Total solar eclipse May 19, 557 BCEhttp://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEhistory/SEplot/SE-0556May19T.pdf (PDF)A total solar eclipse occurred on May 19, 1928http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_eclipse_of_May_19,_1928New England's Dark Day refers to an event that occurred on May 19, 1780http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t42921069/new-englands-dark-day/
On May 19, 1953, the United States government detonated a 32-kiloton atomic bomb (nicknamed "Harry") http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upshot-Knothole_HarryThe Apple III personal computer was first announced and released on May 19, 1980http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_III
COMU Ulupinar Observatory was established in 2001 and formally opened on 19 May 2002http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%87OM%C3%9C_Ulup%C4%B1nar_Observatory
On May 19 and 20, 1961, Venera 1 passed within 100,000 km of Venus and entered a heliocentric orbit. http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t35968672/venera-1-spacecraft/On May 19, 1971, the Soviet Union launched the Mars 2 unmanned lander and orbiter.http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t35968776/mars-2-mission/The Inflatable Antenna Experiment (IAE) was a NASA experiment that began on May 19, 1996http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inflatable_Antenna_ExperimentSpace Shuttle mission STS-77 was launched on the 19h May 1996http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-77Control of the Galaxy IV satellite was lost on May 19, 1998 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galaxy_IV
Space Shuttle mission STS-101 was launched on the 19h May 2000http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-101TacSat-3 was launched on the 19h May 2009http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t12354832/tacsat-3-satellite/The Franklin expedition set sail from Greenhithe, England, on the morning of 19 May 1845http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t19952806/franklin-expedition/Jacques Cartier set sail for a second voyage on May 19, 1535http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Cartier#Second_voyage.2C_1535.E2.80.931536
Pierre Joseph Thuot (born May 19, 1955) is a retired United States Navy Captain and NASA astronaut. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Joseph_ThuotJean-Pierre Haigneré (born 19 May 1948) is a French Air Force officer and a former CNES astronaut.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Pierre_HaignereFrancis Richard "Dick" Scobee (May 19, 1939 - January 28, 1986) was an American astronaut.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_ScobeeJames Alan Abrahamson is a retired U.S. Air Force general who served as a designated astronaut, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Alan_AbrahamsonHalla (May 16, 1945 - May 19, 1979) was a horse ridden by Hans Günter Winkler.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halla_(horse)
John Fillmore Hayford (May 19, 1868 - March 10, 1925) was an eminent United States geodesist.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Fillmore_HayfordAbraham Pais (May 19, 1918 - July 28, 2000) was a Dutch-born American physicist and science historian.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_PaisHeinz Oberhummer (19 May 1941 - 24 November 2015) was an Austrian physicist and skeptic http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinz_OberhummerBrendan Kevin Patrick Scaife (born 19 May 1928), is an Irish academic engineer and physicisthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brendan_Scaife
Father Francesco de Vico (May 19, 1805 - November 15, 1848) was an Italian astronomerhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesco_de_VicoMei Juecheng, Wade-Giles Mei Chüeh-ch'eng (May 19, 1681 - November 20, 1763) was a Chinese astronomer. http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/373243/Mei-Juecheng
"Happy Birthday, Mr. President" is a song sung by Marilyn Monroe on Saturday, May 19, 1962http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t49219553/marilyn-monroe/
NGC 3959 was discovered by German astronomer Ernst Wilhelm Leberecht Tempel on the 19th May 1881.http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57605604/ngc-3959/NGC 3967 was discovered by German astronomer Ernst Wilhelm Leberecht Tempel on the 19th May 1881.http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57605645/ngc-3967/
NGC 4351 was discovered by German-Danish astronomer Heinrich Louis d'Arrest on the 19th May 1863.http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57602875/ngc-4351/
NGC 5523 was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel on the 19th May 1784. http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t62974339/ngc-5523/NGC 5610 was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel on the 19th May 1784. http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57602870/ngc-5610/
The discovery of WASP-13b was reported by the European Southern Observatory on May 19, 2009http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WASP-13bAsteroid (14) Irene was discovered by John Russell Hind on May 19, 1851.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14_IreneAsteroid (138) Tolosa was discovered by French astronomer Henri Joseph Perrotin on May 19, 1874http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/138_TolosaAsteroid (220) Stephania was discovered by Johann Palisa on May 19, 1881 in Vienna.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/220_StephaniaAsteroid (367) Amicitia was discovered by Auguste Charlois on May 19, 1893 in Nicehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/367_AmicitiaAsteroid (368) Haidea was discovered by Auguste Charlois on May 19, 1893 in Nice.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/368_Haidea
MeteoritesThe Pavlograd (L6) meteorite fell in Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine, on the 19th May, 1826.http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t49219529/pavlograd-meteorite/The Kakowa (L6) meteorite fell in Caras-Severin, Romania, on the 19th May, 1858.http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t49219536/kakowa-meteorite/The Meuselbach (L6) meteorite fell in Thuringen, Germany, on the 19th May, 1897.http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t49219538/meuselbach-meteorite/