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Roussimoff, André 'The Giant' b. May 19, 1946 d. January 27, 1993
Professional Wrestler, Actor. One of the largest athletes to participate in any sport, at his peak, he stood 7' 4" tall and weighed over 500 pounds. He was the first wrestler to gain national fame and was largely responsible for the immense popularity of wrestling in the 1970s and 1980s. Born in the village of Grenoble, France, he suffered from acromegaly, a disease that results in an over abundance of growth hormones. Also known as Gigantism, this disease caused Andre's body to continue...[Read More] (Bio by: Art & Tracy)
Cause of death: Congestive heart failure
Roussimoff Family Ranch Grounds, Ellerbe, Richmond County, North Carolina, USA
Plot: His ashes are buried under his favorite garden in his North Carolina ranch.
Scobee, Francis R. 'Dick' b. May 19, 1939 d. January 28, 1986
Space Shuttle Challenger Pilot. Francis Scobee was born in Cle Elum, Washington. Enlisting in the Air Force in 1957 as an engine mechanic, he attended college in his off-duty hours and was eventually awarded a Bachelor of Science degree in Aerospace Engineering in 1965. He was made an officer the same year and attended flight school, earning his wings as a combat aviator in 1966 during the Vietnam War. On his return stateside, he attended the Aerospace Research Pilot School at Edwards Air Force...[Read More] (Bio by: Lysa)
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, USA
Plot: Section 46, Lot 1129-4, Grid O-23.5
Ramone (Hyman), Joey (Jeffrey) b. May 19, 1951 d. April 15, 2001
Singer. Punk Rocker and lead singer for the seminal rock band "The Ramones."
Cause of death: Lymphatic cancer
Hillside Cemetery, Lyndhurst, Bergen County, New Jersey, USA
GPS coordinates: 40.8091011, -74.1094437 (hddd.dddd)
Smith, Maynard 'Snuffy' b. May 19, 1911 d. May 11, 1984
World War II Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. Served in the United States Army Air Corps during World War II as a Sergeant in the 423rd Bombardment Squadron, 306th Bomber Group. He was awarded the CMOH for his bravery over Europe on May 1, 1943. Eighth Air Force bombers and fighters began arriving in England during the spring of 1942. The first heavy bomber mission against targets in Occupied Europe was flown on August 17, 1942. Maj. General Ira Eaker, head of VIII Bomber Command and...[Read More]
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, USA
Plot: Section 66, Grave 7375
Mabley, Jackie 'Moms' b. May 19, 1894 d. May 23, 1975
Famed comedian who's career spanned vaudeville, night clubs, recording, film, and television. A pioneer of social satire, she has strongly influenced such contemporary African-American comedians such as Richard Pryor, Bill Cosby, and Whoppi Goldberg. Her comic character was that of cantankerous old woman (created when Mabley herself was still young) who wore a funny hat, had a big toothless grin, and uttered gags laced with folk wisdom. She was born Loretta Mary Aiken into a large family in...[Read More] (Bio by: Curtis Jackson)
Ferncliff Cemetery and Mausoleum, Hartsdale, Westchester County, New York, USA
Plot: Knollwood Gdn 1, Row 14, Grave 4
Hopkins, Johns b. May 19, 1795 d. December 24, 1873
Financier, Philanthropist. He was an important investor in the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and used the railroad during the Civil War to transport Union troops to the front. In addition, he was president of Merchant's Bank. A Quaker philanthropist, upon his death he left 7 million dollars to found many institutions including Johns Hopkins University, Johns Hopkins Press, and Johns Hopkins Hospital. (Bio by: Seagull)
Green Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Baltimore City, Maryland, USA
Melba, Dame. Nellie b. May 19, 1861 d. February 23, 1931
Opera Singer. She was born Helen Porter Mitchell in Richmond, Melbourne, Australia. After studying music as a child in Australia, she accompanied her father to Paris where, after an auditon, she was chosen to be a student of the famous teacher, Mathilde Marchesi. At her teacher's urging she adopted the stage name "Nellie Melba." In 1887, she made her operatic debut performing Verdi's "Rigoletto" in Brussells. She went on to perform in Paris, London, New York, as well as other major venues and...[Read More] (Bio by: Bigwoo)
