Page 9: Historical Events In May - 15

1972  On May - 15 george Wallace shot & left paralyzed by Arthur Bremer in Laurel MD   

1972  On this day in history ryukyu Island & Daito Island returned to Japan after 27 years of US control   

1972  Nigel Green, actor (Skull, Tobruk, Ipcress File), dies at 47 on May - 15.   

1973  On this day in history willem H Rassers, Dutch cult anthropologist (Pandji-Novel), dies at 95   

1974  Mail truck terrorists take school in Maälot, 30 killed on May - 15.   

1975  On May - 15 emmy 2nd Daytime Award & Emmy News & Documentaries Award presentation   

1976  On May - 15 "Fonz Song" by Heyettes hits #91   

1976  "Kentucky Moonrunner" by Cledus Maggard hits #85 on May - 15.   

1976  Emmy Creative Arts Award presentation on this day in history.   

1976  On May - 15 samuel Eliot Morison, US historian (Admiral of Ocean Sea), dies at 88   

1980  Ottawa agrees to extend natural gas pipeline from Montreal to Quebec City on May - 15.   

1980  Shawn Weatherly, Sumter SC, crowned 29th Miss USA/Miss Universe-1980 on this day in history.   

1981  On this day in history george Harrison releases "All Those Years Ago" in UK   

1981  On this day in history soyuz 40 carries 2 cosmonauts (1 Rumanian) to Salyut 6   

1983  On May - 15 madison Hotel (Boston) destroyed by implosion   

1984  Lionel Charles Robbins, British economist, dies at 85 on May - 15.   

1985  On this day in history jackie Curtis, actor (Underground USA), dies of a drug overdose at 38   

1986  Argentine ex-President Galtieri sentenced to 12 years on May - 15.   

1986  On this day in history theodore H White, US journalist (Making of Pres, Pulitzer), dies at 71   

1987  On this day in history john Baur, museum director, dies at 78   

1988  Moscow begins withdrawing its 115,000 troops in Afghánistán on May - 15.   

1988  On May - 15 soviet troops begin their withdrawl from Afghanistan   

1988  Andrew Duggan, actor (Jigsaw, Firehouse), dies of cancer at 64 on this day in history.   

1989  On May - 15 maxwell House coffee runs ads during "Roe vs Wade" movie despite threat of boycott by right to lifers   

1989  Soviet President Gorbachev in Beijing for first Sino-Soviet summit in 30 years on May - 15.   

1989  John Waldo Green, composer, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1990  On May - 15 "Portrait of Doctor Gachet" by Vincent Van Gogh sold for $825 million   

1990  Dow Jones average hits a record 2,822.45 on May - 15.   

1990  Mona Grudt, 19, of Norway, crowned 39th Miss Universe on May - 15.   

1991  Angry independent truckers close down 20 km of Highway 401 near Toronto; cause huge traffic jams on this day in history.   

1991  On May - 15 defense releases docs claiming Noriega was "CIA's man in Panama"   

1991  On May - 15 edith Cresson becomes France's first female premier   

1991  On this day in history manchester United wins 31th Europe Cup II at Rotterdam   

1991  On this day in history nepal premier Bhattarai resigns   

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1565  Henrick de Keyser, architect/master builder of Amsterdam was born on May - 15.   

1567  On May - 15 birth of claudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi, Cremona Italy, composer (L'Orfeo)   

1608  On May - 15 birth of rené Goupil, French Catholic missionary (Canadian Martyrs) (d. 1642)   

1720  Maximilian Hell, Slovakian astronomer (d. 1792) was born on May - 15.   

1749  On May - 15 birth of levi Lincoln, Sr., American revolutionary, statesman, politician, and acting Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1820)   

1754  Pierre Dutillieu, composer was born on this day in history.   

1759  Maria Theresia von Paradis, composer was born on May - 15.   

1764  On this day in history birth of johann Nepomuk Kalcher, composer   

0392  On May - 15 death of valentinianus II, emperor of Rome (375-392), murdered at 21   

0884  On this day in history marinus I, [Martinus II], Pope (882-84), dies   

0913  On this day in history death of hatto I, Archbishop of Mainz   

1036  Death of Emperor Go-Ichijō of Japan (b. 1008) on this day in history.   

1157  Death of Yury Dolgoruky, Russian prince on May - 15.   

1174  Nur ad-Din Mahmud, King of Syria, dies on this day in history.   

1381  On May - 15 death of eppelein von Gailingen, German robber baron   

1470  Death of Charles VIII of Sweden (b. 1409) on this day in history.