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  On this day in history sierra Leone becomes a republic (Natl Day)  

1971  The Soviet Union launch the first manned spacelab, Salyut 1 on April - 19.  

1971  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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

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

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

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1975  India launches first satellite with help of USSR on April - 19.  

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 this day in history.  

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

1980  Ethel Wilson actress (Aunt Harriet-Aldrich Family), dies at 88 on April - 19.  

1980  Ethel Wilson, actress (Aunt Harriet-Aldrich Family), dies at 88 on April - 19.  

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

1982  On April - 19 alberto Salazar wins the Boston Marathon in a record 2 8 51  

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

1982  On April - 19 sally Ride announced as first woman astronaut  

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

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

1983  On this day in history lorene Scott actress (Faraway Hill), dies at 74  

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

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

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

1985  On April - 19 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  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  On this day in history jacqueline Blanc, sets women's downhill ski speed rec (124.902 mph)  

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 April - 19 birth of orazio Benevoli, composer  

1658  On April - 19 birth of johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine (d. 1716)  

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

1665  Jacques Lelong, French bibliographer (d. 1721) was born on this day in history.  

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

1700  Georg Abraham Schneider, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

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