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 May - 19.   

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 this day in history.   

1976  Liverpool wins 5th UEFA Cup at Bridge on May - 19.   

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

1978  On May - 19 george Gladstone, cricketer (one Test WI v England 1930), dies   

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

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  On this day in history 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 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 May - 19.   

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

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

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 this day in history 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  Virginia Farmer, actresss (Cyrano de Bergerac), dies at 90 on May - 19.   

1989  Dow Jones average passes 2,500 mark for first time, closes at 2,501.1 on May - 19.   

1989  On this day in history sue Ellen (Linda Gray) last appearance on Dallas   

1989  On this day in history able J Herzberg, Russ/Neth lawyer (Eichmann in Jerusalem), dies   

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

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

1992  Englishman Dave Gauder, 224 lbs, pulls 196 ton jumbo jet, 3 inches on May - 19.   

1992  Ric Flair wins NWA wrestling title on this day in history.   

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

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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  Johann Jacob Froberger, German singer/organist/composer was born on May - 19.   

1700  José de Escandón, Spanish colonial governor (d. 1770) was born on May - 19.   

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

1744  On this day in history birth of charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (d. 1818)   

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

1755  Gabriele Prota, composer was born on May - 19.   

0804  Alcuin of York, English scholar, dies in Tours France at 69 on this day in history.   

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

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

1296  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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.