Historical Events In May - 19

1918  On May - 19 wash 1st Sunday game, Senators beat Cleveland 1-0 in 18 innings   

1918  On May - 19 florence Chadwick, swimmer (1st to swim English Channel both ways)   

1919  On this day in history 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  On May - 19 betty Jameson, Norman OK, LPGA golfer (1947 US Women's Open)   

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

1921  On May - 19 charles van de Reve, slavic (Belief of Kameraden)   

1922  David McLean, Akron Oh, actor (Tate-Tate) on May - 19.   

1922  On May - 19 heinrich I Quincke, German internist (postural drainage), dies at 79   

1923  On this day in history kPD (communist revolts) in German Ruhr cities occupied by Allies   

1923  49th Kentucky Derby: Earl Sande aboard Zev wins in 2:05.4 on this day in history.   

1924  Sandy Galbraith Wilson, composer on May - 19.   

1924  On this day in history billy Zulch, cricketer (S Afr batsman scored 2 Test centuries), dies   

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

1925  On this day in history malcolm X, [Little], [Detroit Red], Omaha NB, founder (Black Muslims)   

1926  On May - 19 french air force bombs Damascus Syria   

1926  Paul Cooper, composer on May - 19.   

1928  On May - 19 "Firedamp" explodes in Mather PA coal mine killing 195 of 273 miners   

1928  51 frogs enter first annual "Frog Jumping Jubilee" (Angel's Camp CA) on May - 19.   

1928  Anthony C B Chapman, England, sports car builder/autoracer (Formula 1) on this day in history.   

1928  Henry Franklin Belknap Gilbert, composer, dies at 59 on this day in history.   

1929  Cloudburst causes stampede in Yankee Stadium; 2 people crushed to death on this day in history.   

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

1929  Cloudburst causes stampede in Yankee Stadium crushes 2 people to death on this day in history.   

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  Hans Kox, composer on May - 19.   

1931  Ironclad cruiser Germany launched in Kiel on this day in history.   

1931  Eric Davidson, comedy scriptwriter on this day in history.   

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

1934  On this day in history sherlock Holmes crossword puzzle in "Saturday Review of Literature"; Males who solved puzzle become members of Baker Street Irregulars   

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

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

1935  NFL adopts an annual college draft to begin in 1936 on this day in history.   

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  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 May - 19 birth of charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (d. 1818)   

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

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

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

0988  On this day in history dunstan[us], English archbishop of Canterbury, dies   

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

1296  On May - 19 celestine V, [Pietro del Murrone], Pope (1294), dies   

1319  On this day in history 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  On May - 19 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.