HIGHLIGHTS IN HISTORY

Today’s highlight:

On May 19, 1943, in his second wartime address to the U.S. Congress, British Prime Minister

Winston Churchill pledged his country’s full support in the fight against Japan; that evening, Churchill met with President Franklin D.

Roosevelt at the White House, where the two leaders agreed on May 1, 1944 as the date for the D-Day invasion of France. The operation ended up being launched more than a month later.

On this date:

1536: Anne Boleyn, the second wife of England’s King Henry VIII, was beheaded after being convicted of adultery.

1649: England was declared a republic by Parliament following the execution of King Charles I. The monarchy was restored in 1660.

1780: A mysterious darkness enveloped much of New England and part of Canada in the early afternoon.

1913: California Gov. Hiram

Johnson signed the WebbHartley Law prohibiting “aliens ineligible to citizenship” from owning farm land, a measure targeting Asian immigrants, particularly Japanese.

1962: Actress Marilyn Monroe sang “Happy Birthday to You” to President John F. Kennedy during a Democratic fundraiser.

1973: Secretariat won the Preakness, second of his Triple Crown.