Births on May 19

Alex Shibicky

Born on May 19, 1914

Alex Shibicky, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2005)

Alexandre Dimitri Shibicky (May 19, 1914 – July 9, 2005) was an ice hockey forward who played for the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League from 1935 to 1946.

Shibicky was also a Stanley Cup winner in 1940, and the vice-president of the first incarnation of the National Hockey League Players Association, but he is best known for being the first player to use a slapshot, which he did in 1937. He said he learned it in practice from teammate Fred "Bun" Cook during the 1935–36 season. He also spent three years in the Canadian Forces during World War II.

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Events on 1914

28 Jun

Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria
Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife Sophie are assassinated in Sarajevo; this is the casus belli of World War I.
26 Jul

Bulgaria
Serbia and Bulgaria interrupt diplomatic relationship.
5 Aug

Traffic light
In Cleveland, Ohio, the first electric traffic light is installed.
15 Aug

Frank Lloyd Wright
A servant of American architect Frank Lloyd Wright murders seven people and sets fire to the living quarters of Wright's Wisconsin home, Taliesin.
1 Sep

Petrograd
St. Petersburg, Russia, changes its name to Petrograd.

Births on May 19

Alex Shibicky

Born on May 19, 1914

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Bulgaria

Traffic light

Frank Lloyd Wright

Petrograd