May 19

 Holidays and Observances
(Alphabetical Order)

2026 Daily Holidays that fall on May 19, include:

• Accounting Day  
• Boys Club Day
• Celebrate Your Elected Officials Day
• Hepatitis Testing Day 
• Malcolm X Day 
  
• May Ray Day
• National Asian and Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS Awareness Day 
• National Devil's Food Cake Day 
• Plant Something Day 
• World IBD Day 

2026 Weekly Holidays that include May 19, are:

• Click It or Ticket Mobilization (Covers Memorial Day Weekend) - May 18-31, 2026
• Emergency Medical Services Week (EMS) - May 17-23, 2026 (Third Full Week in May)
• Healthcare Documentation Integrity Week - May 17-23, 2026
• Healthy and Safe Swimming Week - May 18-24, 2026 (Week before Memorial Day Mon-Sun)
• International Heritage Breeds Week - May 17-23, 2026 (Third Week of May)
• International Pickles Week - May 17-23, 2026 (Third Week in May)
• Medical Transcriptionist Week - May 17-23, 2026 (Third Week in May)
• National African Violet Week - May 18-24, 2026
• National Backyard Games Week - May 17-23, 2026 (Week before Memorial Day)
• National Eosinophil Awareness Week - May 17-23, 2026 (Third Week in May)
• National Foul Ball Week - May 16-21
• National Healthcare Documentation Integrity Week - May 17-23, 2026
• National Heritage Breeds Week - May 15-21, 2026 (Third Full Week in May)
• National New Friends, Old Friends - May 17-23, 2026 (Third Week in May)
• National Public Works Week - May 17-23, 2026
• National Safe Boating Week - May 16-22, 2026 (Week Before Memorial Day)
• National Safe Sun Week - May 18-24, 2026
• National Unicycle Week - May 17-23, 2026 (Begins on Third Sunday in May)
• National Vegetarian Awareness Week - May 18-24, 2026
• Prepare Tomorrow's Parents Month - May 10 - June 21, 2026 (Mother's Day to Father's Day)
• World Orienteering Week - May 16-24, 2026
• World Schizophrenia Awareness Week - May 18-24, 2026

2026 Monthly Holidays that include May 19, are:

There are too many monthly holidays to include here, so please check out our May Holidays page to see all of the holidays that are celebrated the entire month of May.

NOTE:

1. A page on each holiday will be coming soon and linked above.
2. If a date is a movable holiday, that is different every year, I'll include the year as well as the date rule above. Otherwise, the holiday falls on the same date each year.

World Festivals and Events
(Date Order)

• Cannes International Film Festival - May 12-23, 2026, in Cannes, France is the most prestigious and most publicized film festival in the World.

Astrological Sign

The Astrological Sign for May 19 is Taurus.

Birth Flower of the Month

The Birth Flower(s) for the Month for May are:

• The Lily of the Valley - Humility, Chastity and Sweetness - signifies a return to happiness
• Hawthorn

Birthstone

The Birthstone(s) for May is the Emerald which is a symbol of rebirth and is believed to grant the owner foresight, good fortune, and youth.

Famous Birthdays

• 1795 - Johns Hopkins, American businessman and philanthropist who founded Johns Hopkins University (d. 1873)
• 1890 - Ho chi Minh, 1st President of Vietnam (d. 1969)
• 1897 - Frank Luke - American lieutenant and World War I pilot (fighter ace) who was the first airman to receive the Medal of Honor
• 1925 - Malcolm X, American minister, human rights activist (d. 1965)
• 1939 - Dick Scobee, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (d. 1986 - He was killed commanding the Space Shuttle Challenger, which suffered a booster failure during launch)
• 1945 - Pete Townshend, English singer, songwriter, and guitarist (The Who)
• 1951 - Joey Ramone, American singer and songwriter (Ramones) (d. 2001)

Famous Deaths

• 1864 - Nathaniel Hawthorne, American author (The Scarlett Letter) (b. 1804)
• 1898 - William Ewart Gladstone, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom(b. 1809)
• 1994 - Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, American journalist and 37th First Lady of the United States from 1961-1963

Famous Weddings and Divorces

• 1880 - Novelist Robert Louis Stevenson marries Fanny Van de Grift Osbourne
• 1979 - Musician and singer Eric Clapton marries Patti Boyd
• 1997 - Actress Sarah Jessica Parker (Sex and the City) marries actor Matthew Broderick
• 2008 - Actress & businesswoman Jessica Alba marries producer Cash Warren
• 2018 - Prince Harry marries Meghan Markle at St. George's Chapel at Windsor Castle

Quote of the Day

"There are many little ways to enlarge your child's world. Love of Books is the best of all" ~Jacqueline Kennedy

Great Quote! I love to read myself! I grew up going to the Library constantly, and checking out books all the time. The first personal computer came out after I had graduated from college, so growing up, we played outside after school, did our homework, and reading was one of my favorite things to do.  I still read all the time! I never experience boredom, because there is always another book to read, and something new to learn!

