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 April - 19.   

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

1971  The Soviet Union launch the first manned spacelab, Salyut 1 on April - 19.   

1971  USSR Salyut 1 launched; first manned lab in orbit on this day in history.   

1972  Bangladesh joins the British Commonwealth on this day in history.   

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  P Wild discovers asteroids #1938 Lausanna & #2040 Chalonge on April - 19.   

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

1979  J C Muzzio discovers asteroid #3666 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1981  Ernst Levy, composer, dies at 85 on April - 19.   

1982  Alberto Salazar wins the Boston Marathon in a record 2 8 51 on April - 19.   

1982  Rosie Ruiz, marathon race cheater, arrested for forgery on this day in history.   

1982  Sally Ride announced as first woman astronaut on this day in history.   

1982  On April - 19 uSSR Salyut 7 space station put into orbit   

1982  On this day in history 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  On this day in history a Mrkos discovers asteroid #3451   

1984  On this day in history nemesis, death star of dinosaurs first appears in print (Nature mag)   

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

1986  On this day in history 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  Jacqueline Blanc, sets women's downhill ski speed rec (124.902 mph) on this day in history.   

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

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1320  On April - 19 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 this day in history.   

1658  Johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine (d. 1716) was born on April - 19.   

1660  On April - 19 birth of sebastian Duron, composer   

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

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  Death of Alphege, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 954) on this day in history.   

1044  On this day in history gothelo, duke of Neth-Lotharingen, dies   

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

1390  On April - 19 robert II, King of Scotland, dies   

1529  John Cuspinianus, [Spiessheimer], German physician, dies at about 55 on April - 19.   

1560  Philipp Melanchton (Schwazerd), church reformer, dies at 63 on April - 19.   

1567  Michael Stifel, German theologist/mathematician, dies at about 79 on April - 19.