In May 1915 while traveling to England on shipyard business, aboard the RMS Lusitania, Hopkins ' tenure and life ended prematurely when that ship was torpedoed and sunk by a German U-boat off Queenstown on the Irish coast.

Nash died at Baltimore's Johns Hopkins Hospital on May 19, 1971, from Crohn's disease aggravated by a lactobacillus infection transmitted by improperly prepared cole slaw.

* May 19 – Johns Hopkins, American businessman and philanthropist ( d. 1873 )

In December 1969, with a grant from the NIMH Center for Studies of Crime and Delinquency, cytogeneticist Digamber Borgaonkar at Johns Hopkins Hospital began a chromosome survey of ( predominantly African-American ) boys ages 8 to 18 in all Maryland institutions for delinquent, neglected, or mentally ill juveniles, which was suspended from February – May 1970 due to an American Civil Liberties Union ( ACLU ) lawsuit about the lack of informed consent.

On May 18, 1871, the county seat of Hopkins county was moved from Tarrant to Sulphur Springs, and the name " Bright Star " was removed from the postal directory.

May 2006 saw the opening of a pavilion and visitor centre designed by Sir Michael Hopkins and Buro Happold which can hold up to 1, 000 people.

Gerard Manley Hopkins, one of the romantic poets, was very keen on the plant as revealed by these lines of his poem " May Magnificat "

In his journal entry for 9 May 1871 Hopkins says:

Richard Threlkeld Cox ( 1898 – May 2, 1991 ) was a professor of physics at Johns Hopkins University, known for Cox's theorem relating to the foundations of probability.

The following year, Sir Frederick Hopkins postulated that some foods contained " accessory factors "— in addition to proteins, carbohydrates, fats, and salt — that were necessary for the functions of the human body .< ref > Christiaan Eijkman, Beriberi and Vitamin B < sub > 1 </ sub >, Official Web Site of the Nobel Foundation </ ref > In 1901, Gerrit Grijns ( May 28, 1865 – November 11, 1944 ), a Dutch physician and assistant to Christiaan Eijkman in the Netherlands correctly interpreted the disease as a deficiency syndrome, and between 1910 and 1913, Dr. Edward Bright Vedder established that an extract of rice bran is a treatment for beriberi.

Johns Hopkins ( May 19, 1795 – December 24, 1873 ) was an American entrepreneur, abolitionist and philanthropist of 19th-century Baltimore, Maryland.

Johns Hopkins was born on May 19, 1795, to Samuel Hopkins ( 1759 – 1814 ) of Anne Arundel County, Maryland, and Hannah Janney ( 1774 – 1864 ), of Loudoun County, Virginia.

* " If He Could See Us Now: Mr. Johns Hopkins ' Legacy Strong University, Hospital Benefactor Turned 200 on May 19, 1995 ", Mike Field, the author, contradicts this statement

* " If He Could See Us Now: Mr. Johns Hopkins ' Legacy Strong University, Hospital Benefactor Turned 200 on May 19, 1995 " by Mike Field a writer for the Johns Hopkins Gazette.

He died on May 10, 2003 at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland.

In May 1747 Hopkins was appointed as a justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court, and in 1751 became the third Chief Justice of this body.

In May 1747 Hopkins was first appointed as a Justice of the Rhode Island Superior Court, whose long title was the " Superior Court of Judicature, Court Of Assize, and General Gaol Delivery.

Hopkins was again elected as a delegate to the Second Continental Congress, which met on 10 May 1775 following the April attacks on Concord and Lexington.

As of May 2008 FASEB Journal announced that Johns Hopkins University and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have determined that frankincense smoke is a psychoactive drug that relieves depression and anxiety in mice.

" Among the better-known contributors were the writers Henry Lawson, Banjo Paterson, Bernard O ' Dowd, Joseph Furphy, Miles Franklin, Harrison Owen, Robert Kaleski and Vance and Nettie Palmer, the cartoonists Livingston Hopkins (" Hop "), David Low, Phil May, D. H. Souter, Norman " Heth " Hetherington, and the illustrator and novelist Norman Lindsay.

