Top Historical Events That Happened on April 19

1971  The Soviet Union launch the inaugural manned spacelab, Salyut 1   

1971  USSR Salyut 1 launched; inaugural manned lab in orbit   

1972  Bangladesh joins the British Commonwealth.   

1972  T Smirnova discovers asteroid #2328 Robeson   

1972  Adolf Bach, German philologist/sociologist, dies at 82.   

1973  Barbra Striesand records "Between Yesterday and Tomorrow".   

1974  P Wild discovers asteroids #1938 Lausanna and #2040 Chalonge   

1975  India launches inaugural satellite with help of USSR.   

1976  C-I Lagerkvist discovers asteroid #2114 Wallenquist   

1978  Yitzhak Navron elected 5th president of Israel.   

1978  Emile de Strijker, Belgian philosopher, dies at 70   

1979  FCC raids and shuts down pirate radio station WFAT (Bkln NY)   

1979  J C Muzzio discovers asteroid #3666   

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

1981  Ernst Levy, composer, dies at 85.   

1982  In this year, Alberto Salazar claims the Boston Marathon in a record 2 8 51.   

1982  Rosie Ruiz, marathon race cheater, arrested for forgery   

1982  Sally Ride announced as inaugural woman astronaut.   

1982  USSR Salyut 7 space station put into orbit   

1983  Lorene Scott actress (Faraway Hill), dies at 74   

1983  Jerzy Andrzejewski, writer (Ashes and Diamonds), dies at 73   

1984  A Mrkos discovers asteroid #3451.   

1984  Nemesis, death star of dinosaurs inaugural appears in print (Nature mag).   

1985  16th Space Shuttle Mission (51-D)-Discovery 4 returns to Earth.   

1986  Alvin Childress actor (Amos-Amos 'n' Andy), dies at 78   

1986  Michael Spinks beats Larry Holmes for heavyweight boxing title   

1987  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   

1987  Hugh "Lumpy" Brannum, Actor (Mr Green Jeans), dies at 77.   

1989  Republic Day in Sierra Leone   

1989  Daphne Du Maurier, English writer (Rebecca, Jamaica Inn), dies at 82.   

1990  Marla Maples appears on ABC's Prime-Time.   

1990  Vladislav Ivanovich Gulyayev, Russia, cosmonaut, dies at 52   

1991  Battle of the Ages-Heavyweight champ Evander Hollyfield beats 42 year old George Foreman.   

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1320  Pedro i: King of portugal (1357-67)   

1603  Michel le tellier: French statesman   

1605  Orazio benevoli: Composer   

1658  Johann wilhelm: Elector palatine   

1660  Sebastian duron: Composer   

1665  Jacques lelong: French bibliographer   

1686  Vasily tatishchev: Russian statesman   

1700  Georg abraham schneider: Composer   

0843  Judith: French empress/2nd wife of louis de vrome,   

1012  Death of Alphege: Archbishop of canterbury (b. 954)   

1044  Death of Gothelo: Duke of neth-lotharingen,   

1054  Death of Leo ix: [bruno von egesheim und dagsburg], pope (1049-54),   

1390  Death of Robert ii: King of scotland,   

1529  Death of John cuspinianus: [spiessheimer], german physician,   

1560  Death of Philipp melanchton (schwazerd): Church reformer,   

1567  Death of Michael stifel: German theologist/mathematician,