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  On this day in history gold ownership legalized in Australia   

1976  On this day in history liverpool wins 5th UEFA Cup at Bridge   

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

1976  On this day in history uSSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR   

1977  On May - 19 "Smokey &the Bandit" premieres   

1978  George Gladstone, cricketer (one Test WI v England 1930), dies on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history ringo &Barbara Bach are involved in a car crash   

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

1982  On this day in history sophia Loren jailed in Naples for tax evasion   

1983  On this day in history nASA launches Intelsat V   

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 May - 19.   

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

1984  On May - 19 sTS 41-D vehicle moves to launch pad   

1986  Anti-apartheid activist Hélène Pastoors sentenced to 10 years in South Africa on May - 19.   

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  On May - 19 virginia Farmer, actresss (Cyrano de Bergerac), dies at 90   

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 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  Amy Fisher shoots Mary Jo Buttafuoco in Massapequa Long Island New York on this day in history.   

1992  Englishman Dave Gauder, 224 lbs, pulls 196 ton jumbo jet, 3 inches on this day in history.   

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 May - 19.   

« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Next Page »

1	2	3	4	5	6	7
8	9	10	11	12	13	14
15	16	17	18	19	20	21
22	23	24	25	26	27	28
29	30	31

1469  On May - 19 birth of giovanni della Robbia, Ital's sculptor   

1611  On May - 19 birth of innocent XI, [Benedetto Odescalchi], Italy, 240th Pope (1676-89)   

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

1700  On May - 19 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  On May - 19 birth of johann Friedrich Peter, composer   

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

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

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

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

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  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.