Today in History: May 19, West Virginia’s Matewan Massacre

In the current era is Monday May the th day of There are days left in the year In contemporary times in history On May ten people were killed in a gun battle between coal miners who were led by a local police chief and a group of private defense guards hired to evict them for joining a union in Matewan West Virginia Also on this date In Anne Boleyn the second wife of England s King Henry VIII was beheaded at the Tower of London after being convicted of adultery Related Articles Speaker looks to get tax bill back on track Biden has been diagnosed with aggressive prostate cancer Former President Joe Biden diagnosed with aggressive form of prostate cancer reviewing healing options Ticker No decision on dropping Boeing criminal circumstance Buffett will be back but no questions Personnel say suspect in California fertility clinic bombing left behind anti-pro-life writings In William Cody held the first of his Buffalo Bill s Wild West shows in Omaha Nebraska In President Warren G Harding signed the Urgency Quota Act which established national quotas for immigrants In British Prime Minister Winston Churchill met with President Franklin D Roosevelt at the White House where the two leaders agreed on May as the date for the D-Day invasion of France expansion plans for the invasion caused the date of the landing to be delayed by a month In film star Marilyn Monroe sang Happy Birthday to You to President John F Kennedy during a Democratic benefit at New York s Madison Square Garden In Britain s Prince Harry wed American actor Meghan Markle in St George s Chapel at Windsor Castle In the modern day s Birthdays TV personality David Hartman is Musician-composer Pete Townshend The Who is Singer-actor Grace Jones is Former racing driver Dario Franchitti is Basketball Hall of Famer Kevin Garnett is Country musician-producer Shooter Jennings is Comedian-actor Michael Che is Singer Sam Smith is Media personality-singer JoJo Siwa is