By The Associated Press
                - Today is Wednesday, May 19, the 139th day of 1999. There are 226
                  days left in the year.

                - On May 19, 1536, Anne Boleyn, the second wife of England's King
                  Henry VIII, was beheaded after she was convicted of adultery.
                - In 1588, the Spanish Armada set sail for England; it was soundly
                  defeated by the English fleet the following August.
                - In 1643, delegates from four New England colonies met in Boston to
                  form a confederation.
                - In 1906, the Federated Boys' Clubs, forerunner of the Boys' Clubs of
                  America, were organized.
                - In 1921, Congress passed the Emergency Quota Act, which established
                  national quotas for immigrants.
                - In 1935, T.E. Lawrence, also known as Lawrence of Arabia, died in
                  England from injuries sustained in a motorcycle crash.
                - In 1943, in an address to the U.S. Congress, British Prime Minister
                  Winston Churchill pledged his country's full support in the war
                  against Japan.
                - In 1958, the U.S. and Canada formally established the North American
                  Air Defense Command.
                - In 1964, the State Department disclosed that 40 hidden microphones
                  had been found in the U.S. embassy in Moscow.
                - In 1967, the Soviet Union ratified a treaty with the U.S. and
                  Britain banning nuclear weapons from outer space.
                - In 1992, the 27th Amendment to the Constitution, which prohibits
                  Congress from giving itself mid-term pay raises, went into effect.
                - Ten years ago: The NCAA announced sanctions against the University
                  of Kentucky's basketball program for recruiting and academic
                  violations. On Wall Street, the Dow Jones Industrial Average passed
                  the 2500 mark, ending the day at 2,501.10.
                - Five years ago: Former first lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis died in
                  New York at age 64. President Clinton held a news conference in
                  which he defended his foreign policy against suggestions he
                  improvises it from crisis to crisis, saying, "I continue to look for
                  new solutions."
                - One year ago: Millions of pagers nationwide stopped working when a
                  communications satellite, the Galaxy IV, suddenly lost track of
                  Earth. Bandits stole three of Rome's most important paintings, two
                  by van Gogh and one by Cezanne, from the National Gallery of Modern
                  Art.

                *Happy Birthday*
                - PBS newscaster Jim Lehrer is 65.
                - TV personality David Hartman is 64.
                - Actor James Fox is 60.
                - Actress Nancy Kwan is 60.
                - Singer-songwriter Mickey Newbury is 59.
                - Author-director Nora Ephron is 58.
                - Rock singer-composer Pete Townshend (The Who) is 54.
                - Rock musician Phil Rudd (AC-DC) is 53.
                - Concert pianist David Helfgott is 52.
                - Rock singer-musician Dusty Hill (ZZ Top) is 50.
                - Singer-actress Grace Jones is 47.
                - Rock singer Joey Ramone (The Ramones) is 47.
                - Baseball catcher Rick Cerone is 45.
                - Actor Steven Ford is 43.
                - Rock musician Iain Harvie (Del Amitri) is 37.
                - Rock singer Jenny Berggren (Ace of Base) is 27.
                - Actor Eric Lloyd ("Jesse") is 13.