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What Happened On 19th May 1940 In History

May 19th (1940) was a Sunday. 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.

Famous Birthdays on May 19 in 1940

  • » Jan Janssen, Dutch cyclist
  • » Mickey Newbury, American singer-songwriter (d. 2002)

May 19th Famous Deaths for 1940

  • » Diego Mazquiarán, Spanish bullfighter (b. 1895)

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)

Year 1940 historical events for the month of May

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World History for the 19th May