Historical Events In May - 19

1918  Wash 1st Sunday game, Senators beat Cleveland 1-0 in 18 innings on May - 19.   

1918  Florence Chadwick, swimmer (1st to swim English Channel both ways) on May - 19.   

1919  On May - 19 mustafa Kemal Atatürk lands at Samsun on the Anatolian Black Sea coast, initiating what was later termed the Turkish War of Independence. The anniversary of this event is the official date of commemoration of the Pontic Greek Genocide in Greece and Cyprus.   

1919  Betty Jameson, Norman OK, LPGA golfer (1947 US Women's Open) on May - 19.   

1921  On May - 19 congress sharply curbs immigration, setting a national quota system   

1921  On this day in history charles van de Reve, slavic (Belief of Kameraden)   

1922  On this day in history david McLean, Akron Oh, actor (Tate-Tate)   

1922  Heinrich I Quincke, German internist (postural drainage), dies at 79 on this day in history.   

1923  KPD (communist revolts) in German Ruhr cities occupied by Allies on this day in history.   

1923  On May - 19 49th Kentucky Derby: Earl Sande aboard Zev wins in 2:05.4   

1924  On May - 19 sandy Galbraith Wilson, composer   

1924  Billy Zulch, cricketer (S Afr batsman scored 2 Test centuries), dies on this day in history.   

1925  The birth of Malcom X, controversial American civil rights leader on this day in history.   

1925  On May - 19 malcolm X, [Little], [Detroit Red], Omaha NB, founder (Black Muslims)   

1926  French air force bombs Damascus Syria on May - 19.   

1926  Paul Cooper, composer on this day in history.   

1928  On this day in history "Firedamp" explodes in Mather PA coal mine killing 195 of 273 miners   

1928  On this day in history 51 frogs enter first annual "Frog Jumping Jubilee" (Angel's Camp CA)   

1928  On this day in history anthony C B Chapman, England, sports car builder/autoracer (Formula 1)   

1928  On May - 19 henry Franklin Belknap Gilbert, composer, dies at 59   

1929  On May - 19 cloudburst causes stampede in Yankee Stadium; 2 people crushed to death   

1929  General Feng Yu-Xiang of China declares war on Chiang Kai-Shek Government on May - 19.   

1929  Cloudburst causes stampede in Yankee Stadium crushes 2 people to death on May - 19.   

1929  On this day in history harvey Cox, US theologist (Secular City)   

1930  On May - 19 white woman win voting rights in South-Africa   

1930  On May - 19 hans Kox, composer   

1931  On this day in history ironclad cruiser Germany launched in Kiel   

1931  Eric Davidson, comedy scriptwriter on May - 19.   

1934  Military coup by Colonel Damian Veltsjev in Bulgaria on May - 19.   

1934  Sherlock Holmes crossword puzzle in "Saturday Review of Literature"; Males who solved puzzle become members of Baker Street Irregulars on May - 19.   

1934  On May - 19 military coup by Col Damian Veltsjev in Bulgaria   

1934  On May - 19 david Sinclair, actor (Love & Hate)   

1935  On May - 19 nFL adopts an annual college draft to begin in 1936   

1935  David Hartman, Pawtucket RI, TV personality (Good Morning America) on May - 19.   

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1469  Giovanni della Robbia, Ital's sculptor was born on May - 19.   

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

1616  On this day in history birth of johann Jacob Froberger, German singer/organist/composer   

1700  On this day in history birth of josé de Escandón, Spanish colonial governor (d. 1770)   

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 this day in history.   

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

1755  Gabriele Prota, composer was born on May - 19.   

0804  On May - 19 alcuin of York, English scholar, dies in Tours France at 69   

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 May - 19 death of louis d'Évreux, son of Philip III of France (b. 1276)   

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

1526  Death of Emperor Go-Kashiwabara of Japan (b. 1464) on this day in history.   

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