Historical Events In May - 19

1975  On this day in history farm truck packed with wedding party struck by a train, killing 66 in truck, 40 miles south of Poona India   

1975  On this day in history junko Tabei is first woman to climb to the top of Mount Everest   

1975  27th Emmy Awards: Mary Tyler Moore Show, Robert Blake &Jean Marsh on May - 19.   

1976  On May - 19 gold ownership legalized in Australia   

1976  Liverpool wins 5th UEFA Cup at Bridge on May - 19.   

1976  On this day in history senate establishes permanent Select Committee on Intelligence   

1976  USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR on May - 19.   

1977  "Smokey &the Bandit" premieres on May - 19.   

1978  On May - 19 george Gladstone, cricketer (one Test WI v England 1930), dies   

1979  On May - 19 "In The Navy" by Village People hits #3   

1979  On May - 19 guitarist Eric Clapton marries Patti Boyd   

1979  The President announced he had instructed the U.S. Seventh Fleet to aid the Vietnamese "boat people" and assist them to safety on May - 19.   

1980  Ringo &Barbara Bach are involved in a car crash on May - 19.   

1982  IFK Göteborg wins 11th UEFA Cup at Göteborg on this day in history.   

1982  Sophia Loren jailed in Naples for tax evasion on this day in history.   

1983  NASA launches Intelsat V on this day in history.   

1983  On May - 19 weird Al Yankovic gives live performance at Wax Museum in Washington DC   

1983  Jean Rey, Belgian minister, dies on May - 19.   

1984  On May - 19 "King Of Suede" by Weird Al Yankovic hits #62   

1984  STS 41-D vehicle moves to launch pad on May - 19.   

1986  Anti-apartheid activist Hélène Pastoors sentenced to 10 years in South Africa on this day in history.   

1987  Alice B[radley] Sheldon, sci-fi author (Byte Beautiful), dies at 71 on May - 19.   

1988  Carlos Lehder Rivas, of Colombia's Medellín drug cartel, is convicted in Florida for smuggling more than 3 tons of cocaine into US on this day in history.   

1988  Virginia Farmer, actresss (Cyrano de Bergerac), dies at 90 on May - 19.   

1989  On this day in history dow Jones average passes 2,500 mark for first time, closes at 2,501.1   

1989  On May - 19 sue Ellen (Linda Gray) last appearance on Dallas   

1989  Able J Herzberg, Russ/Neth lawyer (Eichmann in Jerusalem), dies on this day in history.   

1991  On May - 19 willy T Ribbs becomes first black driver to make Indianapolis 500   

1991  Douglas L Mays, cartoonist (Punch), dies on May - 19.   

1992  On this day in history 27th Amendment ratified, prohibits Congress from raising its salary   

1992  Amy Fisher shoots Mary Jo Buttafuoco in Massapequa Long Island New York on May - 19.   

1992  Englishman Dave Gauder, 224 lbs, pulls 196 ton jumbo jet, 3 inches on May - 19.   

1992  On May - 19 ric Flair wins NWA wrestling title   

1992  Vice President Dan Quayle sites Murphy Brown as a poor example of family values 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 this day in history.   

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

1700  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

1746  On May - 19 birth of johann Friedrich Peter, composer   

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  Death of Vladimir Monomakh, Russian prince (b. 1053) on May - 19.   

1296  On this day in history celestine V, [Pietro del Murrone], Pope (1294), dies   

1319  Death of Louis d'Évreux, son of Philip III of France (b. 1276) on this day in history.   

1389  On May - 19 death of dmitri Donskoi, Grand Prince of Muscovy (b. 1350)   

1526  On this day in history death of emperor Go-Kashiwabara of Japan (b. 1464)   

1531  On this day in history death of jan Łaski, Polish statesman and diplomat (b. 1456)