Page 4: Historical Events In May - 19

1896  On this day in history first automobile (Benz) to arrive in Netherlands   

1896  1st auto (Benz) to arrive in Netherlands on May - 19.   

1896  Michael Balcon, Birmingham England, producer/father of Jill Balcon on this day in history.   

1897  Oscar Wilde is released from Reading Gaol on May - 19.   

1898  Post Office authorizes use of postcards on May - 19.   

1899  On May - 19 leonid Maksimovich Leonov, novelist/playwright   

1900  Great Britain annexes Tonga archipelago on this day in history.   

1901  On this day in history ivo Cruz, composer   

1901  On this day in history marthinus Wessels Pretorius, 1st pres Rep South-Africa, dies at 81   

1902  On this day in history great Britain &Boers resume peace talks in Pretoria   

1902  Great Britain & Boers resume peace talks in Pretoria on this day in history.   

1903  On May - 19 arthur Shrewsbury, cricketer (1277 runs at 35 47 in 23 Tests), dies   

1904  Anthony Bushell, Kent England, actor (Journey's End) on this day in history.   

1905  Italian King Victor Emmanuel &Swiss President open world's longest railroad tunnel (Simplon) links Iselle Italy &Brig Switzerland on May - 19.   

1905  Tom Jenkins beats Frank Gotcha for heavyweight wrestling champ on this day in history.   

1906  Federated Boys' Club (Boys' Club of America) organizes on this day in history.   

1906  Portugal's King Carlos I names Joao Franco premier on May - 19.   

1906  On this day in history the last British soldiers leave Canada   

1906  Dutch King Victor Emmanuel & Swiss president open Simplon tunnel on May - 19.   

1909  Jack Johnson fights Jack O'Brien to no decision in 6 for boxing title on May - 19.   

1909  Bruce Bennett, Tacoma Wash, actor (Before I Hang, Sahara) on this day in history.   

1910  Cleve Indian Cy Young gets his 500th win, beats Wash 5-4 in 11 innings on this day in history.   

1910  Alan Melville, cricketer (graceful South African batsman 1938-49) on May - 19.   

1911  On this day in history maurice Ravels opera "L'Heure Espagnole," premieres in Paris   

1912  On this day in history american League president Ban Johnson tells Tigers if they continue protest of Ty Cobb's suspension, they will be banned from baseball   

1912  On this day in history navy establishes North Atlantic Ice Patrol following RMS Titanic disaster   

1912  AL Pres Ban Johnson tells Tigers if they continue protest of Ty Cobb's suspension, they will be banned from baseball on this day in history.   

1913  Webb Alien Land-Holding Bill passes, forbidding Japs from owning land on this day in history.   

1913  On May - 19 albert Hardy, photographer   

1915  Australians repel major Turkish attack on their positions at Gallipoli on May - 19.   

1915  On May - 19 death on Gallipoli of Private John Simpson Kirkpatrick of "Simpson and his donkey" fame   

1915  On this day in history lance Corporal Albert Jacka, 14th Battalion, AIF, becomes the first Australian to win a Victoria Cross in World War One for his action at Gallipoli, Turkey   

1916  On May - 19 escadrille Américaine (Lafayette) transfered to Verdun   

1916  Escadrille Américaine (Lafayette) transfered to Verdun on May - 19.   

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

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  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 this day in history.   

1744  On May - 19 birth of charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (d. 1818)   

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

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

0804  On this day in history alcuin of York, English scholar, dies in Tours France at 69   

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  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 this day in history.   

1526  On May - 19 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)