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What happened in history on this day: May 19?
On May 19 in ...
- 1968 - In Los Angeles, California, and New York, New York, the 20th Annual Emmy Awards are presented, hosted by Frank Sinatra (Los Angeles) and Dick Van Dyke (New York).
Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Series: Bill Cosby for I Spy
Outstanding Single Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Drama: Melvyn Douglas for episode "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night" of CBS Playhouse
Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Comedy Series: Don Adams for Get Smart
Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Series: Barbara Bain for Mission: Impossible
Outstanding Single Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Drama: Maureen Stapleton for Among the Paths to Eden
Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Comedy Series: Lucille Ball for The Lucy Show
Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Drama: Milburn Stone for episode "Baker's Dozen" of Gunsmoke
Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Comedy: Werner Klemperer for Hogan's Heroes
Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Drama: Barbara Anderson for Ironside
Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Comedy: Marion Lorne for Bewitched
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy: Bruce Bilson for episode "Maxwell Smart, Private Eye" of Get Smart
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Drama: Paul Bogart for episode "Dear Friends" of CBS Playhouse
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Music or Variety: Jack Haley Junior for Movin' with Nancy
Outstanding Writing Achievement in Comedy: Allan Burns and Chris Hayward for episode "The Coming Out Party" of He & She
Outstanding Writing Achievement in Drama: Loring Mandel for episode "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night" of CBS Playhouse
Outstanding Writing Achievement in Music or Variety: Chris Bearde, Phil Hahn, Jack Hanrahan, Coslough Johnson, Paul Keyes, Marc London, Allan Manings, David Panich, Hugh Wedlock Junior, and Digby Wolfe for Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography: Ralph Woolsey for episode "A Thief is a Thief is a Thief" of It Takes a Thief
Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction and Scenic Design: Jan Scott and George Gaines for Kismet
Outstanding Musical or Variety Series: George Schlatter for Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Outstanding Musical or Variety Program: George Schlatter for Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Outstanding Achievement in Musical Composition: Earle Hagen for episode "Laya" of I Spy
Outstanding Dramatic Series: Mission: Impossible
Special Classification of Individual Achievements: Art Carney for The Jackie Gleason Show
Outstanding Dramatic Program: "Elizabeth the Queen" of Hallmark Hall of Fame
Outstanding Achievement in Sports Programming - Programs: ABC's Wide World of Sports
Outstanding Achievement in Daytime Programming - Programs: Today
Outstanding Comedy Series: Get Smart
International Award, Entertainment: episode "Call Me Daddy" of Armchair Theatre.
- 1969 - ABC airs the last The Big Valley TV show.
- 1975 - In Los Angeles, California, the 27th Annual Emmy Awards (primetime programming) are presented.
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Special Program - Drama or Comedy: Laurence Olivier for Love Among the Ruins
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series: Robert Blake for Baretta
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series: Tony Randall for The Odd Couple
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series: Peter Falk for the Columbo series of The NBC Mystery Movie
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series: Jean Marsh for Upstairs, Downstairs
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Special Program - Drama or Comedy: Katharine Hepburn for Love Among the Ruins
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series: Jessica Walter for Amy Prentiss
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series: Valerie Harper for Rhoda
Outstanding Continuing or Single Performance by a Supporting Actor in Variety or Music: Jack Albertson for Cher
Outstanding Single Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Comedy or Drama Special: Anthony Quayle for QB VII
Outstanding Continuing Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Drama Series: Will Geer for The Waltons
Outstanding Single Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Comedy or Drama Series: Patrick McGoohan for Columbo: By Dawn's Early Light
Outstanding Continuing Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series: Edward Asner for Mary Tyler Moore
Outstanding Continuing Performance by a Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series: Betty White for Mary Tyler Moore
Outstanding Continuing or Single Performance by a Supporting Actress in Variety or Music: Cloris Leachman for Cher
Outstanding Single Performance by a Supporting Actress in a Comedy or Drama Special: Juliet Mills for QB VII
