On This Day for May 19 - Ringling Bros. Circus formed, Malcolm X is featured, and more

Created: 2020-05-19 10:04 Updated: 2020-05-19 10:04 Notebook: On this Day in History

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May 19

FEATURED BIOGRAPHY

Malcolm X

FEATURED EVENT

1884

Ringling Bros. Circus formed

MORE EVENTS ON THIS DAY

Prince Harry and Meghan, duke and duchess of Sussex

2018: Prince Harry married American actress Meghan Markle at St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle; the ceremony, unlike any previous British royal wedding, mixed pomp and circumstance with African American culture, the latter a celebration of the bride's biracial background. [ Sort fact from fiction in our quiz about English royalty.]

Interior of an Apple store in London, 2005.

2001: Apple Inc. opened its first two retail stores, in McLean, Virginia, and Glendale, California. [Take our computers and technology quiz.]

1994: Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis—who, as U.S. first lady, married to President John F. Kennedy, became known for her style and elegance—died in New York City. [ Test your knowledge of U.S. first ladies.]

1935: British archaeological scholar, military strategist, and author T.E. Lawrence, whose life inspired the epic film Lawrence of Arabia (1962), died in Clouds Hill, Dorset, England.

1930: Playwright Lorraine Hansberry, whose A Raisin in the Sun (1959) was the first drama by an African American woman to be produced on Broadway, was born in Chicago. [Take our theatre quiz .]

1890: Ho Chi Minh—founder of the Indochina Communist Party (1930) and its successor, the Viet Minh (1941), and president (1945–69) of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam)—was born in Hoang Tru, Vietnam, French Indochina.

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ALSO BORN ON THIS DAY

1925

Malcolm X
American Muslim leader

1992

Sam Smith
British singer-songwriter

1925

Pol Pot
Cambodian political leader

1976

Kevin Garnett
American basketball player

1890

Ho Chi Minh
president of North Vietnam