Chuck Brown died on Wednesday, May 16, 2012, at Baltimore's Johns Hopkins Hospital of multiple organ failure including heart failure or heart problems.

Watts was in a relationship with director Stephen Hopkins in the 1990s and actor Heath Ledger from August 2002 to May 2004.

Former First Ladies Nancy Reagan, Lady Bird Johnson, Rosalynn Carter, Betty Ford, Barbara Bush, and First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton at the National Garden Gala, A Tribute to America's First Ladies, May 11, 1994.

With her predecessor, former First Lady Nancy Reagan, Bush dedicated the First Ladies Red Dress Collection at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in May 2005.

Nancy and her husband were jointly awarded the Congressional Gold Medal on May 16, 2002 at the Capitol, and were only the third President and First Lady to receive it ; she accepted the medal on behalf of both of them.

Nancy Reagan hosted two 2008 Republican Presidential Candidates Debates at the Reagan Presidential Library, the first in May 2007 and the second in January 2008.

Sinatra received her own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on May 11, 2006, which was also declared " Nancy Sinatra Day " by Hollywood ’ s mayor, Johnny Grant.

Robert Pirsig married Nancy Ann James on May 10, 1954.

Helen Wagner played Hughes family matriarch Nancy Hughes on American soap As the World Turns from its April 2, 1956 debut through her death in May 2010.

* May 2 – Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor, American-born politician ( b. 1879 )

* May 10 – Nancy Walker, American movie and television actress ( d. 1992 )

Nancy Marchand and Rod Steiger in Marty ( May 24, 1953 ).

It was telecast live May 24, 1953, on The Goodyear Television Playhouse with Rod Steiger in the title role and Nancy Marchand, in her television debut, playing opposite him as Clara.

Mildred Augustine Wirt Benson ( July 10, 1905 – May 28, 2002 ) was an American journalist and author of children's books, in particular the earliest Nancy Drew mysteries.

On 27 May 2009, David Leveaux as director opened the latest London production of Arcadia at the Duke of York's Theatre with Samantha Bond, Nancy Carroll, Jessie Cave, Trevor Cooper, Sam Cox, Lucy Griffiths, Tom Hodgkins, Hugh Mitchell, Neil Pearson, George Potts, Dan Stevens and Ed Stoppard.

Nancy Witcher Astor, Viscountess Astor, CH, ( 19 May 18792 May 1964 ) was the first woman to sit as a Conservative Member of Parliament ( MP ) in the British House of Commons.

* Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor ( May 19, 1879 – May 2, 1964 ) was the first woman to serve as a Member of Parliament ( MP ) in the British House of Commons.

Nancy Mitford ( 28 November 1904-30 June 1973 ) Pamela Mitford ( 25 November 1907 – 12 April 1994 ) Thomas Mitford ( 2 January 1909 – 30 March 1945 ) Diana Mitford ( 17 June 1910 – 11 August 2003 ) Unity Mitford ( 8 August 1914 – 28 May 1948 ) Jessica Mitford ( 11 September 1917 – 22 July 1996 ) Deborah Mitford ( born 31 March 1920 )

Aside from the top-billed Ebsen, other principal cast members included Irene Ryan as Jed's mother-in-law, Daisy Moses, also known as Granny ; Max Baer, Jr. as Jed's dimwitted nephew Jethro Bodine ; Donna Douglas as Jed's only child, the curvaceous, critter-loving Elly May Clampett ; Raymond Bailey as Milburn Drysdale, a bank president who oversees the Clampett fortune ; and Nancy Kulp as Jane Hathaway, Drysdale's secretary.

" Tortoise and Hare ", created by the artist Nancy Schön and installed on May 19, 1993 by the Friends of Copley Square as a tribute to the runners who have participated in the Boston Marathon

In May, the band released " Knuckle Sandwich Nancy ".

Émile Gallé ( Nancy, 8 May 1846 – Nancy, 23 September 1904 ) was a French artist who worked in glass, and is considered to be one of the major forces in the French Art Nouveau movement.

Nancy Marie Pimental ( born May 31, 1965 ) is an American actress and film and television writer.