Page 7: Historical Events In May - 19

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

1957  On May - 19 adone Zoli forms Italian govt   

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

1958  On this day in history premiere of Harold Pinter's "Birthday Party" in London   

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  Belgian parliament requires rest day for self employed on May - 19.   

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

1961  On May - 19 new pier opens in Scheveningen   

1961  On this day in history joe Howard, singer (Gay Nineties Revue), dies at 94   

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

1962  On May - 19 indonesian paratroopers land in New Guinea   

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  On May - 19 uS diplomats find at least 40 secret microphones in the Moscow embassy   

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

1965  On May - 19 patricia R Harris named first US black female ambassador (Luxembourg)   

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  The United States, Soviet Union, and United Kingdom agree to ban nuclear weapons from outer space on May - 19.   

1967  On May - 19 uS bombs Hanoi   

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

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 this day in history coleman Hawkins, US jazz musician/composer, dies   

1971  USSR launches Mars 2, first spacecraft to crash land on Mars on this day in history.   

1971  On May - 19 bernard Wagenaar, Neth/US composer, dies at 76   

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

1611  Innocent XI, [Benedetto Odescalchi], Italy, 240th Pope (1676-89) was born on May - 19.   

1616  Johann Jacob Froberger, German singer/organist/composer was born on May - 19.   

1700  On this day in history 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  Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (d. 1818) was born on this day in history.   

1746  On this day in history 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  Dunstan[us], English archbishop of Canterbury, dies on May - 19.   

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

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  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)