May 19th (1897) was a Wednesday. It's the 139th day of the year (140th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 226 days left to the end of the year.
Historical Events for 19th May, 1897
» Oscar Wilde is released from Reading Gaol.
Famous Birthdays on May 19 in 1897
» Frank Luke, American lieutenant and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1918)
May 19th Holidays in History
» Christian feast day:
» Calocerus (Eastern Orthodox Church)
» Dunstan (commemoration, Anglicanism)
» Ivo of Kermartin
» Joaquina Vedruna de Mas
» Maria Bernarda Bütler
» Pope Celestine V called Peter Celestine
» Pudentiana (Roman Catholic Church)
» May 19 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
» Commemoration of Atatürk, Youth and Sports Day (Turkey, Northern Cyprus)
» Greek genocide Political known as Greek Genocide Remembrance Day (Greece)