Historical Events In May - 19

1957  On May - 19 adone Zoli forms Italian Government   

1957  Adone Zoli forms Italian govt on May - 19.   

1958  On May - 19 "South Pacific" soundtrack album goes to #1 &stays #1 for 31 weeks   

1958  Premiere of Harold Pinter's "Birthday Party" in London on May - 19.   

1958  On May - 19 uS &Canada form North American Air Defense Command (NORAD)   

1958  Bruno Sturmer, composer, dies at 65 on May - 19.   

1959  Jan de Quay becomes premier of Netherlands on May - 19.   

1960  Alan Freed &eight other DJs accused of taking radio payola on this day in history.   

1960  On May - 19 belgian parliament requires rest day for self employed   

1960  On this day in history uSAF Major Robert M White takes X-15 to 33,222mph   

1961  New pier opens in Scheveningen on May - 19.   

1961  Joe Howard, singer (Gay Nineties Revue), dies at 94 on May - 19.   

1962  On this day in history "John Birch Society" by Chad Mitchell Trio hits #99   

1962  Indonesian paratroopers land in New Guinea on this day in history.   

1962  Stan Musial breaks Honus Wagner's National League hit record with 3,431 on this day in history.   

1962  US performs nuclear test at Christmas Island (atmospheric) on May - 19.   

1964  US diplomats find at least 40 secret microphones in the Moscow embassy on May - 19.   

1965  30th Naval Construction Regiment activated at Danang, Vietnam on this day in history.   

1965  Patricia R Harris named first US black female ambassador (Luxembourg) on this day in history.   

1965  On May - 19 west Ham United wins 5th Europe Cup II   

1965  On this day in history maria Dabrowska, Polish writer (Znaki Zycia), dies   

1966  On May - 19 tortoise, reportedly given to Tonga's King by Capt Cook (1773), dies   

1967  On May - 19 the United States, Soviet Union, and United Kingdom agree to ban nuclear weapons from outer space   

1967  On this day in history uS bombs Hanoi   

1967  On May - 19 uSSR ratifies treaty with England &US banning nuclear weapons in space   

1968  20th Emmy Awards Get Smart, Mission Impossible &Barbara Bain on this day in history.   

1968  On May - 19 pirate Radio Brumble of Northern England first heard   

1968  20th Emmy Awards: Get Smart, Mission Impossible &Barbara Bain on May - 19.   

1969  Coleman Hawkins, US jazz musician/composer, dies on this day in history.   

1971  On this day in history uSSR launches Mars 2, first spacecraft to crash land on Mars   

1971  Bernard Wagenaar, Neth/US composer, dies at 76 on May - 19.   

1972  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on this day in history.   

1974  On this day in history valeri Giscard d'Estaing wins French presidential election   

1975  27th Emmy Awards Mary Tyler Moore Show, Robert Blake &Jean Marsh on May - 19.   

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1469  Giovanni della Robbia, Ital's sculptor was born on this day in history.   

1611  Innocent XI, [Benedetto Odescalchi], Italy, 240th Pope (1676-89) was born on May - 19.   

1616  Johann Jacob Froberger, German singer/organist/composer was born on May - 19.   

1700  José de Escandón, Spanish colonial governor (d. 1770) was born on May - 19.   

1724  Augustus Hervey, 3rd Earl of Bristol, British admiral and politician (d. 1779) was born on May - 19.   

1744  Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (d. 1818) was born on May - 19.   

1746  On May - 19 birth of johann Friedrich Peter, composer   

1755  On May - 19 birth of gabriele Prota, composer   

0804  Alcuin of York, English scholar, dies in Tours France at 69 on May - 19.   

0988  Dunstan[us], English archbishop of Canterbury, dies on May - 19.   

1125  On this day in history death of vladimir Monomakh, Russian prince (b. 1053)   

1296  Celestine V, [Pietro del Murrone], Pope (1294), dies on this day in history.   

1319  On this day in history death of louis d'Évreux, son of Philip III of France (b. 1276)   

1389  Death of Dmitri Donskoi, Grand Prince of Muscovy (b. 1350) on this day in history.   

1526  On May - 19 death of emperor Go-Kashiwabara of Japan (b. 1464)   

1531  On May - 19 death of jan Łaski, Polish statesman and diplomat (b. 1456)