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Mexican Cession
Young Pioneer, a Member's Pin
Légion d'honneur
Thai soldiers on 19 May 2010 during the crackdown on political protests
Arthur, Prince of Wales, in 1501
John Franklin
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| Blurb | Reason |
|---|---|
| 1536 – Anne Boleyn, the second wife and queen consort of Henry VIII of England, was beheaded at the Tower of London for adultery, incest, and high treason. | appears on January 25 |
| 1643 – Thirty Years' War: The French, led by Louis II de Bourbon, Prince de Condé, scored a decisive victory against the Spanish in Rocroi, France. | refimprove section, unreferenced section |
| 1649 – The Rump Parliament passed an act to formally establish the Commonwealth of England. | refimprove |
| 1802 – Napoléon Bonaparte, First Consul of the French Republic, established the Légion d'honneur order as a reward to commend civilians and soldiers. | needs cleanup |
| 1828 – The United States Congress passed the largest tariff in the nation's history, which resulted in severe economic hardship in the American South. | lots of {{cn}} tags |
| 1848 – Mexico ratified the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo that was previously signed to end the Mexican–American War, officially ceding present-day California, Nevada, Utah, and other territory to the United States. | refimprove section, unreferenced section |
| 1919 – Mustafa Kemal Atatürk traveled to Samsun to establish the Turkish National Movement to resist the partitioning of the Ottoman Empire after World War I, marking the start of the Turkish War of Independence. | needs more footnotes |
| 1922 – The Vladimir Lenin All-Union Pioneer Organization, a mass pioneer movement for Soviet children of age 10–15, was founded. | needs more footnotes |
| 1962 – During a televised birthday celebration for U.S. President John F. Kennedy at New York City's Madison Square Garden, actress and model Marilyn Monroe performed a sultry rendition of "Happy Birthday to You". | refimprove section |
| 1971 – The Soviet unmanned spacecraft Mars 2 was launched, eventually becoming the first human artifact to reach the surface of Mars. | refimprove, expansion |
| 2010 – In Bangkok, the Thai military concluded a week-long crackdown on widespread protests by forcing the surrender of opposition leaders. | outdated |
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- 1542 – The Prome Kingdom, in present-day central Burma, was conquered by the Taungoo Dynasty.
- 1743 – French physicist Jean-Pierre Christin published the design of a mercury thermometer with the centigrade scale, with 0 representing the freezing point of water and 100 its boiling point.
- 1776 – American Revolutionary War: A Continental Army garrison west of Montreal surrendered to British troops in the Battle of The Cedars.
- 1817 – The Articles of Association of the Bank of Montreal in Montreal, Quebec, Canada's oldest chartered bank, were adopted.
- 1845 – Captain Sir John Franklin and his ill-fated Arctic expedition departed from Greenhithe, England; the entire 129-man complement would be lost.
- 1997 – The Sierra Gorda Biosphere, which encompasses the most ecologically diverse region in Mexico, was established as a result of grassroots efforts.
May 19: Greek Genocide Remembrance Day in Greece; Commemoration of Atatürk, Youth and Sports Day in Turkey; Ho Chi Minh's birthday in Vietnam
- 715 – The papacy of Gregory II began; his conflict with Byzantine emperor Leo III eventually led to the establishment of the popes' temporal power.
- 1499 – Thirteen-year-old Catherine of Aragon (pictured), the first wife of Henry VIII of England, was married by proxy to his brother, 12-year-old Arthur, Prince of Wales.
- 1780 – A combination of thick smoke, fog, and heavy cloud cover caused darkness to fall on parts of Canada and the New England area of the United States by noon.
- 1911 – Parks Canada, the world's first national park service, was established as the Dominion Parks Branch under the Department of the Interior.
- 1991 – Despite a boycott by the local Serb population, voters in Croatia passed a referendum supporting independence from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.