Page 4: Historical Events In May - 19

1896  First automobile (Benz) to arrive in Netherlands on this day in history.   

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

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

1897  Oscar Wilde is released from Reading Gaol on this day in history.   

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 May - 19.   

1901  Ivo Cruz, composer on May - 19.   

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 May - 19.   

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

1903  Arthur Shrewsbury, cricketer (1277 runs at 35 47 in 23 Tests), dies on this day in history.   

1904  On this day in history anthony Bushell, Kent England, actor (Journey's End)   

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

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

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

1906  Dutch King Victor Emmanuel & Swiss president open Simplon tunnel on this day in history.   

1909  Jack Johnson fights Jack O'Brien to no decision in 6 for boxing title on May - 19.   

1909  On May - 19 bruce Bennett, Tacoma Wash, actor (Before I Hang, Sahara)   

1910  On May - 19 cleve Indian Cy Young gets his 500th win, beats Wash 5-4 in 11 innings   

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

1911  On May - 19 maurice Ravels opera "L'Heure Espagnole," premieres in Paris   

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

1912  On this day in history 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  On this day in history australians repel major Turkish attack on their positions at Gallipoli   

1915  On May - 19 death on Gallipoli of Private John Simpson Kirkpatrick of "Simpson and his donkey" fame   

1915  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 on this day in history.   

1916  On this day in history escadrille Américaine (Lafayette) transfered to Verdun   

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

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1469  On this day in history birth of giovanni della Robbia, Ital's sculptor   

1611  On May - 19 birth of innocent XI, [Benedetto Odescalchi], Italy, 240th Pope (1676-89)   

1616  Johann Jacob Froberger, German singer/organist/composer was born on this day in history.   

1700  José de Escandón, Spanish colonial governor (d. 1770) was born on May - 19.   

1724  On this day in history birth of augustus Hervey, 3rd Earl of Bristol, British admiral and politician (d. 1779)   

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  On this day in history birth of gabriele Prota, composer   

0804  Alcuin of York, English scholar, dies in Tours France at 69 on this day in history.   

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

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  Death of Louis d'Évreux, son of Philip III of France (b. 1276) on this day in history.   

1389  On this day in history death of dmitri Donskoi, Grand Prince of Muscovy (b. 1350)   

1526  On this day in history death of emperor Go-Kashiwabara of Japan (b. 1464)   

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