Historical Events In May - 15

1972  George Wallace shot & left paralyzed by Arthur Bremer in Laurel MD on this day in history.  

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

1972  On May - 15 nigel Green, actor (Skull, Tobruk, Ipcress File), dies at 47  

1973  Willem H Rassers, Dutch cult anthropologist (Pandji-Novel), dies at 95 on this day in history.  

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

1975  Emmy 2nd Daytime Award & Emmy News & Documentaries Award presentation on this day in history.  

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

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

1976  On May - 15 emmy Creative Arts Award presentation  

1976  On this day in history samuel Eliot Morison, US historian (Admiral of Ocean Sea), dies at 88  

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

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  On May - 15 soyuz 40 carries 2 cosmonauts (1 Rumanian) to Salyut 6  

1983  Madison Hotel (Boston) destroyed by implosion on May - 15.  

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 May - 15.  

1986  Argentine ex-President Galtieri sentenced to 12 years on May - 15.  

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 May - 15.  

1988  On May - 15 soviet troops begin their withdrawl from Afghanistan  

1988  Andrew Duggan, actor (Jigsaw, Firehouse), dies of cancer at 64 on May - 15.  

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

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

1990  On May - 15 mona Grudt, 19, of Norway, crowned 39th Miss Universe  

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

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  On May - 15 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 this day in history birth of claudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi, Cremona Italy, composer (L'Orfeo)  

1608  On this day in history birth of rené Goupil, French Catholic missionary (Canadian Martyrs) (d. 1642)  

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  Pierre Dutillieu, composer was born on May - 15.  

1759  On this day in history birth of maria Theresia von Paradis, composer  

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

0392  On this day in history 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  On May - 15 death of hatto I, Archbishop of Mainz  

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

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

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

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

1470  Death of Charles VIII of Sweden (b. 1409) on May - 15.