Today In History
Today is Saturday, May 19, the 139th day of 2018. There are 226 days left in the year.
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT
› 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
› 1780: A mysterious darkness enveloped much of New England and part of Canada in the early afternoon.
› 1913: California Gov. Hiram Johnson signed the Webb-Hartley 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 at New York’s Madison Square Garden.
› 1973: Secretariat won the Preakness Stakes, the second of his Triple Crown victories.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS
PBS newscaster Jim Lehrer is 84. TV personality David Hartman is
83. Actor James Fox is 79. Actress Nancy Kwan is
79. Actor Peter Mayhew is 74. Rock singer-composer Pete Townshend (The Who) is 73. Concert pianist David Helfgott is
71. Rock singer-musician Dusty Hill (ZZ Top) is 69. College Football Hall of Famer and former NFL player Archie Manning is
69. Singer-actress Grace Jones is 67. Rock musician Phil Rudd is 64. Actor Steven Ford is 62. Actress Toni Lewis is 58. Rock musician Iain Harvie (Del Amitri) is 56. Actress Polly Walker is 52. Actor Jason Gray-Stanford is
48. Gospel singer Israel Houghton is 47. Rock singer Jenny Berggren (Ace of Base) is 46. Race car driver Dario Franchitti is 45. TV personality Kim Zolciak Biermann (TV: “Real Housewives of Atlanta”) is 40. Country/ rock singer Shooter Jennings is 39. Actor Drew Fuller is 38. Actor-comedian Michael Che (TV: “Saturday Night Live”) is 35. Christian rock musician Tim McTague (Underoath) is 35. Rock musician James Richardson (MGMT) is 35. Pop singer Sam Smith is 26. Actor Nolan Lyons is 17.