Page 8: Historical Events In April - 19

1968  Tommy Bridges, US baseball pitcher (Detroit Tigers), dies at 61 on April - 19.   

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

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

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 April - 19.   

1972  T Smirnova discovers asteroid #2328 Robeson on this day in history.   

1972  Adolf Bach, German philologist/sociologist, dies at 82 on this day in history.   

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

1974  On April - 19 p Wild discovers asteroids #1938 Lausanna & #2040 Chalonge   

1975  On this day in history india launches first satellite with help of USSR   

1976  C-I Lagerkvist discovers asteroid #2114 Wallenquist on April - 19.   

1978  Yitzhak Navron elected 5th president of Israel on this day in history.   

1978  Emile de Strijker, Belgian philosopher, dies at 70 on April - 19.   

1979  On this day in history fCC raids & shuts down pirate radio station WFAT (Bkln NY)   

1979  J C Muzzio discovers asteroid #3666 on April - 19.   

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  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 this day in history.   

1982  On April - 19 rosie Ruiz, marathon race cheater, arrested for forgery   

1982  Sally Ride announced as first woman astronaut on this day in history.   

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 April - 19.   

1983  Lorene Scott actress (Faraway Hill), dies at 74 on April - 19.   

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

1984  On April - 19 a Mrkos discovers asteroid #3451   

1984  Nemesis, death star of dinosaurs first appears in print (Nature mag) on this day in history.   

1985  On this day in history 16th Space Shuttle Mission (51-D)-Discovery 4 returns to Earth   

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

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

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 April - 19.   

1987  On April - 19 maxwell D Taylor US commander 101st airborne (WW II), dies at 85   

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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  On this day in history birth of orazio Benevoli, composer   

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

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

0843  Judith, French empress/2nd wife of Louis de Vrome, dies on April - 19.   

1012  On this day in history 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 April - 19.   

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

1529  John Cuspinianus, [Spiessheimer], German physician, dies at about 55 on April - 19.   

1560  Philipp Melanchton (Schwazerd), church reformer, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

1567  Michael Stifel, German theologist/mathematician, dies at about 79 on this day in history.