May 26 » Thousand Days' War: The Colombian Conservative Party turns the tide of war in their favor with victory against the Colombian Liberal Party in the Battle of Palonegro.
June 9 » Indian nationalist Birsa Munda dies of cholera in a British prison.
June 20 » Boxer Rebellion: The Imperial Chinese Army begins a 55-day siege of the Legation Quarter in Beijing, China.
June 21 » Boxer Rebellion. China formally declares war on the United States, Britain, Germany, France and Japan, as an edict issued from the Empress Dowager Cixi.
July 19 » The first line of the Paris Métro opens for operation.
October 25 » The United Kingdom annexes the Transvaal.
Day of death May 19, 1957
The temperature on May 19, 1957 was between 8.2 °C and 15.8 °C and averaged 11.9 °C. There was 1.6 mm of rain during 1.0 hours. There was 2.7 hours of sunshine (17%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
March 8 » The 1957 Georgia Memorial to Congress, which petitions the U.S. Congress to declare the ratification of the 14th and 15th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution null and void, is adopted by the U.S. state of Georgia.
May 15 » At Malden Island in the Pacific Ocean, Britain tests its first hydrogen bomb in Operation Grapple.
July 29 » The International Atomic Energy Agency is established.
September 4 » The Ford Motor Company introduces the Edsel.
November 8 » Pan Am Flight 7 disappears between San Francisco and Honolulu. Wreckage and bodies are discovered a week later.
December 2 » United Nations Security Council Resolution 126 relating to Kashmir conflict is adopted.
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