Page 7: Historical Events In May - 19

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

1957  On this day in history adone Zoli forms Italian govt   

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 this day in history.   

1958  US &Canada form North American Air Defense Command (NORAD) on this day in history.   

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

1959  Jan de Quay becomes premier of Netherlands on May - 19.   

1960  On this day in history alan Freed &eight other DJs accused of taking radio payola   

1960  On May - 19 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 May - 19.   

1961  On May - 19 joe Howard, singer (Gay Nineties Revue), dies at 94   

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 May - 19 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 this day in history uS diplomats find at least 40 secret microphones in the Moscow embassy   

1965  30th Naval Construction Regiment activated at Danang, Vietnam on this day in history.   

1965  Patricia R Harris named first US black female ambassador (Luxembourg) on May - 19.   

1965  West Ham United wins 5th Europe Cup II on May - 19.   

1965  Maria Dabrowska, Polish writer (Znaki Zycia), dies on this day in history.   

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 May - 19.   

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

1968  Pirate Radio Brumble of Northern England first heard on May - 19.   

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

1969  Coleman Hawkins, US jazz musician/composer, dies on this day in history.   

1971  On May - 19 uSSR launches Mars 2, first spacecraft to crash land on Mars   

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

1975  On this day in history 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 May - 19.   

1700  On May - 19 birth of josé de Escandón, Spanish colonial governor (d. 1770)   

1724  Augustus Hervey, 3rd Earl of Bristol, British admiral and politician (d. 1779) was born on May - 19.   

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

1746  On this day in history birth of johann Friedrich Peter, composer   

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 this day in history.   

1125  On May - 19 death of vladimir Monomakh, Russian prince (b. 1053)   

1296  On May - 19 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 May - 19 death of dmitri Donskoi, Grand Prince of Muscovy (b. 1350)   

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.