On This Day in History May 19, 2023

Historical Events 1536  Anne Boleyn, second wife of English King Henry VIII, is beheaded at the Tower of London on charges of adultery, incest and treason 1643  Massachusetts Bay, Plymouth, Connecticut and New Harbor form the United Colonies of New England 1649  England is declared a Commonwealth by an act of the Rump Parliament making England a republic for the next 11 years 1885  German Chancellor Otto von Bismarck takes possession of Cameroon and Togoland 1898  US Congress passes the Private Mailing Card Act, allowing private publishers and printers to produce postcards, had to be labelled "Private Mailing Cards" until 1901, known as "souvenir cards" 1919  Mustafa Kemal Atatürk lands at Samsun on the Black Sea coast, beginning the Turkish War of Independence More Historical Events Famous Birthdays Dolph Schayes 1928 - 2015 Gary Kildall 1942 - 1994 Nora Ephron 1941 - 2012 Pol Pot 1925 - 1998 More Famous Birthdays Famous Deaths Nathaniel Hawthorne 1804 - 1864 Ronald Colman 1891 - 1958 More Famous Deaths