Page 8: Historical Events In May - 19

1975  On May - 19 farm truck packed with wedding party struck by a train, killing 66 in truck, 40 miles south of Poona India   

1975  On this day in history junko Tabei is first woman to climb to the top of Mount Everest   

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

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

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

1977  On this day in history "Smokey &the Bandit" premieres   

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  Guitarist Eric Clapton marries Patti Boyd on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1982  Sophia Loren jailed in Naples for tax evasion on this day in history.   

1983  On May - 19 nASA launches Intelsat V   

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

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

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

1984  On this day in history sTS 41-D vehicle moves to launch pad   

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

1987  Alice B[radley] Sheldon, sci-fi author (Byte Beautiful), dies at 71 on this day in history.   

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  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  On May - 19 able J Herzberg, Russ/Neth lawyer (Eichmann in Jerusalem), dies   

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 this day in history.   

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

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  Vice President Dan Quayle sites Murphy Brown as a poor example of family values on May - 19.   

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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 May - 19.   

1616  On May - 19 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 this day in history.   

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  Gabriele Prota, composer was born on May - 19.   

0804  On this day in history alcuin of York, English scholar, dies in Tours France at 69   

0988  On this day in history dunstan[us], English archbishop of Canterbury, dies   

1125  Death of Vladimir Monomakh, Russian prince (b. 1053) on this day in history.   

1296  On this day in history celestine V, [Pietro del Murrone], Pope (1294), dies   

1319  Death of Louis d'Évreux, son of Philip III of France (b. 1276) on this day in history.   

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

1526  On May - 19 death of emperor Go-Kashiwabara of Japan (b. 1464)   

1531  On this day in history death of jan Łaski, Polish statesman and diplomat (b. 1456)