Page 8: 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 this day in history.   

1975  27th Emmy Awards: Mary Tyler Moore Show, Robert Blake &Jean Marsh on May - 19.   

1976  Gold ownership legalized in Australia on this day in history.   

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

1976  On May - 19 senate establishes permanent Select Committee on Intelligence   

1976  On May - 19 uSSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR   

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  On this day in history "In The Navy" by Village People hits #3   

1979  On this day in history guitarist Eric Clapton marries Patti Boyd   

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  On May - 19 ringo &Barbara Bach are involved in a car crash   

1982  IFK Göteborg wins 11th UEFA Cup at Göteborg on this day in history.   

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

1983  On this day in history nASA launches Intelsat V   

1983  On May - 19 weird Al Yankovic gives live performance at Wax Museum in Washington DC   

1983  On May - 19 jean Rey, Belgian minister, dies   

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

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

1986  Anti-apartheid activist Hélène Pastoors sentenced to 10 years in South Africa on this day in history.   

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

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

1988  On this day in history virginia Farmer, actresss (Cyrano de Bergerac), dies at 90   

1989  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

1991  Douglas L Mays, cartoonist (Punch), dies on May - 19.   

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

1992  On this day in history amy Fisher shoots Mary Jo Buttafuoco in Massapequa Long Island New York   

1992  On this day in history englishman Dave Gauder, 224 lbs, pulls 196 ton jumbo jet, 3 inches   

1992  On May - 19 ric Flair wins NWA wrestling title   

1992  On May - 19 vice President Dan Quayle sites Murphy Brown as a poor example of family values   

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1469  On this day in history birth of giovanni della Robbia, Ital's sculptor   

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

1616  Johann Jacob Froberger, German singer/organist/composer was born on this day in history.   

1700  On May - 19 birth of josé de Escandón, Spanish colonial governor (d. 1770)   

1724  On this day in history birth of augustus Hervey, 3rd Earl of Bristol, British admiral and politician (d. 1779)   

1744  On May - 19 birth of charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (d. 1818)   

1746  On this day in history birth of johann Friedrich Peter, composer   

1755  Gabriele Prota, composer was born on this day in history.   

0804  On May - 19 alcuin of York, English scholar, dies in Tours France at 69   

0988  On May - 19 dunstan[us], English archbishop of Canterbury, dies   

1125  On this day in history death of vladimir Monomakh, Russian prince (b. 1053)   

1296  Celestine V, [Pietro del Murrone], Pope (1294), dies on this day in history.   

1319  On this day in history death of louis d'Évreux, son of Philip III of France (b. 1276)   

1389  On May - 19 death of dmitri Donskoi, Grand Prince of Muscovy (b. 1350)   

1526  Death of Emperor Go-Kashiwabara of Japan (b. 1464) on May - 19.   

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