Saturday, May 19, 2018

Today is Saturday, May 19, the 139th day of 2018. There are 226 days left in the year.

1588 — Spanish Armada sets sail for Lisbon, bound to England

1662 — Uniformity Act of England goes into effect

1749 — George II grants charter to Ohio Company to settle Ohio Valley

1793 — Netherlands captures French island of St Maarten (held until 1795)

1896 — First auto (Benz) to arrive in Netherlands

1898 — Post Office authorizes use of postcards

1905 — Tom Jenkins beats Frank Gotcha for heavyweight wrestling champion

1906 — Federated Boys’ Club (Boys’ Club of America) organizes

1921 — Congress sharply curbs immigration, setting a national quota system