Today in history: May 19
Rioters in Bangkok torched the stock exchange and other landmark buildings after a deadly army assault on an anti-government encampment ended a two-month siege, and more events that happened on this day in history.
1921: Warren G. Harding
In 1921, Congress passed, and President Warren G. Harding signed, the Emergency Quota Act, which established national quotas for immigrants.
1924: The Marx Brothers
In 1924, the Marx Brothers made their Broadway debut in the revue "I'll Say She Is."
1935: "Lawrence of Arabia"
In 1935, T.E. Lawrence, also known as "Lawrence of Arabia," died in Dorset, England, six days after being injured in a motorcycle crash.
1943: Winston Churchill
In 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).
1992: Mary Jo Buttafuoco
In 1992, in a case that drew much notoriety, Mary Jo Buttafuoco of Massapequa, New York, was shot and seriously wounded by her husband Joey's teenage lover, Amy Fisher.
1993: The Clinton White House
In 1993, the Clinton White House set off a political storm by abruptly firing the entire staff of its travel office; five of the seven staffers were later reinstated and assigned to other duties.
1994: Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
In 1994, former first lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis died in New York at age 64.
2003: WorldCom Inc.
In 2003, WorldCom Inc. agreed to pay investors $500 million to settle civil fraud charges.
2010: Bangkok
Ten years ago: Rioters in Bangkok torched the stock exchange and other landmark buildings after a deadly army assault on an anti-government encampment ended a two-month siege.
2010: Barack Obama
Ten years ago: President Barack Obama condemned Arizona's crackdown on illegal immigration and pushed instead for a federal fix he said the nation could embrace, showing solidarity with his guest of honor, Mexican President Felipe Calderon, who called Arizona's law discriminatory.
2015: Margaretta "Happy" Rockefeller
Five years ago: Margaretta "Happy" Rockefeller, 88, the widow of former U.S. Vice President and New York Gov. Nelson Rockefeller, died in Tarrytown, New York.
2015: NFL
Five years ago: NFL owners meeting in San Francisco agreed to move back extra-point kicks and allow defenses to score on conversion turnovers.
2015: Prince Charles
Five years ago: On a visit to Ireland, Prince Charles shook hands with Sinn Fein (shin fayn) party president Gerry Adams in a significant moment for Anglo-Irish relations.
2019: "Game of Thrones"
One year ago: “Game of Thrones” aired its 73rd and final episode on HBO, with a record-setting number of viewers.
2019: Brooks Koepka
One year ago: After giving up nearly all of his seven-shot lead in the final round, Brooks Koepka won his second straight PGA Championship, joining Tiger Woods as the only back-to-back winners since the tournament went to stroke play in 1958.
2019: Robert F. Smith
One year ago: Billionaire technology investor Robert F. Smith stunned the graduating class at Morehouse College, an all-male, historically-black college in Atlanta, when he announced in his commencement speech that he would pay off the student loans of the entire class, estimated at $40 million.
Some things to know today that aren't related to the coronavirus pandemic.