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 this day in history.  

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

1976  Gold ownership legalized in Australia on May - 19.  

1976  Liverpool wins 5th UEFA Cup at Bridge on May - 19.  

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  "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 this day in history.  

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 May - 19.  

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

1982  Sophia Loren jailed in Naples for tax evasion on this day in history.  

1983  NASA launches Intelsat V on this day in history.  

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

1983  On this day in history jean Rey, Belgian minister, dies  

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

1984  On this day in history sTS 41-D vehicle moves to launch pad  

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  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 this day in history.  

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

1989  On May - 19 sue Ellen (Linda Gray) last appearance on Dallas  

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

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

1991  On May - 19 douglas L Mays, cartoonist (Punch), dies  

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

1992  On May - 19 amy Fisher shoots Mary Jo Buttafuoco in Massapequa Long Island New York  

1992  On this day in history englishman Dave Gauder, 224 lbs, pulls 196 ton jumbo jet, 3 inches  

1992  On this day in history ric Flair wins NWA wrestling title  

1992  Vice President Dan Quayle sites Murphy Brown as a poor example of family values on this day in history.  

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1469  Giovanni della Robbia, Ital's sculptor was born on this day in history.  

1611  On May - 19 birth of innocent XI, [Benedetto Odescalchi], Italy, 240th Pope (1676-89)  

1616  On May - 19 birth of johann Jacob Froberger, German singer/organist/composer  

1700  On May - 19 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 May - 19.  

1744  Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (d. 1818) was born on this day in history.  

1746  Johann Friedrich Peter, composer was born on this day in history.  

1755  Gabriele Prota, composer was born on May - 19.  

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

0988  On this day in history 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  On this day in history death of louis d'Évreux, son of Philip III of France (b. 1276)  

1389  Death of Dmitri Donskoi, Grand Prince of Muscovy (b. 1350) on May - 19.  

1526  On May - 19 death of emperor Go-Kashiwabara of Japan (b. 1464)  

1531  Death of Jan Łaski, Polish statesman and diplomat (b. 1456) on May - 19.