Historical Events In May - 19

1935  On this day in history charles Martin Tornow Loeffler, French composer, dies at 74   

1936  Elisabeth Schwartz, Austria, pairs figure skater (Olympic-gold-1956) on May - 19.   

1937  John Murray/Allen Boretz' "Room Service," premieres in NYC on this day in history.   

1937  On May - 19 sanne Sannes, Dutch photographer   

1938  On this day in history james H Bilbray, (Rep-D-Nevada)   

1939  Churchill signs British-Russian anti-Nazi pact on this day in history.   

1939  17th earl of Pembroke, English landowner/director (Emily) on May - 19.   

1940  On this day in history amsterdam time becomes MET (Middle European Time)   

1940  On May - 19 french counter attack at Péronne under General De Gaulle   

1940  HMS WHITLEY, lost between Nieuport and Ostend, Belgium - damaged by German bombers and beached on this day in history.   

1941  German occupiers in Holland forbid bicycle taxis on May - 19.   

1941  On May - 19 new Nazi battleship Bismarck leaves Gdynia, Poland   

1941  Germany occupiers in Holland forbid bicycle taxis on May - 19.   

1942  On May - 19 braves Paul Waner is 3rd NLer to get 3,000 hits (Anson & Wagner)   

1942  [Nicoline] Magdalene Anchor-Roll, Norwegian author (Enken), dies at 69 on this day in history.   

1943  On May - 19 berlin is declared "Judenrien" (free of Jews)   

1943  Churchill pledges England's full support to US against Japan on May - 19.   

1944  On this day in history 240 gypsies transported to Auschwitz from Westerbork Netherlands   

1944  On this day in history allied fleet shell Japanese positions at Sabang, north of Sumatra   

1944  On this day in history german defense line in Italy collapsed   

1944  On May - 19 240 gypsies transported to Auschwitz from Westerbork Neth   

1945  On this day in history start of the first Victory Test Cricket between England &Australia Services   

1945  Start of the 1st Victory Test Cricket between England & Aust Services on May - 19.   

1946  On this day in history dutch Cooperation for Sexual Reform (NVSH) forms in Amsterdam   

1950  On May - 19 nY Times reports of worlds smallest & dumbest mechanical brain   

1951  On this day in history uN begins counter offensive in Korea   

1951  77th Preakness: Eddie Arcaro aboard Bold wins in 1:56.4 on this day in history.   

1953  On this day in history nuclear explosion in Nevada (fall-out in St George UT)   

1953  On this day in history nuclear explosion in Nevada (fall-out in St George, Utah)   

1953  Damasco Berenguer y Fuste, Spanish gen/min of War, dies at 79 on May - 19.   

1954  Postmaster General Summerfield approves CIA mail-opening project on this day in history.   

1954  Aart A van Schelven, church historian (Willem of Orange), dies at 73 on May - 19.   

1955  On this day in history atkinson & Depeiaza make 347 stand for 7th wkt WI v Australia   

1956  On this day in history 82nd Preakness: Bill Hartack aboard Fabius wins in 1:58.4   

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1469  On May - 19 birth of giovanni della Robbia, Ital's sculptor   

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

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

1700  On May - 19 birth of josé de Escandón, Spanish colonial governor (d. 1770)   

1724  On May - 19 birth of augustus Hervey, 3rd Earl of Bristol, British admiral and politician (d. 1779)   

1744  On this day in history birth of charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (d. 1818)   

1746  Johann Friedrich Peter, composer was born on May - 19.   

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  On May - 19 dunstan[us], English archbishop of Canterbury, dies   

1125  Death of Vladimir Monomakh, Russian prince (b. 1053) on this day in history.   

1296  On this day in history celestine V, [Pietro del Murrone], Pope (1294), dies   

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

1389  Death of Dmitri Donskoi, Grand Prince of Muscovy (b. 1350) on May - 19.   

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

1531  On this day in history death of jan Łaski, Polish statesman and diplomat (b. 1456)