Public Holidays on May 19

• 🌍 Atatürk Commemoration & Youth Day (Turkey)
• 🌍 Atatürk'ü Anma, Gençlik ve Spor Bayramı (Turkey)

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On This Day in History — May 19

• 2016 — EgyptAir Flight 804 crashes into the Mediterranean Sea while traveling from Paris to Cairo, killing all on board.
• 2015 — The Refugio oil spill deposited 142,800 U.S. gallons (3,400 barrels) of crude oil onto an area in California considered one of the most biologically diverse coastlines of the west coast.
• 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.
• 2010 — The Royal Thai Armed Forces concludes its crackdown on protests by forcing the surrender of United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship leaders.
• 2007 — President of Romania Traian Băsescu survives an impeachment referendum and returns to office from suspension.

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Notable Births on May 19

• 1995 — Taane Milne, New Zealand rugby league player
• 1994 — Carlos Guzmán, Mexican footballer
• 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

Notable Deaths on May 19

• 2017 — Nawshirwan Mustafa, General coordinator of the Movement for Change (Gorran) (b. 1944)
• 2016 — Alan Young, English-born Canadian-American actor (b. 1919)
• 2016 — Morley Safer, American journalist (b. 1931)
• 2015 — Bruce Lundvall, American businessman (b. 1935)
• 2015 — Ted McWhinney, Australian-Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1924)
• 2015 — Happy Rockefeller, American philanthropist, socialite; 31st Second Lady of the United States (b. 1926)

Sports on May 19

• WNBA: Washington Mystics @ Dallas Wings — 00:00 UTC Scheduled
• NBA: San Antonio Spurs @ Oklahoma City Thunder — 00:30 UTC Scheduled
• MLB: Texas Rangers @ Colorado Rockies — 00:40 UTC Scheduled
• MLB: Athletics @ Los Angeles Angels — 01:38 UTC Scheduled
• MLB: Chicago White Sox @ Seattle Mariners — 01:40 UTC Scheduled
• MLB: Los Angeles Dodgers @ San Diego Padres — 01:40 UTC Scheduled

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On This Day in History — May 20

• 2013 — An EF5 tornado strikes the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore, killing 24 people and injuring 377 others.
• 2012 — At least 27 people are killed and 50 others injured when a 6.0-magnitude earthquake strikes northern Italy.
• 2002 — The independence of East Timor is recognized by Portugal, formally ending 23 years of Indonesian rule and three years of provisional UN administration (Portugal itself is the former colonizer of East Timor until 1976).
• 1996 — Civil rights: The Supreme Court of the United States rules in Romer v. Evans against a law that would have prevented any city, town or county in the state of Colorado from taking any legislative, executive, or...
• 1990 — The first post-Communist presidential and parliamentary elections are held in Romania.
• 1989 — The Chinese authorities declare martial law in the face of pro-democracy demonstrations, setting the scene for the Tiananmen Square massacre.

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Notable Births on May 20

• 1998 — Jamie Chadwick, English race car driver
• 1998 — Nam Nguyen, Canadian figure skater
• 1996 — Brian Kelly, Australian rugby league player
• 1993 — Caroline Zhang, American figure skater
• 1992 — Cate Campbell, Australian swimmer
• 1992 — Jack Gleeson, Irish actor

Notable Deaths on May 20

• 2015 — Bob Belden, American saxophonist, composer, and producer (b. 1956)
• 2015 — Femi Robinson, Nigerian actor and playwright (b. 1940)
• 2014 — Sandra Bem, American psychologist and academic (b. 1944)
• 2014 — Ross Brown, New Zealand rugby player (b. 1934)
• 2014 — Robyn Denny, English-French painter (b. 1930)
• 2014 — Arthur Gelb, American journalist, author, and critic (b. 1924)

Sports on May 20

• MLB: Texas Rangers @ Colorado Rockies — 00:40 UTC Scheduled
• MLB: Athletics @ Los Angeles Angels — 01:38 UTC Scheduled
• MLB: Chicago White Sox @ Seattle Mariners — 01:40 UTC Scheduled
• MLB: Los Angeles Dodgers @ San Diego Padres — 01:40 UTC Scheduled
• MLB: San Francisco Giants @ Arizona Diamondbacks — 01:40 UTC Scheduled
• WNBA: Toronto Tempo @ Phoenix Mercury — 02:00 UTC Scheduled

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