Talk:May 19

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May 19: Pontian Greek Genocide Remembrance Day in Greece (1919); Commemoration of Atatürk, Youth and Sports Day in Turkey (1919) John III Sobieski 715 – Gregory II began his pontificate; his conflict with Byzantine emperor Leo III eventually led to the establishment of the temporal power of the pope. 1655 – Anglo-Spanish War: English forces invaded Jamaica, then administered by Spain as the Colony of Santiago, and captured it a week later. 1674 – John III Sobieski (pictured) was elected by the szlachta as the monarch of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. 1776 – American Revolutionary War: A Continental Army garrison west of Montreal surrendered to British troops at the Battle of the Cedars. 1991 – Breakup of Yugoslavia: With the local Serb population boycotting the referendum, Croatians voted in favour of independence from Yugoslavia. 2015 – A corroded pipeline near Refugio State Beach, California, spilled 142,800 gallons (3,400 barrels) of crude oil onto the Gaviota Coast. Helena of Moscow (b. 1476) Nellie Melba (b. 1861) Riccardo Calafiori (b. 2002) Jeffrey Catherine Jones (d. 2011) More anniversaries: May 18 May 19 May 20

New England's Dark Day

The anomalous phenomenon article could become a home for the May 19 1780 event: 'Never-explained complete darkness, in Eastern Canada and the New England states at 2 pm.', which Benjamin Franklin hypothesized came from volcanic eruptions in Iceland. But right now this article is too heavily slanted toward the paranormal. Any other articles where this event could be placed? Ancheta Wis 13:19, 28 Mar 2004 (UTC)

Calendar

65.5.128.20 has added the day of each event in the Events section. The day is given according to the Gregorian Calendar, or Proleptic Gregorian Calendar for dates prior to the calendar changes. I suspect some of the event dates are Julian Calendar dates, therefore the day is wrong in these cases. I'm trying to confirm some of the dates as being Julian or Gregorian. In the mean time, what's the view on having the day indicated? My personal view is that we shouldn't have it in this particular area of Wikipedia. Arcturus 21:59, 8 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Hepatitis Testing Day

? promotions and awareness days not holidays or observances --2607:FEA8:D5DF:1AF0:DD5D:CE11:7C78:B703 (talk) 12:28, 19 May 2021 (UTC)

national asian and pacific islander HIV/AIDS awareness day

another 'awareness' day. gov. office, not holiday or observance. should be deleted --2607:FEA8:D5DF:1AF0:DD5D:CE11:7C78:B703 (talk) 12:49, 19 May 2021 (UTC)