Historical Events In April - 19

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

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  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  Bangladesh joins the British Commonwealth on this day in history.  

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

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

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 April - 19.  

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  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 April - 19 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 April - 19.  

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

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

1984  A Mrkos discovers asteroid #3451 on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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

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

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 April - 19.  

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

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

1603  Michel le Tellier, French statesman (d. 1685) was born on April - 19.  

1605  On April - 19 birth of orazio Benevoli, composer  

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

1660  Sebastian Duron, composer was born on April - 19.  

1665  On April - 19 birth of jacques Lelong, French bibliographer (d. 1721)  

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

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  On this day in history gothelo, duke of Neth-Lotharingen, dies  

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

1390  Robert II, King of Scotland, dies on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.