Portal:Germany/Anniversaries/May/May 19


 * 1762 – Birth of philosopher Johann Gottlieb Fichte
 * 1891 – Birth of World War I flying ace Oswald Boelcke
 * 1935 – The first section of the Autobahn system is opened
 * 1993 – Heide Simonis becomes minister-president of Schleswig-Holstein as the first woman to hold such a post