Healthy Diet Habit Tip of the Day 
or a Recipe of the Day

Our Healthy Diet Habit of the Day of May 19th from Kerry, of Healthy Diet Habits, is to set up a Dinner Club!

A Dinner Club should be the frugal persons way to socialize, because it's awesome!  The idea is to choose a group of friends, choose an evening a month, or more, to get together for a homemade delicious meal, centered on a theme, where everyone helps out.  Maybe you rotate homes each month, or travel from home to home for your different courses, but everyone shares in the meal preparation.  Find out more.....

Season

May 19th falls within the Spring Season in the Northern Hemisphere.

Spring is one of the four seasons. It follows the Winter Season, and is before the Summer Season. The weather warms up from the dreary cold, rainy and snowy weather, and you can spend more time outside.

The land comes alive in Spring, with grass turning green and early flowers like daffodils, tulips and California poppy's and other wildflowers bringing beauty back into your life!

Check out our Spring Season page for information about Spring, Spring Dates, Major Spring Holidays and Observances, Major Spring Festivals, Fun Facts About Spring, Spring Food Tips, Spring Gardening, Spring Preparation, Spring Quotes, and Spring Weather Information.

Kerry has put together some great information and tips on Spring foods: 

• Spring Weight Loss Tips

If you live in the Southern Hemisphere, this day falls in the Fall Season. 

• Fall Cooking

• Fall Foods

• Fall Snacks

• Fall Weight Loss Tips

This Day in History

• 1568 - English Queen Elizabeth orders the arrest of Scottish Queen Mary
• 1802 - Napoleon Bonaparte founds the Legion of Honour
• 1828 - The Tariff of 1828 which protected wool manufacturers in the U.S. was signed by U.S. President John Quincy Adams
• 1848 - The Mexican-American War is ended when Mexico ratifies the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo by ceding California, Nevada, Utah parts of four other U.S. States to the U.S. for $15 million
• 1884 - The Ringling Brothers Circus premieres
• 1906 - Federated Boys' Club (Boys' Club of America) is formed
• 1921 - The U.S. Congress passes the Emergency Quota Act which sets national quotas on immigration
• 1950 - Egypt announces that the Suez Canal is closed to Israeli ships and commerce
• 1958 - U.S. and Canada form the North American Air Defense Command (NORAD)
• 1967 - U.S. bombs Hanoi, Vietnam
• 1974 - The Rubik's Cube, a 3-D combination puzzle was invented by Erno Rubik, a Hungarian sculptor, and professor of architecture. 
• 1986 - U.S. President Ronald Reagan signs into law the Firearm Owners Protection Act
• 2016 - EgyptAir Flight 804 from Paris to Cairo crashed into the Mediterranean Sea with no survivors

This Day in Music

• 1958 - The South Pacific soundtrack album hits #1 and stays on top for 31 weeks. The film was based on the musical South Pacific by Rodgers and Hammerstein.
• 1965 - Ticket to Ride by the Beatles hits #1
• 1970 - In the Navy, by the Village people hits #3
• 1990 - Vogue by Madonna hits #1. It had hit #1 in the UK on April 14th, and is our Song Pick of the Day for April 14.
• 2010 - Stairway to Heaven, by Led Zeppelin was named the favorite rock song in a survey by the Absolute Classic Rock radio station in the UK

Led Zeppelin's classic, Stairway to Heaven, is such a great song!

Please check out our Music Holidays page!

This Day in Sports

• 1985 - Nancy Lopez wins the LPGA Chrysler-Plymouth Golf Classic
• 1988 - The Boston Red Sox retired Bobby Doerr's #1
• 2013 - Swed wins the 2013 World Ice Hockey Championship by defeating Switzerland

Word of the Day from Wiktionary

Wishing You a Great Day Today!