MONDAY, MAY 19, 2014

Today is Monday, May 19, the 139th day of 2014. There are 226 days left in the year.

1568 ― English queen Elizabeth I arrests Scottish queen Mary

1780 ― About midday, near-total darkness descends on much of New England to this day its cause is still unexplained

1885 ― First mass production of shoes (Jan Matzeliger in Lynn, Mass.)

1943 ― Berlin is declared "Judenrien" (free of Jews)

1951 ― U.N. begins counter offensive in Korea

1964 ― U.S. diplomats find at least 40 secret microphones in the Moscow embassy

1979 ― Guitarist Eric Clapton marries Patti Boyd

1986 ― Anti-apartheid activist Helene Pastoors sentenced to 10 years in South Africa

1992 ― Englishman Dave Gauder, 224 lbs, pulls 196 ton jumbo jet, 3 inches

1995 ― World's youngest doctor, Balamurali Ambati, 17, graduates Mount Sinai