Historical Events In May - 19

1957  On May - 19 adone Zoli forms Italian Government   

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  On this day in history premiere of Harold Pinter's "Birthday Party" in London   

1958  US &Canada form North American Air Defense Command (NORAD) on May - 19.   

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

1959  Jan de Quay becomes premier of Netherlands on May - 19.   

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

1960  On May - 19 belgian parliament requires rest day for self employed   

1960  On this day in history uSAF Major Robert M White takes X-15 to 33,222mph   

1961  On this day in history new pier opens in Scheveningen   

1961  Joe Howard, singer (Gay Nineties Revue), dies at 94 on this day in history.   

1962  On this day in history "John Birch Society" by Chad Mitchell Trio hits #99   

1962  On this day in history indonesian paratroopers land in New Guinea   

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 this day in history uS diplomats find at least 40 secret microphones in the Moscow embassy   

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

1965  Patricia R Harris named first US black female ambassador (Luxembourg) on this day in history.   

1965  West Ham United wins 5th Europe Cup II on May - 19.   

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 May - 19.   

1967  On this day in history uS bombs Hanoi   

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

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

1968  Pirate Radio Brumble of Northern England first heard on this day in history.   

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

1969  On this day in history coleman Hawkins, US jazz musician/composer, dies   

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

1971  On May - 19 bernard Wagenaar, Neth/US composer, dies at 76   

1972  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on this day in history.   

1974  Valeri Giscard d'Estaing wins French presidential election on this day in history.   

1975  27th Emmy Awards Mary Tyler Moore Show, Robert Blake &Jean Marsh 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 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  Augustus Hervey, 3rd Earl of Bristol, British admiral and politician (d. 1779) was born on May - 19.   

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

1296  Celestine V, [Pietro del Murrone], Pope (1294), dies on May - 19.   

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  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)