Born on May 19
May 19 birthdays & history
If you were born on May 19, you share a birthday with Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (official birthday), Johann Gottlieb Fichte and Natalia Oreiro. May 19 babies are Taurus, with emerald as their birthstone and the lily of the valley as their birth flower. May 19 is the 140th day of the year in leap years (139th in other years).
Famous people born on May 19
- 1881Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (official birthday), Turkish field marshal and statesman, 1st President of Turkey
- 1762Johann Gottlieb Fichte, German philosopher and academic
- 1977Natalia Oreiro, Uruguayan singer-songwriter and actress
- 1979Diego Forlán, Uruguayan footballer
- 1979Andrea Pirlo, Italian footballer
- 1941Nora Ephron, American director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1992Sam Smith, English singer-songwriter
- 1898Julius Evola, Italian philosopher and painter
- 1914Max Perutz, Austrian-English biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1955James Gosling, Canadian-American computer scientist, created Java
What happened on May 19
- 1674John III Sobieski was elected by the szlachta as the monarch of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
- 1743French 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.
- 1780A 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.
- 1802Napoleon Bonaparte founds the Legion of Honour.
- 1828The United States Congress passed the largest tariff in the nation's history, which resulted in severe economic hardship in the American South.
- 1911Parks Canada, the world's first national park service, is established as the Dominion Parks Branch under the Department of the Interior.
- 1917The Norwegian football club Rosenborg BK is founded.
- 1919the first issue of The Carolinian was published
- 1922The Young Pioneer Organization of the Soviet Union is established.
- 1962Actress Marilyn Monroe performed a sultry rendition of "Happy Birthday to You" during a televised celebration for U.S. President John F. Kennedy.
- 1997The Sierra Gorda Biosphere, which encompasses the most ecologically diverse region in Mexico, was established as a result of grassroots efforts.
- 2018The wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle took place at St George's Chapel in Windsor Castle, England.
Also observed on May 19
- Commemoration of Atatürk, Youth and Sports Day (Turkey, Northern Cyprus)
- Remembrance Day (Sri Lanka)
- Hồ Chí Minh's Birthday (Vietnam)
- Malcolm X Day (United States of America)
- Hepatitis Testing Day (United States)
- Mother's Day (Kyrgyzstan)
Questions, answered
What star sign is May 19?
People born on May 19 are Taurus. Their birthstone is emerald and their birth flower is the lily of the valley.
Which famous people were born on May 19?
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (official birthday) (1881), Johann Gottlieb Fichte (1762), Natalia Oreiro (1977), Diego Forlán (1979), Andrea Pirlo (1979), Nora Ephron (1941) were all born on May 19.
What happened on May 19 in history?
Among other things: in 1962, Actress Marilyn Monroe performed a sultry rendition of "Happy Birthday to You" during a televised celebration for U.S. President John F. Kennedy; in 1997, The Sierra Gorda Biosphere, which encompasses the most ecologically diverse region in Mexico, was established as a result of grassroots efforts; in 2018, The wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle took place at St George's Chapel in Windsor Castle, England.
Can I get a newspaper front page from May 19?
Yes. The Birthday Gazette makes a personalised vintage-style front page for any May 19 birth year, with their name in the headline, events, famous birthdays and typical US prices. The preview is free and the print files cost $9.
Events, birthdays and observances are adapted from Wikipedia contributors, “May 19”, English Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0 (shortened and filtered). Ranking uses Wikidata (CC0). Sources.