Page 4: Historical Events In May - 19

1896  First automobile (Benz) to arrive in Netherlands on May - 19.   

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

1896  On this day in history michael Balcon, Birmingham England, producer/father of Jill Balcon   

1897  Oscar Wilde is released from Reading Gaol on this day in history.   

1898  On this day in history post Office authorizes use of postcards   

1899  Leonid Maksimovich Leonov, novelist/playwright on this day in history.   

1900  On this day in history great Britain annexes Tonga archipelago   

1901  Ivo Cruz, composer on this day in history.   

1901  Marthinus Wessels Pretorius, 1st pres Rep South-Africa, dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1902  On May - 19 great Britain &Boers resume peace talks in Pretoria   

1902  Great Britain & Boers resume peace talks in Pretoria on May - 19.   

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  On this day in history italian King Victor Emmanuel &Swiss President open world's longest railroad tunnel (Simplon) links Iselle Italy &Brig Switzerland   

1905  On this day in history tom Jenkins beats Frank Gotcha for heavyweight wrestling champ   

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

1906  On May - 19 portugal's King Carlos I names Joao Franco premier   

1906  The last British soldiers leave Canada on this day in history.   

1906  On this day in history dutch King Victor Emmanuel & Swiss president open Simplon tunnel   

1909  Jack Johnson fights Jack O'Brien to no decision in 6 for boxing title on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history alan Melville, cricketer (graceful South African batsman 1938-49)   

1911  Maurice Ravels opera "L'Heure Espagnole," premieres in Paris on May - 19.   

1912  On May - 19 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  On May - 19 webb Alien Land-Holding Bill passes, forbidding Japs from owning land   

1913  Albert Hardy, photographer on this day in history.   

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

1915  Death on Gallipoli of Private John Simpson Kirkpatrick of "Simpson and his donkey" fame on this day in history.   

1915  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 on May - 19.   

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

1916  On this day in history escadrille Américaine (Lafayette) transfered to Verdun   

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

1611  On May - 19 birth of innocent XI, [Benedetto Odescalchi], Italy, 240th Pope (1676-89)   

1616  On May - 19 birth of johann Jacob Froberger, German singer/organist/composer   

1700  José de Escandón, Spanish colonial governor (d. 1770) was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

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 May - 19.   

1389  On this day in history death of dmitri Donskoi, Grand Prince of Muscovy (b. 1350)   

1526  On May - 19 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.