Outstanding Continuing Performance by a Supporting Actress in a Drama Series: Ellen Corby for The Waltons
Outstanding Single Performance by a Supporting Actress in a Comedy or Drama Series: Zohra Lampert for episode Queen of the Gypsies of Kojak and Cloris Leachman for episode Phyllis Whips Inflation of Mary Tyler Moore
Outstanding Directing in a Comedy-Variety or Music Series: Dave Powers for The Carol Burnett Show
Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series: Gene Reynolds for episode O.R.. of M*A*S*H
Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series: Bill Bain for episode A Sudden Storm of Upstairs, Downstairs
Outstanding Directing in a Special Program - Drama or Comedy: George Cukor for Love Among the Ruins
Outstanding Directing in a Comedy-Variety or Music Special: Bill Davis for An Evening with John Denver
Outstanding Achievement in Technical Direction: Ernie Buttelman, Jim Angel, Jim Balden, Ron Brooks, and Art LaCombe for The Missiles of October
Outstanding Writing in a Special Program - Drama or Comedy - Original Teleplay: James Costigan for Love Among the Ruins
Outstanding Writing in a Comedy-Variety or Music Series: Ed Simmons, Gary Belkin, Roger Beatty, Arnie Kogen, Bill Richmond, Gene Perret, Rudy De Luca, Barry Levinson, Dick Clair, and Jenna McMahon for The Carol Burnett Show
Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series: Howard Fast for episode The Ambassador of Benjamin Franklin
Outstanding Writing in a Comedy-Variety or Music Special: Bob Wells, John Bradford, Cy Coleman for Shirley MacLaine: If They Could See Me Now
Outstanding Writing in a Special Program - Drama or Comedy - Adaptation: David W. Rintels for Clarence Darrow
Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series: Ed Weinberger and Stan Daniels for episode Mary Richards Goes to Jail of Mary Tyler Moore
Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography for Entertainment Programming for a Series: Richard C. Glouner for Columbo: Playback
Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography for Entertainment Programming for a Special: David M. Walsh for Queen of the Stardust Ballroom
Outstanding Individual Achievement in Art Direction or Scenic Design - For a Single Episode of a Comedy, Drama or Limited Series: Charles Lisanby and Robert Checchi for episode The Ambassador of Benjamin Franklin
Outstanding Achievemnet in Art Direction or Scenic Design - For a Single Episode of a Comedy-Variety or Music Series or a Comedy-Variety or Music Special: Robert Kelly and Robert Checchi for Cher
Outstanding Achievement in Costume Design: Guy C. Verhille for The Legend of Lizzie Borden and Margaret Furse for Love Among the Ruins
Outstanding Achievement in Film or Tape Sound Mixing: Marshall King for The American Film Institute Salute to James Cagney
Outstanding Film Editing for Entertainment Programming for a Special: Byron 'Buzz' Brandt and Irving Rosenblum for QB VII and John A. Martinelli for The Legend of Lizzie Borden
Outstanding Achievement in Video Tape Editing: Gary Anderson and Jim McElroy for Judgment: The Court Martial of Lieutenant William Calley
Outstanding Film Editing for Entertainment Programming for a Series - For a Single Episode of a Comedy Series: Douglas Hines for episode An Affair To Forget of Mary Tyler Moore
Outstanding Film Editing for Entertainment Programming for a Series - For a Single Episode of a Drama Series: Donald R. Rode for episode Mirror, Mirror On The Wall of Petrocelli
Outstanding Achievement in Film Sound Editing: Marvin I. Kosberg, Richard Burrow, Milton C. Burrow, Jack Milner, Ron Ashcroft, James Ballas, Josef von Stroheim, Jerry Rosenthal, William Andrews, Edward L. Sandlin, David M. Horton, Alvin Kajita, Tony Garber, and Jeremy Hoenack for QB VII
Outstanding Special - Comedy-Variety or Music: An Evening with John Denver
Outstanding Classical Music Program: Profile in Music: Beverly Sills Festival
Outstanding Achievement in Music Composition for a Special: Jerry Goldsmith for QB VII
Outstanding Comedy-Variety or Music Series: The Carol Burnett Show
Outstanding Achievement in Music Composition for a Series: Billy Goldenberg for episode The Rebel of Benjamin Franklin
Outstanding Drama Series: Upstairs, Downstairs
Outstanding Limited Series: Benjamin Franklin
Outstanding Special - Drama or Comedy: The Law
Outstanding Achievement in Any Area of Creative Technical Crafts: Edie Panda for episode The Ambassador of Benjamin Franklin
Outstanding Achievement in Graphic Design: Phill Norman for QB VII
Special Classification of Outstanding Program and Individual Achievement: Masterpiece Theatre and The American Film Institute Salute to James Cagney
Outstanding Comedy Series: Mary Tyler Moore
Outstanding Children's Special: Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus
Outstanding Achievement in Choreography: Marge Champion for Queen of the Stardust Ballroom
Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction or Scenic Design - For a Dramatic Special or Feature Length Film Made for Television: Carmen Dillon and Tessa Davies for Love Among the Ruins
- 1990 - General Elvis, TV drama, last airs on ABC.
