CoM Moderators Posted May 19 Posted May 19 Historical Events 1941 - New Nazi battleship Bismarck leaves Gdynia, Poland 1962 - Indonesian paratroopers land in New Guinea 1974 - Valéry Giscard d'Estaing wins French presidential election 1995 - Emmy 22nd Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 15th time 2018 - Queen Elizabeth II grants the titles of Duke and Duchess of Sussex to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle upon their marriage More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1795 - Johns Hopkins, American financier and philanthropist (founded Johns Hopkins Hospital and Johns Hopkins University), born in Gambrills, Maryland (d. 1873) 1812 - Felix Zollicoffer, American journalist and Confederate Brigadier General who was killed in the Battle of Mill Springs, born in Maury County, Tennessee (d. 1862) 1864 - Carl Akeley, American taxidermist and naturalist who developed the animal mount process and other techniques for museums, born in Clarendon, New York (d. 1926) 1926 - Paul Cooper, American classical music composer, and educator, born in Victoria, Illinois (d. 1996) 1934 - Ruskin Bond, Indian novelist (Our Trees Still Grow in Dehra), born in Kasauli, British India More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1928 - Max Scheler, German philosopher, dies at 53 1994 - Henry Morgan, American comedian and TV panelist (I've Got a Secret; Arena), dies of lung cancer at 79 2001 - Susannah McCorkle, American singer (b. 1946) 2021 - Lee Evans, American athlete (Olympic gold men's 400m, 4x400m relay 1968), dies from stroke complications at 74 2025 - Alice Notley, American poet (Mysteries of Small Houses, Disobedience), dies of a cerebral haemorrhage at 79 More Famous Deaths »
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