Lilydale General Cemetery, Lilydale, Victoria, Australia
Young, Gerald Orren b. May 19, 1930 d. June 6, 1990
Viet Nam Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He served during the War in Viet Nam in the United States Air Force as a Captain at the 37th ARS Da Nang Air Force Base. He was awarded the CMOH for his bravery at Khesanh, Republich of Viet Nam on November 9, 1967. His citation reads "For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty. Capt. Young distinguished himself while serving as a helicopter rescue crew commander. Capt. Young was flying...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, USA
Plot: Section 7A, Lot 87, map grid U 23/24
Boelcke, Oswald b. May 19, 1891 d. October 28, 1916
Boelcke was most likely the world's first flying ace and was the first fighter pilot to be awarded Germany's highest military honor, the Pour le Merite. Boelcke was the first to devise air combat tactics which in turn gave him the title of "Father of Air Fighting Tactics" which are still used today. One of the youngest ever appointed Hauptman (Captain), he was an exceptional leader and was given command of his own squadron in which he was also able to choose his own pilots. One new pilot he...[Read More]
Ehrenfriedhof, Dessau, Dessau-Roßlau, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany
Davies, Richard Bell b. May 19, 1886 d. February 26, 1966
World War I Victoria Cross Recipient.
Southampton Crematorium, Southampton, Hampshire, England
X (Little), Malcolm b. May 19, 1925 d. February 21, 1965
African-American activist and leader, philosopher and author. As an activist and black leader, he advocated black pride, economic self-reliance and human civil rights. Born Malcolm Little in Omaha, Nebraska, to Earl Little and Louise Norton Little. His father was a Baptist lay preacher and supporter of Marcus Garvey, and was believed killed by the Black Legion, a white supremacist group in Lansing, Michigan, in 1931. When his mother was declared insane in 1939, the family was broken up and...[Read More] (Bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson)
Cause of death: Assassinated by gunfire
Ferncliff Cemetery and Mausoleum, Hartsdale, Westchester County, New York, USA
Plot: Pinewood B, Grave 150
Scobee, Francis R. [memorial] b. May 19, 1939 d. January 28, 1986
The International Forest of Friendship is a living, growing memorial to the World History of Aviation and Aerospace. The space shuttle Challenger exploded Jan 28, 1986, all seven aboard perished. Names of those pioneers of space exploration, along with three other astronauts who also gave their lives, are immortalized in the inner circle around the Moon Tree. This tree was grown from a seed taken to the moon by the lateCommand Module pilot Col. Stuart Roosa, in Apollo 14, 1971. (Bio by: Mr. Denardo)
International Forest of Friendship Memorial, Atchison, Atchison County, Kansas, USA
Atatürk, Mustafa Kemal b. May 19, 1881 d. November 10, 1938
Founder and First President of Republic of Turkey. He was born in the Ottoman city of Salonika which is the modern day city of Thessaloniki in Greece. His mother enrolled him in a religious school but he rebelled, had a fight with teacher and left home to enroll in a military school. He went on to graduate from the War College in Istanbul and the War Academy. During the Gallipoli campaign in 1915 he became a military hero and in 1919 the leader of the Turkey national liberation struggle. He...[Read More] (Bio by: Tom Todd)
Anitkabir Mausoleum, Ankara, Ankara, Turkey
Squires, John C. b. May 19, 1925 d. May 23, 1944
World War II Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He served in the United States Army during World War II as a Sergeant in the 30th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division. He was awarded the CMOH for his bravery while a Private on the night of April 23 and April 24, 1944 at Spaccasassi Creek, near Padiglione, Italy. His citation reads "For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at risk of life above and beyond the call of duty. At the start of his company's attack on strongly held enemy...[Read More]
Cause of death: Killed in Action
