Second Boer War: British Relieve Mafeking, May 19, 1900
Second Boer War: British troops relieve Mafeking. Date: May 19, 1900 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on May 19 π Events on this day in 1900 π On This Day (Today)
Second Boer War: British troops relieve Mafeking. Date: May 19, 1900 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on May 19 π Events on this day in 1900 π On This Day (Today)
Great Britain annexes Tonga Island. Date: May 19, 1900 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on May 19 π Events on this day in 1900 π On This Day (Today)
Parks Canada, the world's first national park service, is established as the Dominion Parks Branch under the Department of the Interior. Date: May 19, 1911 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on May 19 π Events on this day in 1911 π On This Day (Today)
The Norwegian football club Rosenborg BK is founded. Date: May 19, 1917 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on May 19 π Events on this day in 1917 π On This Day (Today)
Mustafa Kemal AtatΓΌrk lands at Samsun on the Anatolian Black Sea coast, initiating what is later termed the Turkish War of Independence. Date: May 19, 1919 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on May 19 π Events on this day in 1919 π On This Day (Today)
The United States Congress passes the Emergency Quota Act establishing national quotas on immigration. Date: May 19, 1921 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on May 19 π Events on this day in 1921 π On This Day (Today)
The Young Pioneer Organization of the Soviet Union is established. Date: May 19, 1922 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on May 19 π Events on this day in 1922 π On This Day (Today)
Finnish cavalry general C. G. E. Mannerheim is appointed the field marshal. Date: May 19, 1933 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on May 19 π Events on this day in 1933 π On This Day (Today)
Zveno and the Bulgarian Army engineer a coup d'Γ©tat and install Kimon Georgiev as the new Prime Minister of Bulgaria. Date: May 19, 1934 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on May 19 π Events on this day in 1934 π On This Day (Today)
World War II: In the aftermath of the Battle of the Coral Sea, Task Force 16 heads to Pearl Harbor for repairs. Date: May 19, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on May 19 π Events on this day in 1942 π On This Day (Today)