Historical Events In May - 15

1972  George Wallace shot & left paralyzed by Arthur Bremer in Laurel MD on May - 15.  

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

1972  On May - 15 nigel Green, actor (Skull, Tobruk, Ipcress File), dies at 47  

1973  Willem H Rassers, Dutch cult anthropologist (Pandji-Novel), dies at 95 on this day in history.  

1974  On May - 15 mail truck terrorists take school in Maälot, 30 killed  

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

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

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

1976  Emmy Creative Arts Award presentation on May - 15.  

1976  Samuel Eliot Morison, US historian (Admiral of Ocean Sea), dies at 88 on May - 15.  

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 May - 15.  

1981  George Harrison releases "All Those Years Ago" in UK on May - 15.  

1981  On May - 15 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 May - 15 theodore H White, US journalist (Making of Pres, Pulitzer), dies at 71  

1987  John Baur, museum director, dies at 78 on this day in history.  

1988  Moscow begins withdrawing its 115,000 troops in Afghánistán on this day in history.  

1988  On this day in history soviet troops begin their withdrawl from Afghanistan  

1988  On May - 15 andrew Duggan, actor (Jigsaw, Firehouse), dies of cancer at 64  

1989  Maxwell House coffee runs ads during "Roe vs Wade" movie despite threat of boycott by right to lifers on this day in history.  

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  "Portrait of Doctor Gachet" by Vincent Van Gogh sold for $825 million on this day in history.  

1990  Dow Jones average hits a record 2,822.45 on this day in history.  

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  Defense releases docs claiming Noriega was "CIA's man in Panama" on this day in history.  

1991  Edith Cresson becomes France's first female premier on this day in history.  

1991  On May - 15 manchester United wins 31th Europe Cup II at Rotterdam  

1991  On this day in history nepal premier Bhattarai resigns  

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1565  On this day in history birth of henrick de Keyser, architect/master builder of Amsterdam  

1567  Claudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi, Cremona Italy, composer (L'Orfeo) was born on May - 15.  

1608  René Goupil, French Catholic missionary (Canadian Martyrs) (d. 1642) was born on this day in history.  

1720  On May - 15 birth of maximilian Hell, Slovakian astronomer (d. 1792)  

1749  Levi Lincoln, Sr., American revolutionary, statesman, politician, and acting Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1820) was born on May - 15.  

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

1759  On this day in history birth of maria Theresia von Paradis, composer  

1764  Johann Nepomuk Kalcher, composer was born on May - 15.  

0392  Death of Valentinianus II, emperor of Rome (375-392), murdered at 21 on May - 15.  

0884  Marinus I, [Martinus II], Pope (882-84), dies on this day in history.  

0913  Death of Hatto I, Archbishop of Mainz on May - 15.  

1036  On this day in history death of emperor Go-Ichijō of Japan (b. 1008)  

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

1174  On this day in history nur ad-Din Mahmud, King of Syria, dies  

1381  On this day in history death of eppelein von Gailingen, German robber baron  

1470  On this day in history death of charles VIII of Sweden (b. 1409)