Page 7: Historical Events In May - 19

1957  On this day in history adone Zoli forms Italian Government   

1957  Adone Zoli forms Italian govt on May - 19.   

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

1958  On this day in history 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 May - 19.   

1959  Jan de Quay becomes premier of Netherlands on this day in history.   

1960  Alan Freed &eight other DJs accused of taking radio payola on May - 19.   

1960  On this day in history belgian parliament requires rest day for self employed   

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

1961  On May - 19 new pier opens in Scheveningen   

1961  On May - 19 joe Howard, singer (Gay Nineties Revue), dies at 94   

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

1962  Indonesian paratroopers land in New Guinea on this day in history.   

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

1962  On May - 19 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  On May - 19 30th Naval Construction Regiment activated at Danang, Vietnam   

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

1965  On May - 19 west Ham United wins 5th Europe Cup II   

1965  Maria Dabrowska, Polish writer (Znaki Zycia), dies on this day in history.   

1966  Tortoise, reportedly given to Tonga's King by Capt Cook (1773), dies on May - 19.   

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

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

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

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

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

1972  On this day in history uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

1974  Valeri Giscard d'Estaing wins French presidential election on this day in history.   

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

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1469  On May - 19 birth of giovanni della Robbia, Ital's sculptor   

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  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 May - 19.   

1744  Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (d. 1818) was born on this day in history.   

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

1755  Gabriele Prota, composer was born on May - 19.   

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

0988  Dunstan[us], English archbishop of Canterbury, dies on May - 19.   

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 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 this day in history.   

1526  On this day in history death of emperor Go-Kashiwabara of Japan (b. 1464)   

1531  On this day in history death of jan Łaski, Polish statesman and diplomat (b. 1456)