AP Highlight in History: On May 19, 1925, black Muslim leader Malcolm X was born Malcolm Little in Omaha, Neb.
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1536
Anne Boleyn, the second wife of England's King Henry VIII, was beheaded after being convicted of adultery.
1588
The Spanish Armada set sail for England.
1935
T.E. Lawrence, also known as "Lawrence of Arabia," died in England from injuries sustained in a motorcycle crash.
1962
Actress Marilyn Monroe performed a sultry rendition of "Happy Birthday" for President John F. Kennedy during a fundraiser at New York's Madison Square Garden.
1967
The Soviet Union ratified a treaty with the United States and Britain banning nuclear weapons from outer space.
1992
Mary Jo Buttafuoco was shot and seriously wounded in Massapequa, N.Y., by her husband Joey's teenage lover, Amy Fisher.
1992
The 27th Amendment to the Constitution, which prohibits Congress from giving itself midterm pay raises, went into effect.
1994
Former first lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis died in New York at age 64.
2001
Apple, Inc. opened its first retail stores, in Tysons Corner, Va., and Glendale, Calif.
2004
Specialist Jeremy C. Sivits received a year in prison and a bad conduct discharge in the first court-martial stemming from abuse of Iraqis at the Abu Ghraib prison.
2005
"Revenge of the Sith," the final chapter of the "Star Wars" saga, opened in movie theaters.
2011
Katie Couric, the first regular solo anchorwoman of a network evening newscast, signed off the "CBS Evening News" for the last time after five years.
