May 19th (1919) was a Monday. 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, 1919
» Mustafa Kemal Atatürk lands at Samsun on the Anatolian Black Sea coast, initiating what is later termed the Turkish War of Independence.
Famous Birthdays on May 19 in 1919
» Georgie Auld, Canadian-American saxophonist, clarinet player, and bandleader (d. 1990)
» Mitja Ribičič, Italian-Slovenian politician, 25th Prime Minister of Yugoslavia (d. 2013)
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)