Page 8: Historical Events In May - 19

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

1975  On May - 19 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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1978  On this day in history george Gladstone, cricketer (one Test WI v England 1930), dies   

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

1979  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

1982  Sophia Loren jailed in Naples for tax evasion on May - 19.   

1983  NASA launches Intelsat V on May - 19.   

1983  On this day in history weird Al Yankovic gives live performance at Wax Museum in Washington DC   

1983  Jean Rey, Belgian minister, dies on this day in history.   

1984  "King Of Suede" by Weird Al Yankovic hits #62 on this day in history.   

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

1986  On May - 19 anti-apartheid activist Hélène Pastoors sentenced to 10 years in South Africa   

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

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 May - 19.   

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

1991  On this day in history willy T Ribbs becomes first black driver to make Indianapolis 500   

1991  Douglas L Mays, cartoonist (Punch), dies on this day in history.   

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 May - 19.   

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

1992  Ric Flair wins NWA wrestling title on May - 19.   

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

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1469  On May - 19 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  Johann Jacob Froberger, German singer/organist/composer was born on May - 19.   

1700  On this day in history birth of josé de Escandón, Spanish colonial governor (d. 1770)   

1724  On May - 19 birth of augustus Hervey, 3rd Earl of Bristol, British admiral and politician (d. 1779)   

1744  On May - 19 birth of charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (d. 1818)   

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

1755  Gabriele Prota, composer was born on this day in history.   

0804  On May - 19 alcuin of York, English scholar, dies in Tours France at 69   

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  Celestine V, [Pietro del Murrone], Pope (1294), dies on this day in history.   

1319  Death of Louis d'Évreux, son of Philip III of France (b. 1276) on May - 19.   

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 this day in history.   

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