Historical Events In May - 15

1972  On May - 15 george Wallace shot & left paralyzed by Arthur Bremer in Laurel MD   

1972  Ryukyu Island & Daito Island returned to Japan after 27 years of US control on this day in history.   

1972  Nigel Green, actor (Skull, Tobruk, Ipcress File), dies at 47 on this day in history.   

1973  On May - 15 willem H Rassers, Dutch cult anthropologist (Pandji-Novel), dies at 95   

1974  On this day in history mail truck terrorists take school in Maälot, 30 killed   

1975  Emmy 2nd Daytime Award & Emmy News & Documentaries Award presentation on May - 15.   

1976  "Fonz Song" by Heyettes hits #91 on May - 15.   

1976  "Kentucky Moonrunner" by Cledus Maggard hits #85 on this day in history.   

1976  Emmy Creative Arts Award presentation on this day in history.   

1976  On this day in history samuel Eliot Morison, US historian (Admiral of Ocean Sea), dies at 88   

1980  Ottawa agrees to extend natural gas pipeline from Montreal to Quebec City on this day in history.   

1980  Shawn Weatherly, Sumter SC, crowned 29th Miss USA/Miss Universe-1980 on this day in history.   

1981  George Harrison releases "All Those Years Ago" in UK on May - 15.   

1981  On this day in history soyuz 40 carries 2 cosmonauts (1 Rumanian) to Salyut 6   

1983  On this day in history madison Hotel (Boston) destroyed by implosion   

1984  Lionel Charles Robbins, British economist, dies at 85 on this day in history.   

1985  On May - 15 jackie Curtis, actor (Underground USA), dies of a drug overdose at 38   

1986  On May - 15 argentine ex-President Galtieri sentenced to 12 years   

1986  Theodore H White, US journalist (Making of Pres, Pulitzer), dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1987  John Baur, museum director, dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1988  On May - 15 moscow begins withdrawing its 115,000 troops in Afghánistán   

1988  On this day in history soviet troops begin their withdrawl from Afghanistan   

1988  Andrew Duggan, actor (Jigsaw, Firehouse), dies of cancer at 64 on May - 15.   

1989  Maxwell House coffee runs ads during "Roe vs Wade" movie despite threat of boycott by right to lifers on this day in history.   

1989  Soviet President Gorbachev in Beijing for first Sino-Soviet summit in 30 years on this day in history.   

1989  On this day in history john Waldo Green, composer, dies at 80   

1990  "Portrait of Doctor Gachet" by Vincent Van Gogh sold for $825 million on May - 15.   

1990  Dow Jones average hits a record 2,822.45 on this day in history.   

1990  Mona Grudt, 19, of Norway, crowned 39th Miss Universe on May - 15.   

1991  Angry independent truckers close down 20 km of Highway 401 near Toronto; cause huge traffic jams on this day in history.   

1991  Defense releases docs claiming Noriega was "CIA's man in Panama" on May - 15.   

1991  Edith Cresson becomes France's first female premier on this day in history.   

1991  On this day in history manchester United wins 31th Europe Cup II at Rotterdam   

1991  Nepal premier Bhattarai resigns on this day in history.   

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1565  Henrick de Keyser, architect/master builder of Amsterdam was born on May - 15.   

1567  On this day in history birth of claudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi, Cremona Italy, composer (L'Orfeo)   

1608  On this day in history birth of rené Goupil, French Catholic missionary (Canadian Martyrs) (d. 1642)   

1720  Maximilian Hell, Slovakian astronomer (d. 1792) was born on May - 15.   

1749  On May - 15 birth of levi Lincoln, Sr., American revolutionary, statesman, politician, and acting Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1820)   

1754  On May - 15 birth of pierre Dutillieu, composer   

1759  On this day in history birth of maria Theresia von Paradis, composer   

1764  Johann Nepomuk Kalcher, composer was born on May - 15.   

0392  Death of Valentinianus II, emperor of Rome (375-392), murdered at 21 on this day in history.   

0884  On May - 15 marinus I, [Martinus II], Pope (882-84), dies   

0913  Death of Hatto I, Archbishop of Mainz on this day in history.   

1036  On May - 15 death of emperor Go-Ichijō of Japan (b. 1008)   

1157  On this day in history death of yury Dolgoruky, Russian prince   

1174  Nur ad-Din Mahmud, King of Syria, dies on this day in history.   

1381  Death of Eppelein von Gailingen, German robber baron on May - 15.   

1470  On May - 15 death of charles VIII of Sweden (b. 1409)