Page 8: 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  Junko Tabei is first woman to climb to the top of Mount Everest on May - 19.   

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

1976  Gold ownership legalized in Australia on this day in history.   

1976  On May - 19 liverpool wins 5th UEFA Cup at Bridge   

1976  On May - 19 senate establishes permanent Select Committee on Intelligence   

1976  USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR on this day in history.   

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

1978  George Gladstone, cricketer (one Test WI v England 1930), dies on this day in history.   

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

1979  Guitarist Eric Clapton marries Patti Boyd on May - 19.   

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  On this day in history ringo &Barbara Bach are involved in a car crash   

1982  IFK Göteborg wins 11th UEFA Cup at Göteborg on May - 19.   

1982  On this day in history sophia Loren jailed in Naples for tax evasion   

1983  On this day in history nASA launches Intelsat V   

1983  Weird Al Yankovic gives live performance at Wax Museum in Washington DC on May - 19.   

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

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

1984  STS 41-D vehicle moves to launch pad on this day in history.   

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

1988  On this day in history virginia Farmer, actresss (Cyrano de Bergerac), dies at 90   

1989  On May - 19 dow Jones average passes 2,500 mark for first time, closes at 2,501.1   

1989  Sue Ellen (Linda Gray) last appearance on Dallas on this day in history.   

1989  Able J Herzberg, Russ/Neth lawyer (Eichmann in Jerusalem), dies on May - 19.   

1991  Willy T Ribbs becomes first black driver to make Indianapolis 500 on May - 19.   

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

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

1992  Amy Fisher shoots Mary Jo Buttafuoco in Massapequa Long Island New York on this day in history.   

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

1992  Ric Flair wins NWA wrestling title on this day in history.   

1992  Vice President Dan Quayle sites Murphy Brown as a poor example of family values on May - 19.   

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1469  On this day in history birth of giovanni della Robbia, Ital's sculptor   

1611  Innocent XI, [Benedetto Odescalchi], Italy, 240th Pope (1676-89) was born on this day in history.   

1616  On this day in history birth of johann Jacob Froberger, German singer/organist/composer   

1700  José de Escandón, Spanish colonial governor (d. 1770) was born on this day in history.   

1724  On this day in history birth of augustus Hervey, 3rd Earl of Bristol, British admiral and politician (d. 1779)   

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

1746  Johann Friedrich Peter, composer was born on May - 19.   

1755  On this day in history birth of gabriele Prota, composer   

0804  Alcuin of York, English scholar, dies in Tours France at 69 on May - 19.   

0988  On May - 19 dunstan[us], English archbishop of Canterbury, dies   

1125  On this day in history death of vladimir Monomakh, Russian prince (b. 1053)   

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

1319  On May - 19 death of louis d'Évreux, son of Philip III of France (b. 1276)   

1389  On this day in history death of dmitri Donskoi, Grand Prince of Muscovy (b. 1350)   

1526  Death of Emperor Go-Kashiwabara of Japan (b. 1464) on May - 19.   

1531  On May - 19 death of jan Łaski, Polish statesman and diplomat (b. 1456)