Historical Events In April - 19

1968  On April - 19 tommy Bridges, US baseball pitcher (Detroit Tigers), dies at 61   

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  On this day in history uSSR Salyut 1 launched; first manned lab in orbit   

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

1972  T Smirnova discovers asteroid #2328 Robeson on this day in history.   

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

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

1974  P Wild discovers asteroids #1938 Lausanna & #2040 Chalonge on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1978  Emile de Strijker, Belgian philosopher, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

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

1979  On this day in history j C Muzzio discovers asteroid #3666   

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

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

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

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

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  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 April - 19.   

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

1986  Michael Spinks beats Larry Holmes for heavyweight boxing title on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

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

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