Event:
About midday, near-total darkness descends on much of New England to this day it's cause is still unexplained
More Notable Events on May 19:
1992 Dan Quayle sites Murphy Brown as a poor example of family values
1964 U.S. diplomats find at least 40 secret microphones in Moscow embassy
1884 Ringling Brothers circus premieres
1865 President Jefferson Davis is captured by Union Cavalry in Georgia
1862 Homestead Act becomes law provides cheap land for settlement of West
