- 1536 19 May Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII's second wife, is executed on probably fabricated charges of adultery and incest.
- 1897 19 May Irish playwright Oscar Wilde is released from prison after a two-year sentence for 'gross indecency'.
- 1943 19 May Churchill and Roosevelt agree 1 May 1944 as the final date for the D-Day landings (actually 6 June).
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