Historical Events In April - 19

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

1969  "Oliver," Cliff Robertson & Katharine Hepburn win 51st Acadamy Awards on this day in history.  

1971  Sierra Leone becomes a republic (Natl Day) on this day in history.  

1971  On April - 19 the Soviet Union launch the first manned spacelab, Salyut 1  

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

1972  On April - 19 adolf Bach, German philologist/sociologist, dies at 82  

1973  On April - 19 barbra Striesand records "Between Yesterday & Tomorrow"  

1974  On this day in history p Wild discovers asteroids #1938 Lausanna & #2040 Chalonge  

1975  On April - 19 india launches first satellite with help of USSR  

1976  C-I Lagerkvist discovers asteroid #2114 Wallenquist on this day in history.  

1978  On April - 19 yitzhak Navron elected 5th president of Israel  

1978  Emile de Strijker, Belgian philosopher, dies at 70 on this day in history.  

1979  FCC raids & shuts down pirate radio station WFAT (Bkln NY) on April - 19.  

1979  On this day in history j C Muzzio discovers asteroid #3666  

1980  On April - 19 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  Ernst Levy, composer, dies at 85 on this day in history.  

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

1982  Rosie Ruiz, marathon race cheater, arrested for forgery on April - 19.  

1982  On this day in history sally Ride announced as first woman astronaut  

1982  On this day in history 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 this day in history lorene Scott actress (Faraway Hill), dies at 74  

1983  On this day in history jerzy Andrzejewski, writer (Ashes & Diamonds), dies at 73  

1984  A Mrkos discovers asteroid #3451 on April - 19.  

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 April - 19.  

1986  Michael Spinks beats Larry Holmes for heavyweight boxing title on this day in history.  

1986  On this day in history 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 April - 19.  

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1320  On April - 19 birth of pedro I, King of Portugal (1357-67)  

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

1605  On April - 19 birth of orazio Benevoli, composer  

1658  Johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine (d. 1716) was born on April - 19.  

1660  On this day in history birth of sebastian Duron, composer  

1665  Jacques Lelong, French bibliographer (d. 1721) was born on April - 19.  

1686  On this day in history birth of vasily Tatishchev, Russian statesman (d. 1750)  

1700  Georg Abraham Schneider, composer was born on April - 19.  

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

1012  On April - 19 death of alphege, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 954)  

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

1054  Leo IX, [Bruno von Egesheim und Dagsburg], Pope (1049-54), dies at 51 on this day in history.  

1390  On this day in history robert II, King of Scotland, dies  

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