States
• 2015 - Robert S. Wistrich, English historian, author, and academic
• 2016 - Alan Young, English-born Canadian-American actor
• 2016 - Morley Safer, Canadian-born American journalist
• 2017 - Nawshirwan Mustafa, General coordinator of the Movement for Change
• 2018 - Zhengzhang Shangfang, Chinese linguist

  Holidays and observances

• Christian feast day:
• * Calocerus
• * Crispin of Viterbo
• * Dunstan
• * Ivo of Kermartin
• * Joaquina Vedruna de Mas
• * Maria Bernarda Bütler
• * Peter Celestine
• * Pudentiana
• * May 19
• Commemoration of Atatürk, Youth and Sports Day
• Greek Genocide Remembrance Day
• Hồ Chí Minh's Birthday
• Malcolm X Day
• National Asian & Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
• Hepatitis Testing Day
• Mother's Day