Historical Events In May - 15

1972  George Wallace shot & left paralyzed by Arthur Bremer in Laurel MD on May - 15.  

1972  On this day in history ryukyu Island & Daito Island returned to Japan after 27 years of US control  

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 this day in history.  

1975  On this day in history emmy 2nd Daytime Award & Emmy News & Documentaries Award presentation  

1976  "Fonz Song" by Heyettes hits #91 on May - 15.  

1976  On this day in history "Kentucky Moonrunner" by Cledus Maggard hits #85  

1976  On this day in history emmy Creative Arts Award presentation  

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

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

1980  On this day in history shawn Weatherly, Sumter SC, crowned 29th Miss USA/Miss Universe-1980  

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 May - 15.  

1983  On May - 15 madison Hotel (Boston) destroyed by implosion  

1984  On May - 15 lionel Charles Robbins, British economist, dies at 85  

1985  Jackie Curtis, actor (Underground USA), dies of a drug overdose at 38 on May - 15.  

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

1986  On this day in history theodore H White, US journalist (Making of Pres, Pulitzer), dies at 71  

1987  John Baur, museum director, dies at 78 on this day in history.  

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

1988  Soviet troops begin their withdrawl from Afghanistan on May - 15.  

1988  On this day in history andrew Duggan, actor (Jigsaw, Firehouse), dies of cancer at 64  

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

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

1989  On May - 15 john Waldo Green, composer, dies at 80  

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

1990  Dow Jones average hits a record 2,822.45 on this day in history.  

1990  On this day in history mona Grudt, 19, of Norway, crowned 39th Miss Universe  

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

1991  On May - 15 defense releases docs claiming Noriega was "CIA's man in Panama"  

1991  On this day in history edith Cresson becomes France's first female premier  

1991  On this day in history manchester United wins 31th Europe Cup II at Rotterdam  

1991  On this day in history nepal premier Bhattarai resigns  

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

1567  On May - 15 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  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 this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

0392  Death of Valentinianus II, emperor of Rome (375-392), murdered at 21 on this day in history.  

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  Death of Emperor Go-Ichijō of Japan (b. 1008) on May - 15.  

1157  On this day in history death of yury Dolgoruky, Russian prince  

1174  On this day in history nur ad-Din Mahmud, King of Syria, dies  

1381  Death of Eppelein von Gailingen, German robber baron on May - 15.  

1470  On May - 15 death of charles VIII of Sweden (b. 1409)