Historical Events In May - 19

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

1936  On May - 19 elisabeth Schwartz, Austria, pairs figure skater (Olympic-gold-1956)  

1937  On this day in history john Murray/Allen Boretz' "Room Service," premieres in NYC  

1937  On this day in history sanne Sannes, Dutch photographer  

1938  James H Bilbray, (Rep-D-Nevada) on this day in history.  

1939  Churchill signs British-Russian anti-Nazi pact on May - 19.  

1939  On this day in history 17th earl of Pembroke, English landowner/director (Emily)  

1940  Amsterdam time becomes MET (Middle European Time) on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1942  On this day in history braves Paul Waner is 3rd NLer to get 3,000 hits (Anson & Wagner)  

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

1943  Berlin is declared "Judenrien" (free of Jews) on May - 19.  

1943  On this day in history churchill pledges England's full support to US against Japan  

1944  240 gypsies transported to Auschwitz from Westerbork Netherlands on May - 19.  

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  240 gypsies transported to Auschwitz from Westerbork Neth on this day in history.  

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 May - 19 dutch Cooperation for Sexual Reform (NVSH) forms in Amsterdam  

1950  NY Times reports of worlds smallest & dumbest mechanical brain on this day in history.  

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

1951  On May - 19 77th Preakness: Eddie Arcaro aboard Bold wins in 1:56.4  

1953  Nuclear explosion in Nevada (fall-out in St George UT) on May - 19.  

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

1953  On this day in history damasco Berenguer y Fuste, Spanish gen/min of War, dies at 79  

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

1954  On May - 19 aart A van Schelven, church historian (Willem of Orange), dies at 73  

1955  Atkinson & Depeiaza make 347 stand for 7th wkt WI v Australia on May - 19.  

1956  82nd Preakness: Bill Hartack aboard Fabius wins in 1:58.4 on May - 19.  

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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 this day in history.  

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

1755  On May - 19 birth of gabriele Prota, composer  

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

0988  Dunstan[us], English archbishop of Canterbury, dies on May - 19.  

1125  Death of Vladimir Monomakh, Russian prince (b. 1053) on May - 19.  

1296  On this day in history 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  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 this day in history.  

1531  On May - 19 death of jan Łaski, Polish statesman and diplomat (b. 1456)