Today
Tuesday May 19 2026
- Day of the year
- 139/ 365
- Week
- 212,026
- Days left
- 22638%
- Moon
- 12%Waxing crescent
Today is Tuesday, May 19, 2026. It is day 139 of 2026, a year of 365 days: 226 remain, and 38% of the year has gone. Under ISO 8601 this date falls in week 21.
What's celebrated on this date
No United Nations international day falls on this date.
Coming up
- May 20World Bee Day
- May 21World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development
- May 22International Day for Biological Diversity
Saints and name days
Saints whose feast falls on this date, most widely known first.
- Celestine V13th‑century Italian hermit and founder of the Celestines, Catholic saint, first pope to resign
- Alcuin8th-century Northumbrian scholar, clergyman, poet, and teacher
- Dmitry DonskoyPrince of Moscow
- DunstanArchbishop of Canterbury and saint
- Ivo of KermartinBreton priest and saint (1253-1303)
Sources : Wikidata (P841) · CC0 1.0
Astronomy
New York
- Sunrise
- 05:35
- Sunset
- 20:10
- Length of day
- 14h 35m+2 min vs yesterday
- Solar noon
- 12:53
Times shown for America/New_York
Season
Spring
began on March 20, 2026
Next season
Summer — 33 days, June 21, 2026 (June solstice)
Public holidays — United States
Not a public holiday in the United States.
Next public holiday : Memorial Day — May 25, 2026
National holidays only. Regions, provinces and Länder add their own.
Moon
Waxing crescent
Illumination : 12%
Moon age : 2.8 days
- Next full moon
- May 31, 2026
- Next new moon
- June 15, 2026
Astrology
Today's zodiac sign
Taurus
until May 21, 2026 — Gemini
Zodiac dates are an astrological convention, not the Sun's actual position among the constellations. The astronomy above is measured; this is not.
On this day in history
1051
Henry I of France marries the Rus' princess, Anne of Kiev. Wikipedia
1536
Anne Boleyn, the second wife of Henry VIII of England, is beheaded for adultery, treason, and incest. Wikipedia
1643
Thirty Years' War: French forces under the duc d'Enghien decisively defeat Spanish forces at the Battle of Rocroi, marking the symbolic end of Spain as a dominant land power. Wikipedia
1780
New England's Dark Day, an unusual darkening of the day sky, is observed over the New England states and parts of Canada. Wikipedia
1802
Napoleon Bonaparte founds the Legion of Honour. Wikipedia
1845
Captain Sir John Franklin and his ill-fated Arctic expedition depart from Greenhithe, England. Wikipedia
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1919
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk lands at Samsun on the Anatolian Black Sea coast, initiating what is later termed the Turkish War of Independence. Wikipedia
1962
A birthday salute to U.S. President John F. Kennedy takes place at Madison Square Garden, New York City. The highlight is Marilyn Monroe's rendition of "Happy Birthday". Wikipedia
2018
The wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle is held at St George's Chapel, Windsor, with an estimated global audience of 1.9 billion. Wikipedia
2024
A helicopter crash in Iran leaves 8 people dead, including the country's president Ebrahim Raisi & foreign minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian. Wikipedia
Sources : Wikipedia (en) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Data imported on 2026-08-26
Births and deaths
Born on this day May 19
- 1762Johann Gottlieb Fichte, German philosopher and academic (died 1814)
- 1881Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (official birthday), Turkish field marshal and statesman, 1st President of Turkey (died 1938)
- 1890Ho Chi Minh, Vietnamese politician, 1st President of Vietnam (died 1969)
- 1925Pol Pot, Cambodian general and politician, 29th Prime Minister of Cambodia (died 1998)
- 1925Malcolm X, American minister and activist (died 1965)
- 1939James Fox, English actorturns 87 years
- 1945Pete Townshend, English singer-songwriter and guitaristturns 81 years
- 1951Joey Ramone, American singer-songwriter (died 2001)
Died on this day May 19
- 1125Vladimir II Monomakh, Grand Prince of Kievaged 72 years
- 1296Pope Celestine V (born 1215)aged 81 years
- 1536Anne Boleyn, Queen Consort of England (1533–1536); second wife of Henry VIIIaged 35 years
- 1895José Martí, Cuban journalist, poet, and philosopher (born 1853)aged 42 years
- 1898William Ewart Gladstone, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1809)aged 89 years
- 1935T. E. Lawrence, British colonel and archaeologist (born 1888)aged 47 years
- 1954Charles Ives, American composer and educator (born 1874)aged 80 years
- 1994Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, American journalist, 37th First Lady of the United States (born 1929)aged 65 years
Sources : Wikipedia (en) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Data imported on 2026-08-26
The day in words
In New York the sun rises at 05:35 and sets at 20:10, giving 14h 35m of daylight — 2 minutes more than yesterday. It has been spring since March 20, 2026; summer opens in 33 days, on June 21, 2026 (June solstice).
The moon is a waxing crescent, 12% illuminated. The next full moon falls on May 31, 2026 and the next new moon on June 15, 2026.
The saints' calendar attaches May 19 to Celestine V, Alcuin and Dmitry Donskoy.
No United Nations international day falls on May 19. The next one on the calendar is World Bee Day, on May 20.
It is not a public holiday in the United States.
On this day in history: Henry I of France marries the Rus' princess, Anne of Kiev (1051); Anne Boleyn, the second wife of Henry VIII of England, is beheaded for adultery, treason, and incest (1536). English Wikipedia records 10 events for this date.
Johann Gottlieb Fichte was born on May 19, 1762; Vladimir II Monomakh died on May 19, 1125.
220 days remain until Christmas and 227 until New Year's Day.
In astrology — kept separate from the measured astronomy above, deliberately — May 19 falls under the sign of Taurus.
Calendar
By the numbers
- 38%
- of the year elapsed
- 220
- until Christmas
- 227
- until New Year
- 651
- until the next 29 February
2026 — Common year (365 days)
Work with dates
Sources
Every block on this page names where its data comes from. Nothing here is generated when the source is silent.
- United Nations — International Days— What's celebrated today
- Wikidata (P841)— Saints and name days · CC0 1.0
- Wikipedia (en)— On this day in history · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Data imported on 2026-08-26