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  Junko Tabei is first woman to climb to the top of Mount Everest on this day in history.   

1975  On this day in history 27th Emmy Awards: Mary Tyler Moore Show, Robert Blake &Jean Marsh   

1976  Gold ownership legalized in Australia on May - 19.   

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

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

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

1977  On May - 19 "Smokey &the Bandit" premieres   

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

1979  On this day in history "In The Navy" by Village People hits #3   

1979  Guitarist Eric Clapton marries Patti Boyd on this day in history.   

1979  On this day in history the President announced he had instructed the U.S. Seventh Fleet to aid the Vietnamese "boat people" and assist them to safety   

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

1982  On this day in history iFK Göteborg wins 11th UEFA Cup at Göteborg   

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

1983  NASA launches Intelsat V on May - 19.   

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

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  Anti-apartheid activist Hélène Pastoors sentenced to 10 years in South Africa on May - 19.   

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 May - 19.   

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 this day in history.   

1989  On this day in history able J Herzberg, Russ/Neth lawyer (Eichmann in Jerusalem), dies   

1991  Willy T Ribbs becomes first black driver to make Indianapolis 500 on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history amy Fisher shoots Mary Jo Buttafuoco in Massapequa Long Island New York   

1992  Englishman Dave Gauder, 224 lbs, pulls 196 ton jumbo jet, 3 inches on this day in history.   

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  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  Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (d. 1818) was born on May - 19.   

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

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

0804  On this day in history alcuin of York, English scholar, dies in Tours France at 69   

0988  Dunstan[us], English archbishop of Canterbury, dies on May - 19.   

1125  Death of Vladimir Monomakh, Russian prince (b. 1053) on May - 19.   

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 May - 19 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)