Page 5: Historical Events In May - 19

1918  Wash 1st Sunday game, Senators beat Cleveland 1-0 in 18 innings on May - 19.   

1918  Florence Chadwick, swimmer (1st to swim English Channel both ways) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1919  On May - 19 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  Charles van de Reve, slavic (Belief of Kameraden) on May - 19.   

1922  On this day in history david McLean, Akron Oh, actor (Tate-Tate)   

1922  On this day in history heinrich I Quincke, German internist (postural drainage), dies at 79   

1923  KPD (communist revolts) in German Ruhr cities occupied by Allies on this day in history.   

1923  On May - 19 49th Kentucky Derby: Earl Sande aboard Zev wins in 2:05.4   

1924  On May - 19 sandy Galbraith Wilson, composer   

1924  On this day in history billy Zulch, cricketer (S Afr batsman scored 2 Test centuries), dies   

1925  On this day in history the birth of Malcom X, controversial American civil rights leader   

1925  On this day in history malcolm X, [Little], [Detroit Red], Omaha NB, founder (Black Muslims)   

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

1926  Paul Cooper, composer on May - 19.   

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

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

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

1928  On this day in history henry Franklin Belknap Gilbert, composer, dies at 59   

1929  On this day in history cloudburst causes stampede in Yankee Stadium; 2 people crushed to death   

1929  On this day in history 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  White woman win voting rights in South-Africa on this day in history.   

1930  On May - 19 hans Kox, composer   

1931  On May - 19 ironclad cruiser Germany launched in Kiel   

1931  On May - 19 eric Davidson, comedy scriptwriter   

1934  Military coup by Colonel Damian Veltsjev in Bulgaria on this day in history.   

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

1934  On this day in history military coup by Col Damian Veltsjev in Bulgaria   

1934  David Sinclair, actor (Love & Hate) on this day in history.   

1935  NFL adopts an annual college draft to begin in 1936 on May - 19.   

1935  On this day in history david Hartman, Pawtucket RI, TV personality (Good Morning America)   

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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 May - 19.   

1616  On May - 19 birth of johann Jacob Froberger, German singer/organist/composer   

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

1724  On May - 19 birth of augustus Hervey, 3rd Earl of Bristol, British admiral and politician (d. 1779)   

1744  On May - 19 birth of charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (d. 1818)   

1746  Johann Friedrich Peter, composer was born on May - 19.   

1755  On May - 19 birth of gabriele Prota, composer   

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  Death of Vladimir Monomakh, Russian prince (b. 1053) on May - 19.   

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

1319  On May - 19 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 this day in history.   

1531  Death of Jan Łaski, Polish statesman and diplomat (b. 1456) on this day in history.