Page 7: Historical Events In May - 19

1957  On this day in history adone Zoli forms Italian Government   

1957  Adone Zoli forms Italian govt on May - 19.   

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

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

1958  On this day in history uS &Canada form North American Air Defense Command (NORAD)   

1958  Bruno Sturmer, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

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  Belgian parliament requires rest day for self employed on May - 19.   

1960  USAF Major Robert M White takes X-15 to 33,222mph on May - 19.   

1961  New pier opens in Scheveningen on this day in history.   

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 May - 19.   

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  On May - 19 uS diplomats find at least 40 secret microphones in the Moscow embassy   

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

1965  On May - 19 patricia R Harris named first US black female ambassador (Luxembourg)   

1965  On this day in history west Ham United wins 5th Europe Cup II   

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

1966  On this day in history 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  USSR ratifies treaty with England &US banning nuclear weapons in space on this day in history.   

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

1968  Pirate Radio Brumble of Northern England first heard on May - 19.   

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

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

1971  USSR launches Mars 2, first spacecraft to crash land on Mars on May - 19.   

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

1972  On this day in history uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

1974  On May - 19 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  On May - 19 birth of giovanni della Robbia, Ital's sculptor   

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

1616  On May - 19 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  On this day in history birth of augustus Hervey, 3rd Earl of Bristol, British admiral and politician (d. 1779)   

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

1746  On this day in history birth of johann Friedrich Peter, composer   

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

0804  On this day in history alcuin of York, English scholar, dies in Tours France at 69   

0988  On May - 19 dunstan[us], English archbishop of Canterbury, dies   

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

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

1319  Death of Louis d'Évreux, son of Philip III of France (b. 1276) on May - 19.   

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

1526  Death of Emperor Go-Kashiwabara of Japan (b. 1464) on May - 19.   

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