- 1994 - NBC airs the final episode of TV show L.A. Law, after an 8-year run.
- 1995 - Fox releases the film Die Hard: With A Vengeance to theaters.
- 1996 - CBS airs the final episode of TV show Murder, She Wrote.
- 1999 - Fox releases the film Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace to theaters.
- 2000 - Buena Vista releases the film Dinosaur to theaters.
- 2004 - DreamWorks releases the film Shrek 2 to theaters.
- 2005 - Fox releases the film Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith to theaters.
- 2006 - Sony releases the film The Da Vinci Code to theaters.
- 2019 - HBO airs the final episode of Game of Thrones TV show.
Births on May 19
- 1904 - Birth of Anthony Bushell in Kent, England; actor (Journey's End).
- 1909 - Birth of Bruce Bennett in Tacoma, Washington, USA; actor (Before I Hang, Sahara, Perry Mason TV show, Science Fiction Theatre TV show, Virginian TV show, Tales of Wells Fargo TV show, Ford Television Theatre TV show).
- 1921 - Birth of Daniel Gelin in Angers, France; actor (Obsession).
- 1922 - Birth of David McLean in Akron, Ohio, USA; actor (Tate - Tate).
- 1931 - Birth of Stephen Young in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; actor (Traders, Foreign Affairs, Judd for the Defense).
- 1934 - Birth of David Sinclair; actor (Love and Hate).
- 1934 - Birth of James Charles Lehrer in Wichita, Kansas, USA; news anchor (McNeil-Lehrer Report).
- 1935 - Birth of David Hartman in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, USA; TV personality (Good Morning America).
- 1938 - Birth of Marilyn Chris in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actress (Wanda Wolek - One Life to Live).
- 1939 - Birth of James Fox in London, England; actor (Greystoke).
- 1939 - Birth of Nancy Kwan in Hong Kong; actress (Flower Drum Song, World of Suzie Wong, Noble House).
- 1940 - Birth of Carlos Diegues; actor (Xica).
- 1941 - Birth of Nora Ephron in New York City, New York, USA; novelist/screenwriter/director (Sleepless in Seattle, You've Got Mail, Michael, Heartburn).
- 1946 - Birth of Diedre Lenihan in Atlanta, Georgia, USA; actress (Wendy - Needles and Pins).
- 1946 - Birth of Michele Placido in Foggia, Italy; actor (La Lupa, Poliziotti).
- 1948 - Birth of Grace Jones [Mendoza] in Spanishtown, Jamaica; singer/actress (Vamp).
- 1948 - Birth of Tom Scott in Los Angeles, California, USA; saxophonist/bandleader (Pat Sajak Show).
- 1956 - Birth of Steven Ford in East Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA; actor (When Harry Met Sally, The Young and the Restless, Secret Service).
- 1957 - Birth of Sophia Crawford in London, England; actress (Power Rangers).
- 1964 - Birth of Tim Waldrip in Spokane, Washington, USA; actor (American Dream, Loving).
- 1965 - Birth of Joshua Rifkind; actor (Marshall Chronicles).
- 1970 - Birth of Jason Gray-Stanford in Vancouver, BC, Canada; actor (Monk).
- 1986 - Birth of Eric Lloyd; actor (Jesse, Laurie Hill).
Deaths on May 19
- 1958 - Death of Ronald Colman at age 67 of a lung infection; host (Favorite Story radio show), actor (The Halls of Ivy radio and TV show, Prisoner of Zenda).
- 1971 - Ogden Nash, poet/TV panelist (Masquerade Party), dies at age 68.
- 1988 - Virginia Farmer, actresss (Cyrano de Bergerac), dies at age 90.
- 1989 - Death of Robert Webber of ALS at age 64; TV actor (40-year career, over 500 appearances, Alex - Moonlighting).
- 1991 - Rini Otte, Dutch actress (Ergens in Nederland), dies at age 74.
- 1993 - Richard Murphy, director (Three Stripes in the Sun), dies of stroke at age 81.
- 1994 - Death of Henry Morgan at age 79 of cancer; panelist (To Tell the Truth TV show).
- 1996 - Margaret Rawlings, actress (Roman Holiday), dies at age 89.
- 1996 - Death of John Beradino of pancreatic cancer at age 79; major league baseball player, TV actor (I Led Three Lives, The New Breed, General Hospital).
- 2016 - Death of Alexandre Astruc, French film critic and director (born 1923).
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