Buffalo Bill's first Buffalo Bill's Wild West opens in Omaha, Nebraska.

William Frederick Cody, better known as Buffalo Bill, was an American soldier, bison hunter, and showman. One of the most famous figures of the American Old West, Cody started his legend at the young age of 23. Shortly thereafter he started performing in shows that displayed cowboy themes and episodes from the frontier and Indian Wars. He founded Buffalo Bill's Wild West in 1883, taking his large company on tours in the United States and, beginning in 1887, in Europe.

May 19 is the 139th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 226 days remain until the end of the year.