Page 8: Historical Events In April - 19

1968  Tommy Bridges, US baseball pitcher (Detroit Tigers), dies at 61 on this day in history.   

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

1971  On April - 19 sierra Leone becomes a republic (Natl Day)   

1971  On April - 19 the Soviet Union launch the first manned spacelab, Salyut 1   

1971  On this day in history uSSR Salyut 1 launched; first manned lab in orbit   

1972  Bangladesh joins the British Commonwealth on this day in history.   

1972  T Smirnova discovers asteroid #2328 Robeson on this day in history.   

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

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

1974  On April - 19 p Wild discovers asteroids #1938 Lausanna & #2040 Chalonge   

1975  On this day in history india launches first satellite with help of USSR   

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

1978  On April - 19 yitzhak Navron elected 5th president of Israel   

1978  Emile de Strijker, Belgian philosopher, dies at 70 on April - 19.   

1979  FCC raids & shuts down pirate radio station WFAT (Bkln NY) on this day in history.   

1979  On this day in history j C Muzzio discovers asteroid #3666   

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

1980  On this day in history ethel Wilson, actress (Aunt Harriet-Aldrich Family), dies at 88   

1981  On this day in history 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  Rosie Ruiz, marathon race cheater, arrested for forgery on this day in history.   

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

1982  On this day in history 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  A Mrkos discovers asteroid #3451 on April - 19.   

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

1985  On this day in history 16th Space Shuttle Mission (51-D)-Discovery 4 returns to Earth   

1986  On this day in history alvin Childress actor (Amos-Amos 'n' Andy), dies at 78   

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

1986  On this day in history 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  Maxwell D Taylor US commander 101st airborne (WW II), dies at 85 on this day in history.   

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1320  Pedro I, King of Portugal (1357-67) was born on April - 19.   

1603  On this day in history birth of michel le Tellier, French statesman (d. 1685)   

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 April - 19 birth of jacques Lelong, French bibliographer (d. 1721)   

1686  On this day in history birth of vasily Tatishchev, Russian statesman (d. 1750)   

1700  Georg Abraham Schneider, composer was born on April - 19.   

0843  Judith, French empress/2nd wife of Louis de Vrome, dies on this day in history.   

1012  Death of Alphege, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 954) on April - 19.   

1044  Gothelo, duke of Neth-Lotharingen, dies on this day in history.   

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

1390  Robert II, King of Scotland, dies on this day in history.   

1529  On April - 19 john Cuspinianus, [Spiessheimer], German physician, dies at about 55   

1560  On this day in history philipp Melanchton (Schwazerd), church reformer, dies at 63   

1567  On this day in history michael Stifel, German theologist/mathematician, dies at about 79