Page 9: Historical Events In May - 15

1972  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1972  Nigel Green, actor (Skull, Tobruk, Ipcress File), dies at 47 on May - 15.   

1973  On May - 15 willem H Rassers, Dutch cult anthropologist (Pandji-Novel), dies at 95   

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

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

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

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

1976  Emmy Creative Arts Award presentation on May - 15.   

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

1980  On May - 15 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 this day in history.   

1981  On this day in history george Harrison releases "All Those Years Ago" in UK   

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

1983  On this day in history 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 May - 15 argentine ex-President Galtieri sentenced to 12 years   

1986  Theodore H White, US journalist (Making of Pres, Pulitzer), dies at 71 on May - 15.   

1987  John Baur, museum director, dies at 78 on May - 15.   

1988  Moscow begins withdrawing its 115,000 troops in Afghánistán on May - 15.   

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

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

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

1991  Edith Cresson becomes France's first female premier on this day in history.   

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

1991  On May - 15 nepal premier Bhattarai resigns   

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1565  On this day in history birth of henrick de Keyser, architect/master builder of Amsterdam   

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 this day in history.   

1754  On May - 15 birth of pierre Dutillieu, composer   

1759  On May - 15 birth of maria Theresia von Paradis, composer   

1764  Johann Nepomuk Kalcher, composer was born on this day in history.   

0392  On this day in history 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  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  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 this day in history death of eppelein von Gailingen, German robber baron   

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