Zachary Taylor National Cemetery, Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, USA
Plot: Section A, Site 1359
Simpson, Nicole b. May 19, 1959 d. June 12, 1994
Murder Victim. She and a casual friend, Ronald Goldman, were found murdered at her Brentwood condominium, just outside her front door. Ronald Goldman, a waiter at a nearby restaurant, was returning eyeglasses that she had accidentally left there at dinner that night. He is considered an accidental victim of the murderer. A tall, beautiful blonde, she became homecoming queen of her high school. She met Orenthal James (O.J.) Simpson soon after her graduation from high school, when she was 18 and...[Read More] (Bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson)
Ascension Cemetery, Lake Forest, Orange County, California, USA
Plot: Section A, Tier 17, Grave 97
GPS coordinates: 33.6513672, -117.6962738 (hddd.dddd)
Hanover, Bret b. May 19, 1962 d. November 21, 1992
Champion Harness Racer. Sired by the legendary Adios, he was considered to be one of the best pacers of his time. He won 62 of his 68 starts, placing second in five races. His major wins include the Fox Stake, The Reynolds Memorial, the Battle of Saratoga, the Goshen Cup, the Little Pat Stake, the Roosevelt Futurity, the Ohio Standard bred Futurity, the Meadow Lands Farm Stake, the Star Pointer Stake, the Little Brown Jug, the Cane Pace, the...[Read More] (Bio by: Whispers FromThe Grave)
Kentucky Horse Park, Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, USA
Crawford, William John b. May 19, 1918 d. March 15, 2000
World War II Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He was a Master Sergeant in the US Army. He was awarded the Medal of Honor as a Private in 3d Platoon, Company I, 3d Battalion, 142d Infantry, 36th Infantry Division for action near Altavilla, Italy on September 13, 1943. He was a POW. His citation reads in part "When the platoon, after reaching the crest, was once more delayed by enemy fire, Pvt. Crawford again, in the face of intense fire, advanced directly to the front midway between two...[Read More] (Bio by: Don Morfe)
United States Air Force Academy Cemetery, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, USA
Luke, Frank b. May 19, 1897 d. September 29, 1918
World War I Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. Nicknamed the "Arizona Ballon Buster," he succeeded David Putnam as the "ace of aces" in the US Air Service during the First World War. He was a member of the 27th Pursuit Squadron. Often flying alone or with wingman Joe Wehner, Luke shot down 18 enemy balloons and planes in 17 days before he was killed in action. After destroying three German balloons on September 29, 1918, his SPAD S.XIII was shot down by ground fire. Refusing to surrender...[Read More]
Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery and Memorial, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Departement de la Meuse, Lorraine, France
Plot: Plot A, Row 26, Grave 13
Astor, Lady. Nancy Witcher b. May 19, 1879 d. May 2, 1964
Society Figure, Women's Pioneer. An American married to British wealth and position, she became the first woman to sit in, though not the first elected to, the House of Commons. Raised in Albemarle County, Virginia, by a Confederate veteran father made well-off in the railroad boom, she was a noted beauty in her time. She and her four sisters were collectively called the "Gibson Girls" from images created by her older sister Irene's husband, painter Charles Dana Gibson. Moving to England in the...[Read More] (Bio by: Bob Hufford)
Cliveden Chapel, Taplow, Buckinghamshire, England
Bennett (Brix), Bruce (Harold) b. May 19, 1906 d. February 25, 2007
Actor. Born Herman Brix in Tacoma, Washington, he is best remembered for playing the role of Tarzan in the 1935 serial, "The New Adventures of Tarzan", following in the footsteps of such personalities as Buster Crabbe and Johnny Weissmuller. A former Olympic athlete, he was chosen for the role personally by Ashton Dearholt of Burroughs-Tarzan Enterprises Inc. After serving in World War II, Brix changed his name to Bruce Bennett, and went onto appear in several more films including, "Tarzan And...[Read More]
Cremated, Ashes scattered at sea

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