Today in History
What happened on the 19th of May in history?
Change Date:
- 1536
Anne Boleyn Executed
- 1749
George II grants charter to Ohio Company to settle Ohio Valley
- 1780
About midday - near-total darkness descends on much of New England
- 1856
Sen Charles Sumner - Mass - spoke out against proslavery people
- 1862
Homestead Act becomes law
- 1898
Simplon Tunnel opens from Brig - Switzerland to Iselle - Italy
- 1971
USSR Mars 2 launched 1st spacecraft to crash land on Mars