Almanac for May 19th

Erin O'Riordan's Almanac for May 19th: https://ko-fi.com/post/May-19-Happy-Birthday-Mr-President-Kennedy-C0C71FR556

English school, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Bummer May 19th

May 19, 1536: Henry VIII of England’s second wife, Anne Boleyn, is beheaded.

May 19, 1935: Thomas Edward Lawrence, a.k.a. “Lawrence of Arabia,” dies of his wounds six days after a motorcycle crash. He is 46 years old. 

May 19, 1993: SAM Colombia Flight 501 crashes into a mountain upon approach to José María Córdova International Airport in Medellín, Colombia. All 132 people aboard are killed. The crew’s navigation abilities were impaired by thunderstorms and by a malfunctioning radio beacon.

May 19, 2016: EgyptAir Flight 804, flying from Paris to Cairo, crashes into the Mediterranean Sea, killing all 66 people on board. The suspected cause of the crash is a cockpit fire, perhaps caused by a crew member smoking a cigarette (an action which was not prohibited), worsened by an oxygen leak coming from a mask inside the cockpit, that rapidly spread out of control.

May 19, 2018: A 32-year-old bicyclist is killed by a mountain lion while cycling in North Bend, Oregon.

Almanac for May 2nd

Erin O'Riordan's Almanac for May 2nd: https://ko-fi.com/post/May-2nd-Q5Q41EMSFE

French Republican Calendar day name (13 Floréal): wallflower

Bummer May 2nd

May 2, 1536: Anne Boleyn, Queen of England and second wife of Henry VIII, is arrested and charged with incest, witchcraft, adultery, and treason. She’s taken to the Tower of London. These charges are false: Henry’s real reasons for wanting to be rid of Anne include her failure to provide him with a male heir and his desire to court her lady-in-waiting Jane Seymour. 

May 2, 1957: Censured U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy dies of hepatitis at the age of 48 after struggling with severe alcoholism and morphine addiction. 

May 2, 1981: Antiques dealer Jim Williams shoots 21-year-old Danny Hansford at Williams’s historical home, Mercer House (formerly owned by composer Johnny Mercer) in Savannah, Georgia. The lovers had been in an argument; Williams argued the killing was self-defense. After four trials, Williams was acquitted. The homicide is the basis of John Berendt’s book Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil. 

What was Diane Meyer grateful for on May 2nd, 2024?

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classical music
pasta and wine
do your best!
finishing a book
seeing mom soon
honesty over everything
peanut butter
life is because of, and meant for, learning experiences,
becoming

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Mother's Day is coming on Sunday, May 10!