On This Day: May 19, 2013
Birthdays:| 1861 | Nellie Melba, Australian born soptano singer | | 1890 | Ho Chi Minh, Vietnamese leader, after whom Saigon was renamed | | 1924 | Sandy Wilson, British playwright | | 1925 | Malcolm X, US Black rights campaigner who was assassignated | | 1926 | David Jacobs, Radio & television broadcaster | | 1939 | James Fox, Film and television actor | | 1952 | Grace Jones, Film actress | | 1953 | Victoria Wood, Comedienne |
Events:| 1649 | England was declared a Commonwealth | | 1892 | At the Battle of the (sacred) Yemoja River the British wreaks havoc amongst the Ijebu infantry with a British Maxim (capable of firing 2000 rounds in three minutes). | | 1906 | The last British soldiers left Canada | | 1906 | The Simplon rail tunnel between Switzerland and Italy was officially opened | | 1929 | The World's Fair opened in Barcelona, Spain | | 1935 | T.E Lawrence, British soldier & author, died | | 1964 | The USA made an official complaint to the USSR when 'bugs' were found in its Moscow embassy | | 1984 | John Betjeman, the English poet, died |
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