Page 9: Historical Events In May - 15

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

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

1972  Nigel Green, actor (Skull, Tobruk, Ipcress File), dies at 47 on this day in history.   

1973  On this day in history 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 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  Samuel Eliot Morison, US historian (Admiral of Ocean Sea), dies at 88 on this day in history.   

1980  On May - 15 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  George Harrison releases "All Those Years Ago" in UK on this day in history.   

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

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

1986  On May - 15 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 May - 15 john Baur, museum director, dies at 78   

1988  On May - 15 moscow begins withdrawing its 115,000 troops in Afghánistán   

1988  Soviet troops begin their withdrawl from Afghanistan on this day in history.   

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

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

1990  On May - 15 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 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 this day in history.   

1991  Manchester United wins 31th Europe Cup II at Rotterdam on this day in history.   

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  Claudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi, Cremona Italy, composer (L'Orfeo) was born on this day in history.   

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  On May - 15 birth of levi Lincoln, Sr., American revolutionary, statesman, politician, and acting Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1820)   

1754  Pierre Dutillieu, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

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

1174  On May - 15 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 this day in history.