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  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 this day in history.   

1972  On April - 19 bangladesh joins the British Commonwealth   

1972  T Smirnova discovers asteroid #2328 Robeson on April - 19.   

1972  On April - 19 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  India launches first satellite with help of USSR on this day in history.   

1976  On this day in history c-I Lagerkvist discovers asteroid #2114 Wallenquist   

1978  On this day in history yitzhak Navron elected 5th president of Israel   

1978  On this day in history emile de Strijker, Belgian philosopher, dies at 70   

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  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  Ernst Levy, composer, dies at 85 on this day in history.   

1982  Alberto Salazar wins the Boston Marathon in a record 2 8 51 on this day in history.   

1982  On April - 19 rosie Ruiz, marathon race cheater, arrested for forgery   

1982  On this day in history sally Ride announced as first woman astronaut   

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

1982  Alberto Salazar wins the Boston Marathon in a record 2:8:51 on this day in history.   

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

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

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 this day in history.   

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

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1320  On April - 19 birth of pedro I, King of Portugal (1357-67)   

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

1605  On April - 19 birth of orazio Benevoli, composer   

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

1660  On April - 19 birth of sebastian Duron, composer   

1665  Jacques Lelong, French bibliographer (d. 1721) was born on this day in history.   

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  Judith, French empress/2nd wife of Louis de Vrome, dies on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1567  Michael Stifel, German theologist/mathematician, dies at about 79 on this day in history.