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

1971  Sierra Leone becomes a republic (Natl Day) on April - 19.   

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

1971  On April - 19 uSSR Salyut 1 launched; first manned lab in orbit   

1972  On April - 19 bangladesh joins the British Commonwealth   

1972  On this day in history t Smirnova discovers asteroid #2328 Robeson   

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

1973  Barbra Striesand records "Between Yesterday & Tomorrow" on this day in history.   

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

1975  India launches first satellite with help of USSR on April - 19.   

1976  On April - 19 c-I Lagerkvist discovers asteroid #2114 Wallenquist   

1978  On April - 19 yitzhak Navron elected 5th president of Israel   

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 this day in history.   

1980  On April - 19 ethel Wilson actress (Aunt Harriet-Aldrich Family), dies at 88   

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

1981  On April - 19 ernst Levy, composer, dies at 85   

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

1982  Rosie Ruiz, marathon race cheater, arrested for forgery on April - 19.   

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

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  On this day in history lorene Scott actress (Faraway Hill), dies at 74   

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

1984  A Mrkos discovers asteroid #3451 on this day in history.   

1984  On April - 19 nemesis, death star of dinosaurs first appears in print (Nature mag)   

1985  16th Space Shuttle Mission (51-D)-Discovery 4 returns to Earth on April - 19.   

1986  On April - 19 alvin Childress actor (Amos-Amos 'n' Andy), dies at 78   

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 this day in history.   

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

1987  Maxwell D Taylor US commander 101st airborne (WW II), dies at 85 on April - 19.   

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1320  Pedro I, King of Portugal (1357-67) was born on April - 19.   

1603  On April - 19 birth of michel le Tellier, French statesman (d. 1685)   

1605  On this day in history birth of orazio Benevoli, composer   

1658  On this day in history birth of johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine (d. 1716)   

1660  Sebastian Duron, composer was born on this day in history.   

1665  On April - 19 birth of jacques Lelong, French bibliographer (d. 1721)   

1686  Vasily Tatishchev, Russian statesman (d. 1750) was born on April - 19.   

1700  Georg Abraham Schneider, composer was born on April - 19.   

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

1012  On this day in history death of alphege, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 954)   

1044  On April - 19 gothelo, duke of Neth-Lotharingen, dies   

1054  Leo IX, [Bruno von Egesheim und Dagsburg], Pope (1049-54), dies at 51 on April - 19.   

1390  Robert II, King of Scotland, dies on this day in history.   

1529  On April - 19 john Cuspinianus, [Spiessheimer], German physician, dies at about 55   

1560  On April - 19 philipp Melanchton (Schwazerd), church reformer, dies at 63   

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