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Today is Tuesday, May 19, the 139th day of 2026. There are 226 days left in the year.<\/p>\n

Read more Gas surges past $4 a gallon while tomato and beef prices notch new records. A look at rising costs amid the Iran war<\/a><\/p>\n

Today in history:<\/h4>\n

On May 19,\u00a01974, Hungarian architecture professor Ern\u0151 Rubik debuted the Rubik\u2019s Cube, his multicolored invention that would make the leap from classroom teaching tool to a global phenomenon with over 450 million of the 3D puzzles sold.<\/p>\n

Also on this date:<\/h4>\n

In 1536, Anne Boleyn, the second wife of England\u2019s King Henry VIII, was beheaded at the Tower of London after being convicted of adultery.<\/p>\n

In 1883, William Cody held the first of his \u201cBuffalo Bill\u2019s Wild West\u201d shows in Omaha, Nebraska.<\/p>\n

In 1920, 10 people were killed in a gunbattle between coal miners, who were led by a local police chief, and a group of private security guards hired to evict them for joining a union in Matewan, West Virginia.<\/p>\n

In 1921, President Warren G. Harding signed the Emergency Quota Act, which established national quotas for immigrants.<\/p>\n

Read more Snap, YouTube settle school-social media suit ahead of trial<\/a><\/p>\n

In 1943, British Prime Minister Winston 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 (expansion plans for the invasion caused the date of the landing to be delayed by a month).<\/p>\n

In 1962, film star Marilyn Monroe sang \u201cHappy Birthday to You\u201d to President John F. Kennedy during a Democratic fundraiser at New York\u2019s Madison Square Garden.<\/p>\n

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In 1991, Croatians voted overwhelmingly for independence in a public referendum, triggering a formal breakup from Yugoslavia in June and a war leading to widespread ethnic cleansing and thousands of deaths.<\/p>\n

In 2018, Britain\u2019s Prince Harry wed American actor Meghan Markle in St. George\u2019s Chapel at Windsor Castle.<\/p>\n

In 2024, a helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, the country\u2019s foreign minister and other officials crashed in Iran\u2019s northwest mountains. Their bodies were recovered a day later after hours of searching in a fog-shrouded forest.<\/p>\n

Read more Former Hartford police officer charged in fatal shooting of a Black man in mental distress<\/a><\/p>\n

Today\u2019s Birthdays:<\/h4>\n
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  • TV personality David Hartman is 91.<\/li>\n
  • Musician-composer Pete Townshend (The Who) is 81.<\/li>\n
  • Singer-actor Grace Jones is 78.<\/li>\n
  • Former racing driver Dario Franchitti is 53.<\/li>\n
  • Basketball Hall of Famer Kevin Garnett is 50.<\/li>\n
  • Country musician-producer Shooter Jennings is 47.<\/li>\n
  • Comedian-actor Michael Che is 43.<\/li>\n
  • Singer Sam Smith is 34.<\/li>\n
  • Country singer Lainey Wilson is 34.<\/li>\n
  • Celebrity chef Nick DiGiovanni is 30.<\/li>\n
  • Actor Carmen S\u00e1nchez is 25.<\/li>\n
  • Media personality-singer JoJo Siwa is 23.<\/li>\n
  • Actor Saylor Curda is 22.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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