Page 9: 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  Nigel Green, actor (Skull, Tobruk, Ipcress File), dies at 47 on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history "Kentucky Moonrunner" by Cledus Maggard hits #85   

1976  Emmy Creative Arts Award presentation on May - 15.   

1976  Samuel Eliot Morison, US historian (Admiral of Ocean Sea), dies at 88 on this day in history.   

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

1980  On May - 15 shawn Weatherly, Sumter SC, crowned 29th Miss USA/Miss Universe-1980   

1981  On May - 15 george Harrison releases "All Those Years Ago" in UK   

1981  Soyuz 40 carries 2 cosmonauts (1 Rumanian) to Salyut 6 on May - 15.   

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

1984  Lionel Charles Robbins, British economist, dies at 85 on this day in history.   

1985  On this day in history jackie Curtis, actor (Underground USA), dies of a drug overdose at 38   

1986  On this day in history argentine ex-President Galtieri sentenced to 12 years   

1986  On May - 15 theodore H White, US journalist (Making of Pres, Pulitzer), dies at 71   

1987  On this day in history john Baur, museum director, dies at 78   

1988  On this day in history moscow begins withdrawing its 115,000 troops in Afghánistán   

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

1988  On May - 15 andrew Duggan, actor (Jigsaw, Firehouse), dies of cancer at 64   

1989  On this day in history maxwell House coffee runs ads during "Roe vs Wade" movie despite threat of boycott by right to lifers   

1989  On this day in history soviet President Gorbachev in Beijing for first Sino-Soviet summit in 30 years   

1989  John Waldo Green, composer, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1990  "Portrait of Doctor Gachet" by Vincent Van Gogh sold for $825 million on this day in history.   

1990  On this day in history dow Jones average hits a record 2,822.45   

1990  Mona Grudt, 19, of Norway, crowned 39th Miss Universe on May - 15.   

1991  Angry independent truckers close down 20 km of Highway 401 near Toronto; cause huge traffic jams on this day in history.   

1991  Defense releases docs claiming Noriega was "CIA's man in Panama" on this day in history.   

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 May - 15.   

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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 this day in history.   

1720  On this day in history birth of maximilian Hell, Slovakian astronomer (d. 1792)   

1749  On this day in history birth of levi Lincoln, Sr., American revolutionary, statesman, politician, and acting Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1820)   

1754  Pierre Dutillieu, composer was born on May - 15.   

1759  Maria Theresia von Paradis, composer was born on this day in history.   

1764  Johann Nepomuk Kalcher, composer was born on May - 15.   

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

0884  Marinus I, [Martinus II], Pope (882-84), dies on May - 15.   

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

1036  On May - 15 death of emperor Go-Ichijō of Japan (b. 1008)   

1157  Death of Yury Dolgoruky, Russian prince on this day in history.   

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

1381  On this day in history death of eppelein von Gailingen, German robber baron   

1470  On this day in history death of charles VIII of Sweden (b. 1409)