Page 4: Historical Events In May - 19

1896  On this day in history first automobile (Benz) to arrive in Netherlands   

1896  1st auto (Benz) to arrive in Netherlands on this day in history.   

1896  On this day in history michael Balcon, Birmingham England, producer/father of Jill Balcon   

1897  On May - 19 oscar Wilde is released from Reading Gaol.   

1898  On May - 19 post Office authorizes use of postcards   

1899  On this day in history leonid Maksimovich Leonov, novelist/playwright   

1900  On May - 19 great Britain annexes Tonga archipelago   

1901  Ivo Cruz, composer on this day in history.   

1901  Marthinus Wessels Pretorius, 1st pres Rep South-Africa, dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1902  Great Britain &Boers resume peace talks in Pretoria on this day in history.   

1902  On May - 19 great Britain & Boers resume peace talks in Pretoria   

1903  On May - 19 arthur Shrewsbury, cricketer (1277 runs at 35 47 in 23 Tests), dies   

1904  Anthony Bushell, Kent England, actor (Journey's End) on this day in history.   

1905  Italian King Victor Emmanuel &Swiss President open world's longest railroad tunnel (Simplon) links Iselle Italy &Brig Switzerland on May - 19.   

1905  Tom Jenkins beats Frank Gotcha for heavyweight wrestling champ on May - 19.   

1906  On this day in history federated Boys' Club (Boys' Club of America) organizes   

1906  On this day in history portugal's King Carlos I names Joao Franco premier   

1906  The last British soldiers leave Canada on May - 19.   

1906  On this day in history dutch King Victor Emmanuel & Swiss president open Simplon tunnel   

1909  On this day in history jack Johnson fights Jack O'Brien to no decision in 6 for boxing title   

1909  Bruce Bennett, Tacoma Wash, actor (Before I Hang, Sahara) on May - 19.   

1910  Cleve Indian Cy Young gets his 500th win, beats Wash 5-4 in 11 innings on this day in history.   

1910  On May - 19 alan Melville, cricketer (graceful South African batsman 1938-49)   

1911  On this day in history maurice Ravels opera "L'Heure Espagnole," premieres in Paris   

1912  On May - 19 american League president Ban Johnson tells Tigers if they continue protest of Ty Cobb's suspension, they will be banned from baseball   

1912  On May - 19 navy establishes North Atlantic Ice Patrol following RMS Titanic disaster   

1912  AL Pres Ban Johnson tells Tigers if they continue protest of Ty Cobb's suspension, they will be banned from baseball on this day in history.   

1913  Webb Alien Land-Holding Bill passes, forbidding Japs from owning land on this day in history.   

1913  Albert Hardy, photographer on this day in history.   

1915  On May - 19 australians repel major Turkish attack on their positions at Gallipoli   

1915  On this day in history death on Gallipoli of Private John Simpson Kirkpatrick of "Simpson and his donkey" fame   

1915  On May - 19 lance Corporal Albert Jacka, 14th Battalion, AIF, becomes the first Australian to win a Victoria Cross in World War One for his action at Gallipoli, Turkey   

1916  On May - 19 escadrille Américaine (Lafayette) transfered to Verdun   

1916  Escadrille Américaine (Lafayette) transfered to Verdun on this day in history.   

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1469  Giovanni della Robbia, Ital's sculptor was born on May - 19.   

1611  On this day in history birth of innocent XI, [Benedetto Odescalchi], Italy, 240th Pope (1676-89)   

1616  Johann Jacob Froberger, German singer/organist/composer was born on May - 19.   

1700  José de Escandón, Spanish colonial governor (d. 1770) was born on this day in history.   

1724  Augustus Hervey, 3rd Earl of Bristol, British admiral and politician (d. 1779) was born on May - 19.   

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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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  On this day in history death of emperor Go-Kashiwabara of Japan (b. 1464)   

1531  Death of Jan Łaski, Polish statesman and diplomat (b. 1456) on May - 19.