Page 7: Historical Events In May - 19

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

1957  Adone Zoli forms Italian govt on May - 19.   

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

1958  Premiere of Harold Pinter's "Birthday Party" in London on May - 19.   

1958  On this day in history uS &Canada form North American Air Defense Command (NORAD)   

1958  On May - 19 bruno Sturmer, composer, dies at 65   

1959  On this day in history jan de Quay becomes premier of Netherlands   

1960  On May - 19 alan Freed &eight other DJs accused of taking radio payola   

1960  Belgian parliament requires rest day for self employed on this day in history.   

1960  USAF Major Robert M White takes X-15 to 33,222mph on this day in history.   

1961  On this day in history new pier opens in Scheveningen   

1961  Joe Howard, singer (Gay Nineties Revue), dies at 94 on this day in history.   

1962  "John Birch Society" by Chad Mitchell Trio hits #99 on this day in history.   

1962  Indonesian paratroopers land in New Guinea on May - 19.   

1962  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1965  30th Naval Construction Regiment activated at Danang, Vietnam on May - 19.   

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

1965  On this day in history west Ham United wins 5th Europe Cup II   

1965  On this day in history maria Dabrowska, Polish writer (Znaki Zycia), dies   

1966  On May - 19 tortoise, reportedly given to Tonga's King by Capt Cook (1773), dies   

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 May - 19.   

1967  USSR ratifies treaty with England &US banning nuclear weapons in space on this day in history.   

1968  20th Emmy Awards Get Smart, Mission Impossible &Barbara Bain on May - 19.   

1968  On May - 19 pirate Radio Brumble of Northern England first heard   

1968  On May - 19 20th Emmy Awards: Get Smart, Mission Impossible &Barbara Bain   

1969  Coleman Hawkins, US jazz musician/composer, dies on May - 19.   

1971  USSR launches Mars 2, first spacecraft to crash land on Mars on May - 19.   

1971  Bernard Wagenaar, Neth/US composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1972  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on this day in history.   

1974  Valeri Giscard d'Estaing wins French presidential election on May - 19.   

1975  On May - 19 27th Emmy Awards Mary Tyler Moore Show, Robert Blake &Jean Marsh   

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1469  Giovanni della Robbia, Ital's sculptor was born on this day in history.   

1611  On May - 19 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 this day in history.   

1724  Augustus Hervey, 3rd Earl of Bristol, British admiral and politician (d. 1779) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

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  On May - 19 dunstan[us], English archbishop of Canterbury, dies   

1125  Death of Vladimir Monomakh, Russian prince (b. 1053) on May - 19.   

1296  Celestine V, [Pietro del Murrone], Pope (1294), dies on May - 19.   

1319  On this day in history death of louis d'Évreux, son of Philip III of France (b. 1276)   

1389  On May - 19 death of dmitri Donskoi, Grand Prince of Muscovy (b. 1350)   

1526  Death of Emperor Go-Kashiwabara of Japan (b. 1464) on this day in history.   

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