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