Historical Events In May - 19

1957  On this day in history adone Zoli forms Italian Government   

1957  On this day in history adone Zoli forms Italian govt   

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

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

1958  US &Canada form North American Air Defense Command (NORAD) on this day in history.   

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

1959  On May - 19 jan de Quay becomes premier of Netherlands   

1960  Alan Freed &eight other DJs accused of taking radio payola on this day in history.   

1960  Belgian parliament requires rest day for self employed on May - 19.   

1960  USAF Major Robert M White takes X-15 to 33,222mph on May - 19.   

1961  On May - 19 new pier opens in Scheveningen   

1961  On this day in history joe Howard, singer (Gay Nineties Revue), dies at 94   

1962  On May - 19 "John Birch Society" by Chad Mitchell Trio hits #99   

1962  On this day in history indonesian paratroopers land in New Guinea   

1962  On May - 19 stan Musial breaks Honus Wagner's National League hit record with 3,431   

1962  On this day in history uS performs nuclear test at Christmas Island (atmospheric)   

1964  US diplomats find at least 40 secret microphones in the Moscow embassy on May - 19.   

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

1965  Patricia R Harris named first US black female ambassador (Luxembourg) on this day in history.   

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

1965  On May - 19 maria Dabrowska, Polish writer (Znaki Zycia), dies   

1966  Tortoise, reportedly given to Tonga's King by Capt Cook (1773), dies on this day in history.   

1967  On this day in history the United States, Soviet Union, and United Kingdom agree to ban nuclear weapons from outer space   

1967  On this day in history uS bombs Hanoi   

1967  USSR ratifies treaty with England &US banning nuclear weapons in space on May - 19.   

1968  20th Emmy Awards Get Smart, Mission Impossible &Barbara Bain on this day in history.   

1968  Pirate Radio Brumble of Northern England first heard on this day in history.   

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

1969  On May - 19 coleman Hawkins, US jazz musician/composer, dies   

1971  USSR launches Mars 2, first spacecraft to crash land on Mars on this day in history.   

1971  On May - 19 bernard Wagenaar, Neth/US composer, dies at 76   

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

1974  On May - 19 valeri Giscard d'Estaing wins French presidential election   

1975  27th Emmy Awards Mary Tyler Moore Show, Robert Blake &Jean Marsh on May - 19.   

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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  Johann Jacob Froberger, German singer/organist/composer was born on May - 19.   

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 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  On May - 19 death of vladimir Monomakh, Russian prince (b. 1053)   

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  Death of Dmitri Donskoi, Grand Prince of Muscovy (b. 1350) on May - 19.   

1526  On this day in history 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.