Page 7: Historical Events In May - 19

1957  On May - 19 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  Premiere of Harold Pinter's "Birthday Party" in London on May - 19.   

1958  US &Canada form North American Air Defense Command (NORAD) on May - 19.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

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

1961  On this day in history 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  Stan Musial breaks Honus Wagner's National League hit record with 3,431 on this day in history.   

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

1964  On May - 19 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  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  On this day in history tortoise, reportedly given to Tonga's King by Capt Cook (1773), dies   

1967  On May - 19 the United States, Soviet Union, and United Kingdom agree to ban nuclear weapons from outer space   

1967  On May - 19 uS bombs Hanoi   

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

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

1968  On May - 19 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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1972  On May - 19 uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

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

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

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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 this day in history.   

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  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 this day in history.   

1755  On this day in history birth of gabriele Prota, composer   

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

0988  On this day in history dunstan[us], English archbishop of Canterbury, dies   

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

1296  Celestine V, [Pietro del Murrone], Pope (1294), dies on this day in history.   

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