Historical Events In May - 19

1957  Adone Zoli forms Italian Government on this day in history.   

1957  On May - 19 adone Zoli forms Italian govt   

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 this day in history.   

1958  US &Canada form North American Air Defense Command (NORAD) on this day in history.   

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

1959  On May - 19 jan de Quay becomes premier of Netherlands   

1960  On May - 19 alan Freed &eight other DJs accused of taking radio payola   

1960  On this day in history belgian parliament requires rest day for self employed   

1960  USAF Major Robert M White takes X-15 to 33,222mph on this day in history.   

1961  On May - 19 new pier opens in Scheveningen   

1961  On May - 19 joe Howard, singer (Gay Nineties Revue), dies at 94   

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 May - 19.   

1962  US performs nuclear test at Christmas Island (atmospheric) on this day in history.   

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 May - 19.   

1965  Patricia R Harris named first US black female ambassador (Luxembourg) on May - 19.   

1965  West Ham United wins 5th Europe Cup II on this day in history.   

1965  Maria Dabrowska, Polish writer (Znaki Zycia), dies on this day in history.   

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

1967  The United States, Soviet Union, and United Kingdom agree to ban nuclear weapons from outer space on this day in history.   

1967  US bombs Hanoi on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

1969  On May - 19 coleman Hawkins, US jazz musician/composer, dies   

1971  On May - 19 uSSR launches Mars 2, first spacecraft to crash land on Mars   

1971  Bernard Wagenaar, Neth/US composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1972  On May - 19 uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

1974  Valeri Giscard d'Estaing wins French presidential election on May - 19.   

1975  27th Emmy Awards Mary Tyler Moore Show, Robert Blake &Jean Marsh on this day in history.   

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

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

1125  On May - 19 death of vladimir Monomakh, Russian prince (b. 1053)   

1296  On May - 19 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  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  On this day in history death of jan Łaski, Polish statesman and diplomat (b. 1456)