Page 8: Historical Events In May - 19

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

1975  On May - 19 junko Tabei is first woman to climb to the top of Mount Everest   

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

1976  Gold ownership legalized in Australia on May - 19.   

1976  On May - 19 liverpool wins 5th UEFA Cup at Bridge   

1976  Senate establishes permanent Select Committee on Intelligence on May - 19.   

1976  On this day in history 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  "In The Navy" by Village People hits #3 on this day in history.   

1979  On May - 19 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  Ringo &Barbara Bach are involved in a car crash on May - 19.   

1982  IFK Göteborg wins 11th UEFA Cup at Göteborg on May - 19.   

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

1983  On this day in history nASA launches Intelsat V   

1983  On this day in history weird Al Yankovic gives live performance at Wax Museum in Washington DC   

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

1984  "King Of Suede" by Weird Al Yankovic hits #62 on this day in history.   

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 May - 19.   

1987  On this day in history 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  On this day in history sue Ellen (Linda Gray) last appearance on Dallas   

1989  Able J Herzberg, Russ/Neth lawyer (Eichmann in Jerusalem), dies on this day in history.   

1991  Willy T Ribbs becomes first black driver to make Indianapolis 500 on May - 19.   

1991  Douglas L Mays, cartoonist (Punch), dies on this day in history.   

1992  On May - 19 27th Amendment ratified, prohibits Congress from raising its salary   

1992  Amy Fisher shoots Mary Jo Buttafuoco in Massapequa Long Island New York on May - 19.   

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

1992  On this day in history ric Flair wins NWA wrestling title   

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  On May - 19 birth of giovanni della Robbia, Ital's sculptor   

1611  Innocent XI, [Benedetto Odescalchi], Italy, 240th Pope (1676-89) was born on this day in history.   

1616  On May - 19 birth of johann Jacob Froberger, German singer/organist/composer   

1700  José de Escandón, Spanish colonial governor (d. 1770) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

1746  Johann Friedrich Peter, composer was born on this day in history.   

1755  On May - 19 birth of gabriele Prota, composer   

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

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

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

1296  On May - 19 celestine V, [Pietro del Murrone], Pope (1294), dies   

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

1389  Death of Dmitri Donskoi, Grand Prince of Muscovy (b. 1350) on May - 19.   

1526  Death of Emperor Go-Kashiwabara of Japan (b. 1464) on this day in history.   

1531  Death of Jan Łaski, Polish statesman and diplomat (b. 1456) on May - 19.