On this day: May 19

National days on this date

• Commemoration of Atatürk, Youth and Sports DayAn official holiday marking Atatürk's landing in Samsun in 1919, dedicated to youth.

Events

1. 1919 Turkish War of Independence war fought between the Turkish National Movement and the Entente and their proxies
2. 2011 Kütahya earthquake earthquake

Births

1. 1881 Mustafa Kemal Atatürk founding father of the Republic of Turkey (c. 1881–1938)
2. 1910 Rasul Rza Azerbaijani writer (1910–1981)
3. 1937 Ali Hamroyev former-Soviet Kazakh film director
4. 1964 Beibut Bakirovich Atamkulov politician in Kazakhstan
5. 1971 Lera Kudryavtseva actor, singer and TV personality
6. 1980 Anastasia Gimazetdinova Uzbekistani figure skater
7. 1989 Adilbek Niyazymbetov Kazakhstani boxer (born 1989)
8. 1996 Yevgeniy Gidich Kazakh cyclist
9. 1997 Danil Lysenko Russian athlete

Deaths

1. 1928 Tursunoy Saidazimova Uzbek actress and honor killing victim
2. 1939 Ahmet Ağaoğlu Azerbaijani-Turkish journalist and statesperson (1869–1939)
3. 2003 Aleksandr Miroshnichenko boxer (1964–2003)
4. 2015 Robert S. Wistrich Professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (1945–2015)