Historical Events In April - 19

1968  Tommy Bridges, US baseball pitcher (Detroit Tigers), dies at 61 on April - 19.   

1969  On April - 19 "Oliver," Cliff Robertson & Katharine Hepburn win 51st Acadamy Awards   

1971  On this day in history sierra Leone becomes a republic (Natl Day)   

1971  On this day in history the Soviet Union launch the first manned spacelab, Salyut 1   

1971  USSR Salyut 1 launched; first manned lab in orbit on April - 19.   

1972  Bangladesh joins the British Commonwealth on April - 19.   

1972  On April - 19 t Smirnova discovers asteroid #2328 Robeson   

1972  On April - 19 adolf Bach, German philologist/sociologist, dies at 82   

1973  Barbra Striesand records "Between Yesterday & Tomorrow" on April - 19.   

1974  On this day in history p Wild discovers asteroids #1938 Lausanna & #2040 Chalonge   

1975  India launches first satellite with help of USSR on April - 19.   

1976  On April - 19 c-I Lagerkvist discovers asteroid #2114 Wallenquist   

1978  Yitzhak Navron elected 5th president of Israel on this day in history.   

1978  On April - 19 emile de Strijker, Belgian philosopher, dies at 70   

1979  On April - 19 fCC raids & shuts down pirate radio station WFAT (Bkln NY)   

1979  J C Muzzio discovers asteroid #3666 on this day in history.   

1980  On April - 19 ethel Wilson actress (Aunt Harriet-Aldrich Family), dies at 88   

1980  Ethel Wilson, actress (Aunt Harriet-Aldrich Family), dies at 88 on April - 19.   

1981  On April - 19 ernst Levy, composer, dies at 85   

1982  Alberto Salazar wins the Boston Marathon in a record 2 8 51 on this day in history.   

1982  On this day in history rosie Ruiz, marathon race cheater, arrested for forgery   

1982  Sally Ride announced as first woman astronaut on this day in history.   

1982  On April - 19 uSSR Salyut 7 space station put into orbit   

1982  On this day in history alberto Salazar wins the Boston Marathon in a record 2:8:51   

1983  Lorene Scott actress (Faraway Hill), dies at 74 on April - 19.   

1983  Jerzy Andrzejewski, writer (Ashes & Diamonds), dies at 73 on April - 19.   

1984  On this day in history a Mrkos discovers asteroid #3451   

1984  Nemesis, death star of dinosaurs first appears in print (Nature mag) on April - 19.   

1985  16th Space Shuttle Mission (51-D)-Discovery 4 returns to Earth on April - 19.   

1986  Alvin Childress actor (Amos-Amos 'n' Andy), dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1986  Michael Spinks beats Larry Holmes for heavyweight boxing title on this day in history.   

1986  On April - 19 alvin Childress, actor (Amos-Amos 'n' Andy), dies at 78   

1987  Jacqueline Blanc, sets women's downhill ski speed rec (124.902 mph) on this day in history.   

1987  On April - 19 maxwell D Taylor US commander 101st airborne (WW II), dies at 85   

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1320  On April - 19 birth of pedro I, King of Portugal (1357-67)   

1603  Michel le Tellier, French statesman (d. 1685) was born on this day in history.   

1605  On April - 19 birth of orazio Benevoli, composer   

1658  On April - 19 birth of johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine (d. 1716)   

1660  On April - 19 birth of sebastian Duron, composer   

1665  On this day in history birth of jacques Lelong, French bibliographer (d. 1721)   

1686  On April - 19 birth of vasily Tatishchev, Russian statesman (d. 1750)   

1700  On this day in history birth of georg Abraham Schneider, composer   

0843  On this day in history judith, French empress/2nd wife of Louis de Vrome, dies   

1012  Death of Alphege, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 954) on this day in history.   

1044  On April - 19 gothelo, duke of Neth-Lotharingen, dies   

1054  Leo IX, [Bruno von Egesheim und Dagsburg], Pope (1049-54), dies at 51 on April - 19.   

1390  On April - 19 robert II, King of Scotland, dies   

1529  John Cuspinianus, [Spiessheimer], German physician, dies at about 55 on April - 19.   

1560  Philipp Melanchton (Schwazerd), church reformer, dies at 63 on April - 19.   

1567  On April - 19 michael Stifel, German theologist/mathematician, dies at about 79