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 this day in history.   

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  USSR Salyut 1 launched; first manned lab in orbit on this day in history.   

1972  On this day in history bangladesh joins the British Commonwealth   

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

1972  On April - 19 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  C-I Lagerkvist discovers asteroid #2114 Wallenquist on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

1982  USSR Salyut 7 space station put into orbit on April - 19.   

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

1984  On this day in history 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 April - 19.   

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

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

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

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

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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  Sebastian Duron, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

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

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

0843  On April - 19 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  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  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  On April - 19 philipp Melanchton (Schwazerd), church reformer, dies at 63   

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