Jessica Marie Alba is a businesswoman and actress from the United States. She first appeared on television and in films at the age of 13 in Camp Nowhere and The Secret World of Alex Mack (1994), and rose to prominence at the age of 19 as the lead actress in the television series Dark Angel (2000–2002), for which she received a Golden Globe nomination. While filming Fantastic Four in 2004, Alba met Cash Warren, son of actor Michael Warren. In May 2008, the couple married in Los Angeles.

Ho Ch Minh (born Nguyn Sinh Cung on May 19, 1890) was a Vietnamese revolutionary and statesman. From 1945 to 1955, he was Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, and from 1945 until his death in 1969, he was President. He was the Chairman and First Secretary of the Workers' Party of Vietnam and an ideological Marxist–Leninist.

Nicholas was born on May 18, 1868, to Russian Emperor Alexander III and Empress Maria Feodorovna. He had Russian, Danish, French, and German ancestors. Nicholas II, Russia's last Tsar, was a notorious ruler who was executed at the age of 50. Nicholas, who ascended to the throne at the age of 26 following the sudden death of his father, proved to be an inept monarch for Russia's huge and spreading empire. During this period, Empress Alexandra was in charge, and she relied heavily on Grigori Rasputin, a magician, healer, and counsellor. Many ministers resigned, and the Empress picked individuals on the recommendation of Rasputin to replace them.

He was finally successful with a privately produced type called Holland VI, which debuted on May 17, 1897. This was the first submarine with the ability to go submerged for any significant distance, as well as the first to combine electric motors for submerged travel and gasoline engines for surface usage. John Philip Holland successfully completed test runs of the first modern submarine off Staten Island in March of the following year. His ideas were officially acquired by the US Navy just over two years later. The first US Navy submarine, the USS Holland, was formally commissioned many months later. It was named for its creator, John Philip Holland.

Nushrratt Bharuccha is a rising Bollywood actress who has appeared in a number of Hindi films, including Pyaar Ka Punchnama, Love S*x Aur Dhokha, Pyaar Ka Punchnama 2, Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety, and Akaash Vani. On May 17, 1985, she was born in Mumbai, India. Nushrat Bharucha was a happy youngster as a child. She graduated from Mumbai's Lilavati Bai Padar High School. She enrolled in college after finishing her secondary education with the idea of completing her further studies. Looking admiring celebrities in movies and on television, Nushrat Bharucha decided as a youngster that she wanted to be an actress when she grew up.

Nathuram Vinayak Godse (19 May 1910 – 15 November 1949) was Mahatma Gandhi's assassin. He was a Hindu nationalist from western India who shot Gandhi three times in the chest at point blank range on January 30, 1948, during a multi-faith prayer meeting at Birla House in New Delhi. Godse was a member of the Hindu Mahasabha political party; a former member of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), a right-wing Hindu paramilitary volunteer organisation; and a popularizer of his mentor Vinayak Damodar Savarkar's work, who had created the ideology of Hindutva and ridiculed the philosophy of nonviolence more than two decades earlier. During the partition of India in 1947, Godse believed Gandhi favoured the political demands of British India's Muslims.

As it rushed over the coastal states of Kerala, Karnataka, Goa, and Maharashtra, the storm left a path of damage in its wake. Myanmar labelled it a tropical cyclone. It translates to 'gecko,' an extremely loud reptile, in Burmese. Tauktae is the fourth cyclone to form in the Arabian Sea in four years, all during the pre-monsoon season.

The film, Shree Pundalik, was launched on this day in 1912, about a year before Dadasaheb Phalke's full-length film, Raja Harishchandra. Shree Pundalik was a silent film directed by Ram Chandra Gopal Torne, popularly known as Dadasaheb Torne; it was the very first Indian film created, despite the fact that the film negatives were transferred to London for processing. The film had no dialogue and was a silent picture with no sound.

In 1995, Flavin reunited with Stallone. On May 17, 1997, they were married in a civil ceremony at The Dorchester Hotel in London, followed by a chapel wedding at Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire. They have three children. To commemorate the occasion, the 74-year-old Rocky star shared a photo of the couple smirking at the camera on Instagram this morning. The couple's marriage has not been perfect for almost two decades, with their relationship at times being "rocky." Stallone and Flavin first met in 1988, when he was at the pinnacle of his Hollywood career and was known as a bit of a jerk.

Mark Elliot Zuckerberg is a media mogul, internet entrepreneur, and philanthropist from the United States. He is best known for co-founding Facebook and its parent company Meta Platforms (formerly Facebook, Inc.), of which he is the chairman, CEO, and controlling shareholder. During his sophomore year at Harvard, Zuckerberg met his future wife, Priscilla Chan, at a frat party. They started dating in 2003. Chan, who was then a medical student at the University of California, San Francisco, moved into Zuckerberg's rented house in Palo Alto, California, in September 2010. They married in his backyard on May 19, 2012, as part of an event commemorating her medical school graduation.

Robert Lane Saget was an edgy and confrontational stand-up comedian, television personality, and actor. He was born and raised in Pennsylvania and studied acting at Temple University. Through Adam's Eyes was his debut piece, which he developed here. He began by doing stand-up comedy in numerous comedic clubs, where he met several well-known comedians. It was finally his starring part in the American comedy Full House, in which he played a widower father with three young daughters, that brought him the acclaim he deserved. Bob Saget was born to Benjamin and Rosalyn Saget in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His father worked as a grocery executive, while his mother was a hospital administrator.

