May 19th (1950) was a Friday. 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, 1950
» A barge containing munitions destined for Pakistan explodes in the harbor at South Amboy, New Jersey, devastating the city.
» Egypt announces that the Suez Canal is closed to Israeli ships and commerce.
Famous Birthdays on May 19 in 1950
» Tadeusz Ślusarski, Polish pole vaulter (d. 1998)
May 19th Famous Deaths for 1950
» Daniel Ciugureanu, Moldovan politician, Prime Minister of Moldova (b. 1884)
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)