Page 8: Historical Events In April - 19

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

1969  On April - 19 "Oliver," Cliff Robertson & Katharine Hepburn win 51st Acadamy Awards   

1971  On April - 19 sierra Leone becomes a republic (Natl Day)   

1971  On April - 19 the Soviet Union launch the first manned spacelab, Salyut 1   

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

1972  On April - 19 bangladesh joins the British Commonwealth   

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

1972  Adolf Bach, German philologist/sociologist, dies at 82 on April - 19.   

1973  Barbra Striesand records "Between Yesterday & Tomorrow" on April - 19.   

1974  On this day in history p Wild discovers asteroids #1938 Lausanna & #2040 Chalonge   

1975  On April - 19 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 this day in history.   

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

1979  FCC raids & shuts down pirate radio station WFAT (Bkln NY) on April - 19.   

1979  On April - 19 j C Muzzio discovers asteroid #3666   

1980  Ethel Wilson actress (Aunt Harriet-Aldrich Family), dies at 88 on this day in history.   

1980  On this day in history ethel Wilson, actress (Aunt Harriet-Aldrich Family), dies at 88   

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 this day in history.   

1982  On this day in history uSSR Salyut 7 space station put into orbit   

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

1983  Lorene Scott actress (Faraway Hill), dies at 74 on April - 19.   

1983  Jerzy Andrzejewski, writer (Ashes & Diamonds), dies at 73 on April - 19.   

1984  A Mrkos discovers asteroid #3451 on April - 19.   

1984  Nemesis, death star of dinosaurs first appears in print (Nature mag) on April - 19.   

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

1986  Alvin Childress actor (Amos-Amos 'n' Andy), dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1986  On this day in history michael Spinks beats Larry Holmes for heavyweight boxing title   

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

1987  On this day in history jacqueline Blanc, sets women's downhill ski speed rec (124.902 mph)   

1987  On April - 19 maxwell D Taylor US commander 101st airborne (WW II), dies at 85   

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1320  Pedro I, King of Portugal (1357-67) was born on this day in history.   

1603  Michel le Tellier, French statesman (d. 1685) was born on April - 19.   

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

1658  On April - 19 birth of johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine (d. 1716)   

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

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

1686  Vasily Tatishchev, Russian statesman (d. 1750) was born on this day in history.   

1700  Georg Abraham Schneider, composer was born on this day in history.   

0843  On April - 19 judith, French empress/2nd wife of Louis de Vrome, dies   

1012  Death of Alphege, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 954) on April - 19.   

1044  Gothelo, duke of Neth-Lotharingen, dies on April - 19.   

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  John Cuspinianus, [Spiessheimer], German physician, dies at about 55 on this day in history.   

1560  On this day in history philipp Melanchton (Schwazerd), church reformer, dies at 63   

1567  On April - 19 michael Stifel, German theologist/mathematician, dies at about 79