Historical Events In May - 19

1896  On May - 19 first automobile (Benz) to arrive in Netherlands   

1896  1st auto (Benz) to arrive in Netherlands on May - 19.   

1896  On May - 19 michael Balcon, Birmingham England, producer/father of Jill Balcon   

1897  Oscar Wilde is released from Reading Gaol on this day in history.   

1898  On May - 19 post Office authorizes use of postcards   

1899  Leonid Maksimovich Leonov, novelist/playwright on May - 19.   

1900  On this day in history great Britain annexes Tonga archipelago   

1901  On May - 19 ivo Cruz, composer   

1901  Marthinus Wessels Pretorius, 1st pres Rep South-Africa, dies at 81 on May - 19.   

1902  On this day in history great Britain &Boers resume peace talks in Pretoria   

1902  Great Britain & Boers resume peace talks in Pretoria on May - 19.   

1903  Arthur Shrewsbury, cricketer (1277 runs at 35 47 in 23 Tests), dies on May - 19.   

1904  On this day in history anthony Bushell, Kent England, actor (Journey's End)   

1905  On May - 19 italian King Victor Emmanuel &Swiss President open world's longest railroad tunnel (Simplon) links Iselle Italy &Brig Switzerland   

1905  Tom Jenkins beats Frank Gotcha for heavyweight wrestling champ on May - 19.   

1906  On this day in history federated Boys' Club (Boys' Club of America) organizes   

1906  Portugal's King Carlos I names Joao Franco premier on May - 19.   

1906  The last British soldiers leave Canada on May - 19.   

1906  Dutch King Victor Emmanuel & Swiss president open Simplon tunnel on this day in history.   

1909  Jack Johnson fights Jack O'Brien to no decision in 6 for boxing title on May - 19.   

1909  On May - 19 bruce Bennett, Tacoma Wash, actor (Before I Hang, Sahara)   

1910  On this day in history cleve Indian Cy Young gets his 500th win, beats Wash 5-4 in 11 innings   

1910  Alan Melville, cricketer (graceful South African batsman 1938-49) on this day in history.   

1911  Maurice Ravels opera "L'Heure Espagnole," premieres in Paris on May - 19.   

1912  American League president Ban Johnson tells Tigers if they continue protest of Ty Cobb's suspension, they will be banned from baseball on this day in history.   

1912  Navy establishes North Atlantic Ice Patrol following RMS Titanic disaster on this day in history.   

1912  AL Pres Ban Johnson tells Tigers if they continue protest of Ty Cobb's suspension, they will be banned from baseball on May - 19.   

1913  Webb Alien Land-Holding Bill passes, forbidding Japs from owning land on this day in history.   

1913  Albert Hardy, photographer on May - 19.   

1915  Australians repel major Turkish attack on their positions at Gallipoli on this day in history.   

1915  Death on Gallipoli of Private John Simpson Kirkpatrick of "Simpson and his donkey" fame on May - 19.   

1915  Lance Corporal Albert Jacka, 14th Battalion, AIF, becomes the first Australian to win a Victoria Cross in World War One for his action at Gallipoli, Turkey on this day in history.   

1916  Escadrille Américaine (Lafayette) transfered to Verdun on May - 19.   

1916  On May - 19 escadrille Américaine (Lafayette) transfered to Verdun   

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1469  On this day in history birth of giovanni della Robbia, Ital's sculptor   

1611  On May - 19 birth of innocent XI, [Benedetto Odescalchi], Italy, 240th Pope (1676-89)   

1616  Johann Jacob Froberger, German singer/organist/composer was born on this day in history.   

1700  José de Escandón, Spanish colonial governor (d. 1770) was born on this day in history.   

1724  Augustus Hervey, 3rd Earl of Bristol, British admiral and politician (d. 1779) was born on this day in history.   

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

1746  Johann Friedrich Peter, composer was born on this day in history.   

1755  Gabriele Prota, composer was born on this day in history.   

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 May - 19.   

1319  Death of Louis d'Évreux, son of Philip III of France (b. 1276) on this day in history.   

1389  On this day in history death of dmitri Donskoi, Grand Prince of Muscovy (b. 1350)   

1526  On this day in history death of emperor Go-Kashiwabara of Japan (b. 1464)   

1531  Death of Jan Łaski, Polish statesman and diplomat (b. 1456) on this day in history.