On May 19, 1962,

actress Marilyn Monroe sang a sultry rendition of "Happy Birthday to You" to guest-of-honor President John F. Kennedy during a star-studded Democratic fundraiser at New York's Madison Square Garden (the third of four arenas to bear that name).

In 1536,

Anne Boleyn, the second wife of England's King Henry VIII, was beheaded after being convicted of adultery.

In 1780,

a mysterious darkness enveloped much of New England and part of Canada in the early afternoon.