Page 7: Historical Events In May - 19

1957  On this day in history adone Zoli forms Italian Government   

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 May - 19.   

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

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

1960  Alan Freed &eight other DJs accused of taking radio payola on May - 19.   

1960  On May - 19 belgian parliament requires rest day for self employed   

1960  On May - 19 uSAF Major Robert M White takes X-15 to 33,222mph   

1961  New pier opens in Scheveningen on May - 19.   

1961  Joe Howard, singer (Gay Nineties Revue), dies at 94 on May - 19.   

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

1962  On May - 19 indonesian paratroopers land in New Guinea   

1962  Stan Musial breaks Honus Wagner's National League hit record with 3,431 on this day in history.   

1962  On this day in history 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  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  On May - 19 maria Dabrowska, Polish writer (Znaki Zycia), dies   

1966  Tortoise, reportedly given to Tonga's King by Capt Cook (1773), dies on this day in history.   

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 May - 19.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1971  On this day in history bernard Wagenaar, Neth/US composer, dies at 76   

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

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  José de Escandón, Spanish colonial governor (d. 1770) was born on May - 19.   

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 May - 19.   

1746  Johann Friedrich Peter, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

0804  Alcuin of York, English scholar, dies in Tours France at 69 on May - 19.   

0988  On this day in history dunstan[us], English archbishop of Canterbury, dies   

1125  On this day in history death of vladimir Monomakh, Russian prince (b. 1053)   

1296  Celestine V, [Pietro del Murrone], Pope (1294), dies on this day in history.   

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

1531  Death of Jan Łaski, Polish statesman and diplomat (b. 1456) on May - 19.