Page 5: Historical Events In May - 19

1918  Wash 1st Sunday game, Senators beat Cleveland 1-0 in 18 innings on this day in history.   

1918  On May - 19 florence Chadwick, swimmer (1st to swim English Channel both ways)   

1919  Mustafa Kemal Atatürk lands at Samsun on the Anatolian Black Sea coast, initiating what was later termed the Turkish War of Independence. The anniversary of this event is the official date of commemoration of the Pontic Greek Genocide in Greece and Cyprus on May - 19.   

1919  On this day in history betty Jameson, Norman OK, LPGA golfer (1947 US Women's Open)   

1921  On this day in history congress sharply curbs immigration, setting a national quota system   

1921  On this day in history charles van de Reve, slavic (Belief of Kameraden)   

1922  On May - 19 david McLean, Akron Oh, actor (Tate-Tate)   

1922  Heinrich I Quincke, German internist (postural drainage), dies at 79 on May - 19.   

1923  On this day in history kPD (communist revolts) in German Ruhr cities occupied by Allies   

1923  49th Kentucky Derby: Earl Sande aboard Zev wins in 2:05.4 on this day in history.   

1924  On May - 19 sandy Galbraith Wilson, composer   

1924  On May - 19 billy Zulch, cricketer (S Afr batsman scored 2 Test centuries), dies   

1925  On May - 19 the birth of Malcom X, controversial American civil rights leader   

1925  Malcolm X, [Little], [Detroit Red], Omaha NB, founder (Black Muslims) on May - 19.   

1926  French air force bombs Damascus Syria on this day in history.   

1926  Paul Cooper, composer on this day in history.   

1928  On May - 19 "Firedamp" explodes in Mather PA coal mine killing 195 of 273 miners   

1928  51 frogs enter first annual "Frog Jumping Jubilee" (Angel's Camp CA) on May - 19.   

1928  On May - 19 anthony C B Chapman, England, sports car builder/autoracer (Formula 1)   

1928  Henry Franklin Belknap Gilbert, composer, dies at 59 on this day in history.   

1929  Cloudburst causes stampede in Yankee Stadium; 2 people crushed to death on May - 19.   

1929  On May - 19 general Feng Yu-Xiang of China declares war on Chiang Kai-Shek Government   

1929  On May - 19 cloudburst causes stampede in Yankee Stadium crushes 2 people to death   

1929  Harvey Cox, US theologist (Secular City) on May - 19.   

1930  On this day in history white woman win voting rights in South-Africa   

1930  Hans Kox, composer on May - 19.   

1931  Ironclad cruiser Germany launched in Kiel on this day in history.   

1931  Eric Davidson, comedy scriptwriter on May - 19.   

1934  On May - 19 military coup by Colonel Damian Veltsjev in Bulgaria   

1934  Sherlock Holmes crossword puzzle in "Saturday Review of Literature"; Males who solved puzzle become members of Baker Street Irregulars on May - 19.   

1934  Military coup by Col Damian Veltsjev in Bulgaria on May - 19.   

1934  On this day in history david Sinclair, actor (Love & Hate)   

1935  On this day in history nFL adopts an annual college draft to begin in 1936   

1935  David Hartman, Pawtucket RI, TV personality (Good Morning America) on this day in history.   

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

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

1616  On this day in history birth of johann Jacob Froberger, German singer/organist/composer   

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

1724  Augustus Hervey, 3rd Earl of Bristol, British admiral and politician (d. 1779) was born on this day in history.   

1744  Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (d. 1818) was born on May - 19.   

1746  Johann Friedrich Peter, composer was born on this day in history.   

1755  On May - 19 birth of gabriele Prota, composer   

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

0988  On May - 19 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  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  Death of Jan Łaski, Polish statesman and diplomat (b. 1456) on May - 19.