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May 19, 1962: Hollywood icon, Marilyn Monroe, performed a sultry rendition of Happy Birthday, in the presence of US President, John F. Kennedy, in New York City (although his birthday was not until 29 May). His wife Jackie was not impressed by the flirtatious performance.


That legendary "Happy Birthday, Mr. President" gown, a flesh-toned dress that was custom-designed by Jean Louis and featured more than 2,500 hand-stitched crystals, sold for a record-setting $4.81 million at an auction in 2016. It was later that a Canadian billionaire, James Pattison was revealed to be the buyer of the gown following the sale; he turned 91 on Oct. 1st, 2016. Jacqueline "Jackie" Lee Kennedy Onassis died of non-Hodgkin lymphoma in New York City on May 19, 1994, age 64.


May 19, 1974: The 3-D puzzle, Rubik’s Cube, was invented by the Hungarian Professor of architecture, Ernő Rubik. Over 350 million cubes have been sold worldwide, making it the world’s top-selling puzzle game.




The photo shows heart surgeon Dr. Zbigniew Religa resting after performing the first successful heart transplant in Poland in 1987.


This groundbreaking surgery at the time lasted 23 hours, pushing the boundaries of medical expertise and technology at the time. The photo also captures a glimpse of his assistant, who can be seen sleeping in the corner. The bottom photo, taken 25 years later, features Tadeusz Zitkevits, the recipient of the heart transplant. The patient died in 2017 (30 years after the surgery) and he outlived Dr. Religa, who died in 2009.


The last photo (colorized) of Hachikō (Nov 10, 1923 – March 8, 1935), the faithful Akita dog who waited over 9 years outside Shibuya Station for his master, Hidesaburō Ueno to return even after he had died.



Hachiko The Full Story of a Loyal Dog: AI Colorization & Real Bark




Camberley Kate and her stray dogs in England, 1962. She never turned a stray dog away, taking care of more than 600 dogs in her lifetime.


Katherine Ward (13 June 1895 – 4 August 1979), affectionately known as Camberley Kate, was a British dog lover and eccentric who is estimated to have cared for over 600 dogs in her lifetime. She was well-known to residents of Camberley, Surrey, for what historian Arthur Bryant described as the "astonishing spectacle" of her pushing a wooden cart along Camberley High Street "surrounded by dogs of every size and species" in his book "The Lion & The Unicorn: A Historian's Testament" (1969) by Sir Arthur Bryant (1899-1985) Book link Archive.org


Traffic warden halts traffic just for a cat to carry its kittens across the street, in NYC, 1925.




Colorized photo of Titanic Survivors Charlotte Collyer and her 8-year-old daughter Marjorie after they finally made it back to America.

Charlotte remarried in 1914, two years after the tragic loss of her husband. The relentless grip of tuberculosis ultimately claimed her life in 1916. She was just 32 years old.

Marjorie was taken in by her uncle and, in 1927, now a young woman, she married a mechanic from London and settled in Chilworth, Surrey. However, fate had another cruel twist in store: in 1943, her husband died suddenly, at the age of 41. Marjorie was left alone once again.

Throughout her days, she carried with her the lingering presence of the ill-fated ship that had forever marked and changed her life.

She died in a nursing home on 26 February 1965, aged 61.

How I Survived the Titanic

A pretty young woman cuts her birthday cake in Iran, 1973.



Mom's arm of safety standards in the 1960s:




Harold Whittles Hearing Sound For The First Time, 1974:


A Sense of Wonder


UK #1 on this day in 1973: