Historical Events In May - 15

1972  On May - 15 george Wallace shot & left paralyzed by Arthur Bremer in Laurel MD   

1972  Ryukyu Island & Daito Island returned to Japan after 27 years of US control on May - 15.   

1972  On this day in history nigel Green, actor (Skull, Tobruk, Ipcress File), dies at 47   

1973  Willem H Rassers, Dutch cult anthropologist (Pandji-Novel), dies at 95 on May - 15.   

1974  Mail truck terrorists take school in Maälot, 30 killed on May - 15.   

1975  Emmy 2nd Daytime Award & Emmy News & Documentaries Award presentation on May - 15.   

1976  On this day in history "Fonz Song" by Heyettes hits #91   

1976  "Kentucky Moonrunner" by Cledus Maggard hits #85 on May - 15.   

1976  Emmy Creative Arts Award presentation on May - 15.   

1976  On May - 15 samuel Eliot Morison, US historian (Admiral of Ocean Sea), dies at 88   

1980  On this day in history ottawa agrees to extend natural gas pipeline from Montreal to Quebec City.   

1980  Shawn Weatherly, Sumter SC, crowned 29th Miss USA/Miss Universe-1980 on May - 15.   

1981  George Harrison releases "All Those Years Ago" in UK on May - 15.   

1981  Soyuz 40 carries 2 cosmonauts (1 Rumanian) to Salyut 6 on this day in history.   

1983  Madison Hotel (Boston) destroyed by implosion on this day in history.   

1984  On this day in history lionel Charles Robbins, British economist, dies at 85   

1985  Jackie Curtis, actor (Underground USA), dies of a drug overdose at 38 on this day in history.   

1986  On May - 15 argentine ex-President Galtieri sentenced to 12 years   

1986  Theodore H White, US journalist (Making of Pres, Pulitzer), dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1987  On May - 15 john Baur, museum director, dies at 78   

1988  Moscow begins withdrawing its 115,000 troops in Afghánistán on this day in history.   

1988  On this day in history soviet troops begin their withdrawl from Afghanistan   

1988  Andrew Duggan, actor (Jigsaw, Firehouse), dies of cancer at 64 on this day in history.   

1989  On May - 15 maxwell House coffee runs ads during "Roe vs Wade" movie despite threat of boycott by right to lifers   

1989  Soviet President Gorbachev in Beijing for first Sino-Soviet summit in 30 years on May - 15.   

1989  John Waldo Green, composer, dies at 80 on May - 15.   

1990  "Portrait of Doctor Gachet" by Vincent Van Gogh sold for $825 million on May - 15.   

1990  On May - 15 dow Jones average hits a record 2,822.45   

1990  Mona Grudt, 19, of Norway, crowned 39th Miss Universe on this day in history.   

1991  Angry independent truckers close down 20 km of Highway 401 near Toronto; cause huge traffic jams on May - 15.   

1991  Defense releases docs claiming Noriega was "CIA's man in Panama" on May - 15.   

1991  Edith Cresson becomes France's first female premier on May - 15.   

1991  Manchester United wins 31th Europe Cup II at Rotterdam on May - 15.   

1991  Nepal premier Bhattarai resigns on this day in history.   

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1565  Henrick de Keyser, architect/master builder of Amsterdam was born on this day in history.   

1567  On this day in history birth of claudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi, Cremona Italy, composer (L'Orfeo)   

1608  René Goupil, French Catholic missionary (Canadian Martyrs) (d. 1642) was born on May - 15.   

1720  Maximilian Hell, Slovakian astronomer (d. 1792) was born on May - 15.   

1749  Levi Lincoln, Sr., American revolutionary, statesman, politician, and acting Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1820) was born on May - 15.   

1754  On May - 15 birth of pierre Dutillieu, composer   

1759  Maria Theresia von Paradis, composer was born on May - 15.   

1764  On this day in history birth of johann Nepomuk Kalcher, composer   

0392  On May - 15 death of valentinianus II, emperor of Rome (375-392), murdered at 21   

0884  On this day in history marinus I, [Martinus II], Pope (882-84), dies   

0913  Death of Hatto I, Archbishop of Mainz on this day in history.   

1036  On this day in history death of emperor Go-Ichijō of Japan (b. 1008)   

1157  On May - 15 death of yury Dolgoruky, Russian prince   

1174  Nur ad-Din Mahmud, King of Syria, dies on this day in history.   

1381  On May - 15 death of eppelein von Gailingen, German robber baron   

1470  Death of Charles VIII of Sweden (b. 1409) on this day in history.