Historical Events In April - 19

1968  On April - 19 tommy Bridges, US baseball pitcher (Detroit Tigers), dies at 61  

1969  On April - 19 "Oliver," Cliff Robertson & Katharine Hepburn win 51st Acadamy Awards  

1971  On April - 19 sierra Leone becomes a republic (Natl Day)  

1971  The Soviet Union launch the first manned spacelab, Salyut 1 on April - 19.  

1971  USSR Salyut 1 launched; first manned lab in orbit on April - 19.  

1972  Bangladesh joins the British Commonwealth on this day in history.  

1972  T Smirnova discovers asteroid #2328 Robeson on April - 19.  

1972  Adolf Bach, German philologist/sociologist, dies at 82 on April - 19.  

1973  Barbra Striesand records "Between Yesterday & Tomorrow" on this day in history.  

1974  P Wild discovers asteroids #1938 Lausanna & #2040 Chalonge on April - 19.  

1975  India launches first satellite with help of USSR on April - 19.  

1976  On this day in history c-I Lagerkvist discovers asteroid #2114 Wallenquist  

1978  Yitzhak Navron elected 5th president of Israel on April - 19.  

1978  On this day in history emile de Strijker, Belgian philosopher, dies at 70  

1979  On April - 19 fCC raids & shuts down pirate radio station WFAT (Bkln NY)  

1979  J C Muzzio discovers asteroid #3666 on this day in history.  

1980  Ethel Wilson actress (Aunt Harriet-Aldrich Family), dies at 88 on this day in history.  

1980  Ethel Wilson, actress (Aunt Harriet-Aldrich Family), dies at 88 on this day in history.  

1981  On April - 19 ernst Levy, composer, dies at 85  

1982  On this day in history alberto Salazar wins the Boston Marathon in a record 2 8 51  

1982  Rosie Ruiz, marathon race cheater, arrested for forgery on this day in history.  

1982  On April - 19 sally Ride announced as first woman astronaut  

1982  On April - 19 uSSR Salyut 7 space station put into orbit  

1982  Alberto Salazar wins the Boston Marathon in a record 2:8:51 on this day in history.  

1983  On April - 19 lorene Scott actress (Faraway Hill), dies at 74  

1983  On April - 19 jerzy Andrzejewski, writer (Ashes & Diamonds), dies at 73  

1984  On this day in history a Mrkos discovers asteroid #3451  

1984  Nemesis, death star of dinosaurs first appears in print (Nature mag) on April - 19.  

1985  16th Space Shuttle Mission (51-D)-Discovery 4 returns to Earth on April - 19.  

1986  On this day in history alvin Childress actor (Amos-Amos 'n' Andy), dies at 78  

1986  On this day in history michael Spinks beats Larry Holmes for heavyweight boxing title  

1986  On April - 19 alvin Childress, actor (Amos-Amos 'n' Andy), dies at 78  

1987  On April - 19 jacqueline Blanc, sets women's downhill ski speed rec (124.902 mph)  

1987  Maxwell D Taylor US commander 101st airborne (WW II), dies at 85 on this day in history.  

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1320  Pedro I, King of Portugal (1357-67) was born on this day in history.  

1603  On this day in history birth of michel le Tellier, French statesman (d. 1685)  

1605  On this day in history birth of orazio Benevoli, composer  

1658  On April - 19 birth of johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine (d. 1716)  

1660  On April - 19 birth of sebastian Duron, composer  

1665  Jacques Lelong, French bibliographer (d. 1721) was born on this day in history.  

1686  On April - 19 birth of vasily Tatishchev, Russian statesman (d. 1750)  

1700  On this day in history birth of georg Abraham Schneider, composer  

0843  On this day in history judith, French empress/2nd wife of Louis de Vrome, dies  

1012  Death of Alphege, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 954) on this day in history.  

1044  On April - 19 gothelo, duke of Neth-Lotharingen, dies  

1054  Leo IX, [Bruno von Egesheim und Dagsburg], Pope (1049-54), dies at 51 on April - 19.  

1390  On April - 19 robert II, King of Scotland, dies  

1529  John Cuspinianus, [Spiessheimer], German physician, dies at about 55 on this day in history.  

1560  On April - 19 philipp Melanchton (Schwazerd), church reformer, dies at 63  

1567  On April - 19 michael Stifel, German theologist/mathematician, dies at about 79