Page 4: Historical Events In May - 19

1896  First automobile (Benz) to arrive in Netherlands on May - 19.   

1896  On May - 19 1st auto (Benz) to arrive in Netherlands   

1896  Michael Balcon, Birmingham England, producer/father of Jill Balcon on May - 19.   

1897  Oscar Wilde is released from Reading Gaol on May - 19.   

1898  Post Office authorizes use of postcards on this day in history.   

1899  Leonid Maksimovich Leonov, novelist/playwright on this day in history.   

1900  Great Britain annexes Tonga archipelago on this day in history.   

1901  On May - 19 ivo Cruz, composer   

1901  Marthinus Wessels Pretorius, 1st pres Rep South-Africa, dies at 81 on May - 19.   

1902  Great Britain &Boers resume peace talks in Pretoria on May - 19.   

1902  Great Britain & Boers resume peace talks in Pretoria on May - 19.   

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 May - 19.   

1905  On this day in history italian King Victor Emmanuel &Swiss President open world's longest railroad tunnel (Simplon) links Iselle Italy &Brig Switzerland   

1905  On May - 19 tom Jenkins beats Frank Gotcha for heavyweight wrestling champ   

1906  Federated Boys' Club (Boys' Club of America) organizes on May - 19.   

1906  On May - 19 portugal's King Carlos I names Joao Franco premier   

1906  The last British soldiers leave Canada on this day in history.   

1906  On May - 19 dutch King Victor Emmanuel & Swiss president open Simplon tunnel   

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

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

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

1910  Alan Melville, cricketer (graceful South African batsman 1938-49) on May - 19.   

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

1913  On this day in history webb Alien Land-Holding Bill passes, forbidding Japs from owning land   

1913  Albert Hardy, photographer on May - 19.   

1915  Australians repel major Turkish attack on their positions at Gallipoli on this day in history.   

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

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  Escadrille Américaine (Lafayette) transfered to Verdun on May - 19.   

1916  Escadrille Américaine (Lafayette) transfered to Verdun on May - 19.   

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1469  Giovanni della Robbia, Ital's sculptor was born on this day in history.   

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 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  On this day in history 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 May - 19 dunstan[us], English archbishop of Canterbury, dies   

1125  On this day in history death of vladimir Monomakh, Russian prince (b. 1053)   

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  Death of Dmitri Donskoi, Grand Prince of Muscovy (b. 1350) on May - 19.   

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

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