Page 5: Historical Events In May - 19

1918  On May - 19 wash 1st Sunday game, Senators beat Cleveland 1-0 in 18 innings   

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 May - 19.   

1919  Betty Jameson, Norman OK, LPGA golfer (1947 US Women's Open) on this day in history.   

1921  Congress sharply curbs immigration, setting a national quota system on this day in history.   

1921  On May - 19 charles van de Reve, slavic (Belief of Kameraden)   

1922  David McLean, Akron Oh, actor (Tate-Tate) on May - 19.   

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 May - 19.   

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

1925  The birth of Malcom X, controversial American civil rights leader on this day in history.   

1925  On May - 19 malcolm X, [Little], [Detroit Red], Omaha NB, founder (Black Muslims)   

1926  French air force bombs Damascus Syria on May - 19.   

1926  On May - 19 paul Cooper, composer   

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

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

1928  Anthony C B Chapman, England, sports car builder/autoracer (Formula 1) on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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  On May - 19 hans Kox, composer   

1931  On this day in history ironclad cruiser Germany launched in Kiel   

1931  On this day in history eric Davidson, comedy scriptwriter   

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

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

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

1934  David Sinclair, actor (Love & Hate) on May - 19.   

1935  NFL adopts an annual college draft to begin in 1936 on this day in history.   

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 May - 19.   

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 May - 19.   

1700  On May - 19 birth of josé de Escandón, Spanish colonial governor (d. 1770)   

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

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  Dunstan[us], English archbishop of Canterbury, dies on this day in history.   

1125  Death of Vladimir Monomakh, Russian prince (b. 1053) on this day in history.   

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

1319  Death of Louis d'Évreux, son of Philip III of France (b. 1276) on May - 19.   

1389  On May - 19 death of dmitri Donskoi, Grand Prince of Muscovy (b. 1350)   

1526  On May - 19 death of emperor Go-Kashiwabara of Japan (b. 1464)   

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