Sarah Jessica Parker is most recognised for her role as Carrie Bradshaw in the HBO series Sex and the City, which is being revived. Carrie, her character, is constantly looking for love among New York's bachelors. Parker, on the other hand, quit seeking when she found love with actor Matthew Broderick. Parker and Broderick married on May 19, 1997. The pair married in secret at the Angel Orensanz Synagogue on Manhattan's Lower East Side. The marriage, performed by Broderick's minister sister Jane, was so unexpected that the 100 attendees believed they were attending a party and were surprised to learn it was a wedding. Parker donned a black gown, which was the most unusual feature of the wedding.

H.D. Devegowda served as India's 11th Prime Minister and the 14th Chief Minister of Karnataka. In 1996-97, he was Prime Minister, and in 1994-96, he was Chief Minister. In 1962, he ran for the Karnataka State Assembly for the first time. On behalf of the United Front, he was elected Prime Minister of India in 1996. He is the National President of the Janata Dal party and a member of the 16th Lok Sabha from Karnataka's Hassan seat. H. D. Deve Gowda was born on May 18, 1933, into a Vokkaliga caste family in Haradanahalli, a hamlet in the Holenarasipura Taluk of the former Kingdom of Mysore. Dodde Gowda, his father, was a paddy farmer, as was Devamma, his mother.

This test was given the code name 'Smiling Buddha.' As a result of this, India has become the sixth nuclear power. India becomes the sixth country to detonate an atomic bomb.

Girish Karnad was an Indian actor, film director, Kannada writer, playwright, and Jnanpith awardee who worked primarily in South Indian cinema and Bollywood. His success as a playwright in the 1960s heralded the arrival of modern Indian playwriting in Kannada, as Badal Sarkar did in Bengali, Vijay Tendulkar in Marathi, and Mohan Rakesh in Hindi. He was the recipient of the 1998 Jnanpith Award, India's highest literary honour.

Nawazuddin Siddiqui was born in Budhana, Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh on May 19, 1974. He is an Indian model and actor. In 1999, he made his Bollywood debut in the film Sarfarosh, playing the part of a criminal. Nawazuddin Siddiqui is also well-known for his portrayal of Faizal Khan in Gangs of Wasseypur. Raat Akeli Hai and Bole Chudiyan are two of Nawazuddin Siddiqui's future films. Nawazuddin Siddiqui is widely regarded as one of the best performers in Indian cinema. He has appeared in almost 60 films. Nawazuudin has also appeared in a number of renowned Bollywood films, including Talaash, Paan Singh Tomar, Munna Bhai M.B.B.S., Raees, Kick, Bajrangi Bhaijaan, and many others.

Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata (March 3, 1839 – May 19, 1904) was a pioneering Indian industrialist who founded the Tata Group, India's largest conglomerate. Several polls and ranking lists named him the greatest philanthropist of the twentieth century, and he also founded the city of Jamshedpur. Jamshedji Tata is known as the "Father of Indian Industry." He was so powerful in the business world that Jawaharlal Nehru referred to him as a "One-Man Planning Commission."

Meghan markle, Duchess of Sussex, is a former actress and American member of the British royal family. Markle was born in Los Angeles and raised there. Her acting career began while she was a student at Northwestern University. Her most recent and notable on-screen role was as Rachel Zane in the American television legal drama Suits, which she played for seven seasons (2011–2018). Markle began dating Prince Harry, the grandson of Queen Elizabeth II, in July 2016. The wedding took place on May 19 at St George's Chapel in Windsor Castle. Clare Waight Keller, a British designer, created her wedding gown.

AMS-02, which was installed on May 19, 2011, was originally intended to function for only three years. The data from these studies helps scientists comprehend whether cosmic dark matter and antimatter exist in huge amounts in the cosmos, as well as the genesis and spread of cosmic ray particles in our Milky Way galaxy. These findings may also aid scientists in better understanding the radiation hazards associated with future crew trips to the Moon and Mars, as some cosmic rays can be detrimental to humans. AMS-02 has acquired data from almost 175 billion cosmic ray occurrences over its lifespan. According to NASA's AMS Project Manager Ken Bollweg, data gathered by AMS-02 is thoroughly filtered, with less than one of 1,000 occurrences initially recorded being retained.

On Friday, May 18, 2012, the Internet company Facebook, Inc. launched its first public offering (IPO). With a peak market value of more than $104 billion, the IPO was the largest in technology and one of the largest in Internet history. Prior to the official appraisal, the stock's target price progressively grew. The business was aiming for a value of $28 to $35 per share in early May. On Friday, May 18, 2012, trading was scheduled to commence at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time. However, trade was delayed until 11:30 a.m. Eastern Time owing to NASDAQ exchange technical issues.

Ruskin Bond is a British-born Indian author. Aubrey Alexander Bond, his father, was a Royal Air Force (RAF) officer stationed in India. In Shimla, he attended Bishop Cotton School. In 1957, his first novel, The Room on the Roof, won the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize. In 1992, he received the Sahitya Akademi Award for his novel in English, Our Trees Still Grow in the Dehra. Bond has written hundreds of short stories, essays, novels, and children's books. In 1999, he was awarded the Padma Shri, and in 2014, he was awarded the Padma Bhushan. He lives in Landour, Mussoorie, with his adopted family.