Historical Events In May - 19

1975  On this day in history farm truck packed with wedding party struck by a train, killing 66 in truck, 40 miles south of Poona India   

1975  Junko Tabei is first woman to climb to the top of Mount Everest on May - 19.   

1975  27th Emmy Awards: Mary Tyler Moore Show, Robert Blake &Jean Marsh on this day in history.   

1976  On this day in history gold ownership legalized in Australia   

1976  Liverpool wins 5th UEFA Cup at Bridge on this day in history.   

1976  On this day in history senate establishes permanent Select Committee on Intelligence   

1976  USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR on May - 19.   

1977  "Smokey &the Bandit" premieres on this day in history.   

1978  On this day in history george Gladstone, cricketer (one Test WI v England 1930), dies   

1979  "In The Navy" by Village People hits #3 on May - 19.   

1979  Guitarist Eric Clapton marries Patti Boyd on May - 19.   

1979  On May - 19 the President announced he had instructed the U.S. Seventh Fleet to aid the Vietnamese "boat people" and assist them to safety   

1980  Ringo &Barbara Bach are involved in a car crash on this day in history.   

1982  On May - 19 iFK Göteborg wins 11th UEFA Cup at Göteborg   

1982  On May - 19 sophia Loren jailed in Naples for tax evasion   

1983  NASA launches Intelsat V on May - 19.   

1983  Weird Al Yankovic gives live performance at Wax Museum in Washington DC on this day in history.   

1983  Jean Rey, Belgian minister, dies on this day in history.   

1984  On May - 19 "King Of Suede" by Weird Al Yankovic hits #62   

1984  STS 41-D vehicle moves to launch pad on May - 19.   

1986  On May - 19 anti-apartheid activist Hélène Pastoors sentenced to 10 years in South Africa   

1987  On May - 19 alice B[radley] Sheldon, sci-fi author (Byte Beautiful), dies at 71   

1988  On May - 19 carlos Lehder Rivas, of Colombia's Medellín drug cartel, is convicted in Florida for smuggling more than 3 tons of cocaine into US   

1988  Virginia Farmer, actresss (Cyrano de Bergerac), dies at 90 on May - 19.   

1989  On May - 19 dow Jones average passes 2,500 mark for first time, closes at 2,501.1   

1989  Sue Ellen (Linda Gray) last appearance on Dallas on this day in history.   

1989  Able J Herzberg, Russ/Neth lawyer (Eichmann in Jerusalem), dies on May - 19.   

1991  On this day in history willy T Ribbs becomes first black driver to make Indianapolis 500   

1991  On this day in history douglas L Mays, cartoonist (Punch), dies   

1992  On this day in history 27th Amendment ratified, prohibits Congress from raising its salary   

1992  On May - 19 amy Fisher shoots Mary Jo Buttafuoco in Massapequa Long Island New York   

1992  On May - 19 englishman Dave Gauder, 224 lbs, pulls 196 ton jumbo jet, 3 inches   

1992  Ric Flair wins NWA wrestling title on May - 19.   

1992  Vice President Dan Quayle sites Murphy Brown as a poor example of family values on this day in history.   

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1469  Giovanni della Robbia, Ital's sculptor was born on this day in history.   

1611  On this day in history birth of innocent XI, [Benedetto Odescalchi], Italy, 240th Pope (1676-89)   

1616  On this day in history birth of johann Jacob Froberger, German singer/organist/composer   

1700  On this day in history birth of josé de Escandón, Spanish colonial governor (d. 1770)   

1724  Augustus Hervey, 3rd Earl of Bristol, British admiral and politician (d. 1779) was born on May - 19.   

1744  Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (d. 1818) was born on this day in history.   

1746  Johann Friedrich Peter, composer was born on May - 19.   

1755  On this day in history birth of gabriele Prota, composer   

0804  Alcuin of York, English scholar, dies in Tours France at 69 on May - 19.   

0988  Dunstan[us], English archbishop of Canterbury, dies on May - 19.   

1125  Death of Vladimir Monomakh, Russian prince (b. 1053) on May - 19.   

1296  Celestine V, [Pietro del Murrone], Pope (1294), dies on May - 19.   

1319  Death of Louis d'Évreux, son of Philip III of France (b. 1276) on May - 19.   

1389  On this day in history death of dmitri Donskoi, Grand Prince of Muscovy (b. 1350)   

1526  On this day in history death of emperor Go-Kashiwabara of Japan (b. 1464)   

1531  Death of Jan Łaski, Polish statesman and diplomat (b. 1456) on this day in history.