Historical Events In April - 19

1968  Tommy Bridges, US baseball pitcher (Detroit Tigers), dies at 61 on this day in history.  

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

1971  Sierra Leone becomes a republic (Natl Day) on April - 19.  

1971  The Soviet Union launch the first manned spacelab, Salyut 1 on this day in history.  

1971  On April - 19 uSSR Salyut 1 launched; first manned lab in orbit  

1972  On this day in history bangladesh joins the British Commonwealth  

1972  On April - 19 t Smirnova discovers asteroid #2328 Robeson  

1972  On this day in history adolf Bach, German philologist/sociologist, dies at 82  

1973  Barbra Striesand records "Between Yesterday & Tomorrow" on April - 19.  

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

1975  India launches first satellite with help of USSR on this day in history.  

1976  On April - 19 c-I Lagerkvist discovers asteroid #2114 Wallenquist  

1978  On this day in history yitzhak Navron elected 5th president of Israel  

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

1979  FCC raids & shuts down pirate radio station WFAT (Bkln NY) on this day in history.  

1979  On April - 19 j C Muzzio discovers asteroid #3666  

1980  On this day in history ethel Wilson actress (Aunt Harriet-Aldrich Family), dies at 88  

1980  On April - 19 ethel Wilson, actress (Aunt Harriet-Aldrich Family), dies at 88  

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

1982  Alberto Salazar wins the Boston Marathon in a record 2 8 51 on April - 19.  

1982  On this day in history rosie Ruiz, marathon race cheater, arrested for forgery  

1982  Sally Ride announced as first woman astronaut on April - 19.  

1982  On this day in history uSSR Salyut 7 space station put into orbit  

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

1983  Lorene Scott actress (Faraway Hill), dies at 74 on this day in history.  

1983  Jerzy Andrzejewski, writer (Ashes & Diamonds), dies at 73 on this day in history.  

1984  On April - 19 a Mrkos discovers asteroid #3451  

1984  On this day in history nemesis, death star of dinosaurs first appears in print (Nature mag)  

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

1986  Alvin Childress actor (Amos-Amos 'n' Andy), dies at 78 on this day in history.  

1986  Michael Spinks beats Larry Holmes for heavyweight boxing title on April - 19.  

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

1987  Jacqueline Blanc, sets women's downhill ski speed rec (124.902 mph) on this day in history.  

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 April - 19.  

1603  On April - 19 birth of michel le Tellier, French statesman (d. 1685)  

1605  Orazio Benevoli, composer was born on this day in history.  

1658  On this day in history birth of johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine (d. 1716)  

1660  On April - 19 birth of sebastian Duron, composer  

1665  On this day in history birth of jacques Lelong, French bibliographer (d. 1721)  

1686  Vasily Tatishchev, Russian statesman (d. 1750) was born on April - 19.  

1700  On April - 19 birth of georg Abraham Schneider, composer  

0843  Judith, French empress/2nd wife of Louis de Vrome, dies on this day in history.  

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

1044  Gothelo, duke of Neth-Lotharingen, dies on April - 19.  

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

1390  Robert II, King of Scotland, dies on April - 19.  

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

1560  Philipp Melanchton (Schwazerd), church reformer, dies at 63 on April - 19.  

1567  Michael Stifel, German theologist/mathematician, dies at about 79 on April - 19.