Page 9: Historical Events In May - 15

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

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 May - 15.   

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

1974  On May - 15 mail truck terrorists take school in Maälot, 30 killed   

1975  On May - 15 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   

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 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 this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

1986  Theodore H White, US journalist (Making of Pres, Pulitzer), dies at 71 on this day in history.   

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

1988  Moscow begins withdrawing its 115,000 troops in Afghánistán on this day in history.   

1988  On May - 15 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 May - 15 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 this day in history.   

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

1990  On May - 15 "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 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 this day in history.   

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

1991  On May - 15 edith Cresson becomes France's first female premier   

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

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  Claudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi, Cremona Italy, composer (L'Orfeo) was born on May - 15.   

1608  On May - 15 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  On this day in history birth of johann Nepomuk Kalcher, composer   

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 this day in history.   

0913  On this day in history death of hatto I, Archbishop of Mainz   

1036  Death of Emperor Go-Ichijō of Japan (b. 1008) on this day in history.   

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 May - 15 death of eppelein von Gailingen, German robber baron   

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