Page 7: Historical Events In May - 19

1957  On May - 19 adone Zoli forms Italian Government   

1957  Adone Zoli forms Italian govt on this day in history.   

1958  "South Pacific" soundtrack album goes to #1 &stays #1 for 31 weeks on May - 19.   

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  On this day in history bruno Sturmer, composer, dies at 65   

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  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  On this day in history new pier opens in Scheveningen   

1961  Joe Howard, singer (Gay Nineties Revue), dies at 94 on May - 19.   

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

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 this day in history.   

1962  US performs nuclear test at Christmas Island (atmospheric) on May - 19.   

1964  US diplomats find at least 40 secret microphones in the Moscow embassy on this day in history.   

1965  On this day in history 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  On this day in history 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  The United States, Soviet Union, and United Kingdom agree to ban nuclear weapons from outer space on this day in history.   

1967  On this day in history uS bombs Hanoi   

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

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

1971  On this day in history 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 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  On this day in history birth of giovanni della Robbia, Ital's sculptor   

1611  On this day in history birth of innocent XI, [Benedetto Odescalchi], Italy, 240th Pope (1676-89)   

1616  Johann Jacob Froberger, German singer/organist/composer was born on this day in history.   

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

1724  On this day in history birth of augustus Hervey, 3rd Earl of Bristol, British admiral and politician (d. 1779)   

1744  On this day in history birth of charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (d. 1818)   

1746  Johann Friedrich Peter, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

0804  Alcuin of York, English scholar, dies in Tours France at 69 on this day in history.   

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

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  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 May - 19.   

1531  On May - 19 death of jan Łaski, Polish statesman and diplomat (b. 1456)