May 19 - What happened today?

Home What happened today in history? Blamepro's Almanac for May 19
In the headlines today:

2005	The motion picture Star Wars: Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith, directed by George Lucas, opens at theatres worldwide.
1973	Jockey Ron Turcotte rides Secretariat to victory at the Preakness Stakes in Baltimore, MD. *Did you know?* Secretariat also won the Kentucky Derby and later won at Belmont, completing the coveted horse racing 'Triple Crown.'
1971	Poet Ogden Nash dies at his home in Baltimore, MD, at age 69.
1964	Forty hidden microphones are discovered inside the US embassy in Moscow.
1943	British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, in an address to the US Congress, pledges full support in the war against Japan.
1935	T.E. Lawrence, better known as Lawrence of Arabia, dies in England from injuries sustained in a motorcycle crash.
1911	Caesar Cella, of New York City, becomes the first person to be convicted of a crime by fingerprint evidence.
1906	The Federated Boys Clubs, later to become the Boys Club of America, is organized.
1846	Robert Bailey Thomas, founder of The Farmers' Almanac, dies.
1643	Delegates from four New England colonies meet in Boston to form a confederation.
1536	Anne Boleyn, second wife of England's King Henry VIII, is beheaded for adultery.