Page 7: Historical Events In May - 19

1957  On May - 19 adone Zoli forms Italian Government   

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

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 May - 19 uS &Canada form North American Air Defense Command (NORAD)   

1958  Bruno Sturmer, composer, dies at 65 on May - 19.   

1959  Jan de Quay becomes premier of Netherlands on this day in history.   

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

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 May - 19.   

1961  On May - 19 new pier opens in Scheveningen   

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

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

1962  Indonesian paratroopers land in New Guinea on this day in history.   

1962  On May - 19 stan Musial breaks Honus Wagner's National League hit record with 3,431   

1962  US performs nuclear test at Christmas Island (atmospheric) on this day in history.   

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 May - 19.   

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

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  Tortoise, reportedly given to Tonga's King by Capt Cook (1773), dies on May - 19.   

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  On May - 19 uSSR ratifies treaty with England &US banning nuclear weapons in space   

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

1968  Pirate Radio Brumble of Northern England first heard on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1971  Bernard Wagenaar, Neth/US composer, dies at 76 on May - 19.   

1972  On this day in history uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

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  On this day in history birth of giovanni della Robbia, Ital's sculptor   

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

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

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

1755  Gabriele Prota, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

0988  On this day in history 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 May - 19.   

1319  On May - 19 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  On May - 19 death of emperor Go-Kashiwabara of Japan (b. 1464)   

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