Page 8: Historical Events In April - 19

1968  Tommy Bridges, US baseball pitcher (Detroit Tigers), dies at 61 on this day in history.   

1969  "Oliver," Cliff Robertson & Katharine Hepburn win 51st Acadamy Awards on this day in history.   

1971  On this day in history sierra Leone becomes a republic (Natl Day)   

1971  The Soviet Union launch the first manned spacelab, Salyut 1 on this day in history.   

1971  USSR Salyut 1 launched; first manned lab in orbit on April - 19.   

1972  Bangladesh joins the British Commonwealth on April - 19.   

1972  On April - 19 t Smirnova discovers asteroid #2328 Robeson   

1972  On this day in history adolf Bach, German philologist/sociologist, dies at 82   

1973  On April - 19 barbra Striesand records "Between Yesterday & Tomorrow"   

1974  On April - 19 p Wild discovers asteroids #1938 Lausanna & #2040 Chalonge   

1975  On this day in history india launches first satellite with help of USSR   

1976  C-I Lagerkvist discovers asteroid #2114 Wallenquist on this day in history.   

1978  Yitzhak Navron elected 5th president of Israel on April - 19.   

1978  Emile de Strijker, Belgian philosopher, dies at 70 on April - 19.   

1979  On this day in history fCC raids & shuts down pirate radio station WFAT (Bkln NY)   

1979  J C Muzzio discovers asteroid #3666 on April - 19.   

1980  Ethel Wilson actress (Aunt Harriet-Aldrich Family), dies at 88 on April - 19.   

1980  Ethel Wilson, actress (Aunt Harriet-Aldrich Family), dies at 88 on April - 19.   

1981  On this day in history ernst Levy, composer, dies at 85   

1982  On April - 19 alberto Salazar wins the Boston Marathon in a record 2 8 51   

1982  On this day in history rosie Ruiz, marathon race cheater, arrested for forgery   

1982  Sally Ride announced as first woman astronaut on April - 19.   

1982  USSR Salyut 7 space station put into orbit on April - 19.   

1982  On this day in history alberto Salazar wins the Boston Marathon in a record 2:8:51   

1983  On April - 19 lorene Scott actress (Faraway Hill), dies at 74   

1983  On this day in history jerzy Andrzejewski, writer (Ashes & Diamonds), dies at 73   

1984  On April - 19 a Mrkos discovers asteroid #3451   

1984  Nemesis, death star of dinosaurs first appears in print (Nature mag) on this day in history.   

1985  16th Space Shuttle Mission (51-D)-Discovery 4 returns to Earth on this day in history.   

1986  Alvin Childress actor (Amos-Amos 'n' Andy), dies at 78 on April - 19.   

1986  On April - 19 michael Spinks beats Larry Holmes for heavyweight boxing title   

1986  On this day in history alvin Childress, actor (Amos-Amos 'n' Andy), dies at 78   

1987  On April - 19 jacqueline Blanc, sets women's downhill ski speed rec (124.902 mph)   

1987  On this day in history maxwell D Taylor US commander 101st airborne (WW II), dies at 85   

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1320  On this day in history birth of pedro I, King of Portugal (1357-67)   

1603  On this day in history birth of michel le Tellier, French statesman (d. 1685)   

1605  Orazio Benevoli, composer was born on April - 19.   

1658  Johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine (d. 1716) was born on this day in history.   

1660  Sebastian Duron, composer was born on April - 19.   

1665  Jacques Lelong, French bibliographer (d. 1721) was born on April - 19.   

1686  On this day in history birth of vasily Tatishchev, Russian statesman (d. 1750)   

1700  On April - 19 birth of georg Abraham Schneider, composer   

0843  On this day in history judith, French empress/2nd wife of Louis de Vrome, dies   

1012  On April - 19 death of alphege, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 954)   

1044  Gothelo, duke of Neth-Lotharingen, dies on this day in history.   

1054  On this day in history leo IX, [Bruno von Egesheim und Dagsburg], Pope (1049-54), dies at 51   

1390  Robert II, King of Scotland, dies on April - 19.   

1529  On this day in history john Cuspinianus, [Spiessheimer], German physician, dies at about 55   

1560  Philipp Melanchton (Schwazerd), church reformer, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

1567  On this day in history michael Stifel, German theologist/mathematician, dies at about 79