Page 7: Historical Events In May - 19

1957  Adone Zoli forms Italian Government on May - 19.   

1957  On this day in history adone Zoli forms Italian govt   

1958  "South Pacific" soundtrack album goes to #1 &stays #1 for 31 weeks on this day in history.   

1958  On May - 19 premiere of Harold Pinter's "Birthday Party" in London   

1958  On this day in history uS &Canada form North American Air Defense Command (NORAD)   

1958  Bruno Sturmer, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

1959  Jan de Quay becomes premier of Netherlands on May - 19.   

1960  On May - 19 alan Freed &eight other DJs accused of taking radio payola   

1960  Belgian parliament requires rest day for self employed on this day in history.   

1960  On this day in history uSAF Major Robert M White takes X-15 to 33,222mph   

1961  New pier opens in Scheveningen on this day in history.   

1961  Joe Howard, singer (Gay Nineties Revue), dies at 94 on this day in history.   

1962  "John Birch Society" by Chad Mitchell Trio hits #99 on this day in history.   

1962  Indonesian paratroopers land in New Guinea on May - 19.   

1962  Stan Musial breaks Honus Wagner's National League hit record with 3,431 on May - 19.   

1962  On May - 19 uS performs nuclear test at Christmas Island (atmospheric)   

1964  On this day in history uS diplomats find at least 40 secret microphones in the Moscow embassy   

1965  On this day in history 30th Naval Construction Regiment activated at Danang, Vietnam   

1965  On May - 19 patricia R Harris named first US black female ambassador (Luxembourg)   

1965  On this day in history west Ham United wins 5th Europe Cup II   

1965  On this day in history maria Dabrowska, Polish writer (Znaki Zycia), dies   

1966  On May - 19 tortoise, reportedly given to Tonga's King by Capt Cook (1773), dies   

1967  The United States, Soviet Union, and United Kingdom agree to ban nuclear weapons from outer space on May - 19.   

1967  US bombs Hanoi on this day in history.   

1967  On May - 19 uSSR ratifies treaty with England &US banning nuclear weapons in space   

1968  On May - 19 20th Emmy Awards Get Smart, Mission Impossible &Barbara Bain   

1968  On this day in history pirate Radio Brumble of Northern England first heard   

1968  20th Emmy Awards: Get Smart, Mission Impossible &Barbara Bain on May - 19.   

1969  Coleman Hawkins, US jazz musician/composer, dies on May - 19.   

1971  On May - 19 uSSR launches Mars 2, first spacecraft to crash land on Mars   

1971  Bernard Wagenaar, Neth/US composer, dies at 76 on May - 19.   

1972  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on May - 19.   

1974  On this day in history valeri Giscard d'Estaing wins French presidential election   

1975  On this day in history 27th Emmy Awards Mary Tyler Moore Show, Robert Blake &Jean Marsh   

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1469  Giovanni della Robbia, Ital's sculptor was born on May - 19.   

1611  Innocent XI, [Benedetto Odescalchi], Italy, 240th Pope (1676-89) was born on May - 19.   

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  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 this day in history.   

1746  On May - 19 birth of johann Friedrich Peter, composer   

1755  Gabriele Prota, composer was born on this day in history.   

0804  Alcuin of York, English scholar, dies in Tours France at 69 on May - 19.   

0988  On May - 19 dunstan[us], English archbishop of Canterbury, dies   

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

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 May - 19.   

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