Historical Events In May - 15

1972  On this day in history george Wallace shot & left paralyzed by Arthur Bremer in Laurel MD   

1972  On May - 15 ryukyu Island & Daito Island returned to Japan after 27 years of US control   

1972  Nigel Green, actor (Skull, Tobruk, Ipcress File), dies at 47 on this day in history.   

1973  On this day in history willem H Rassers, Dutch cult anthropologist (Pandji-Novel), dies at 95   

1974  Mail truck terrorists take school in Maälot, 30 killed on May - 15.   

1975  On May - 15 emmy 2nd Daytime Award & Emmy News & Documentaries Award presentation   

1976  "Fonz Song" by Heyettes hits #91 on this day in history.   

1976  On May - 15 "Kentucky Moonrunner" by Cledus Maggard hits #85   

1976  On May - 15 emmy Creative Arts Award presentation   

1976  Samuel Eliot Morison, US historian (Admiral of Ocean Sea), dies at 88 on May - 15.   

1980  On this day in history ottawa agrees to extend natural gas pipeline from Montreal to Quebec City.   

1980  On this day in history shawn Weatherly, Sumter SC, crowned 29th Miss USA/Miss Universe-1980   

1981  George Harrison releases "All Those Years Ago" in UK on May - 15.   

1981  On this day in history soyuz 40 carries 2 cosmonauts (1 Rumanian) to Salyut 6   

1983  Madison Hotel (Boston) destroyed by implosion on this day in history.   

1984  On this day in history lionel Charles Robbins, British economist, dies at 85   

1985  On May - 15 jackie Curtis, actor (Underground USA), dies of a drug overdose at 38   

1986  On May - 15 argentine ex-President Galtieri sentenced to 12 years   

1986  Theodore H White, US journalist (Making of Pres, Pulitzer), dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1987  John Baur, museum director, dies at 78 on May - 15.   

1988  On May - 15 moscow begins withdrawing its 115,000 troops in Afghánistán   

1988  Soviet troops begin their withdrawl from Afghanistan on May - 15.   

1988  On this day in history andrew Duggan, actor (Jigsaw, Firehouse), dies of cancer at 64   

1989  On this day in history maxwell House coffee runs ads during "Roe vs Wade" movie despite threat of boycott by right to lifers   

1989  Soviet President Gorbachev in Beijing for first Sino-Soviet summit in 30 years on this day in history.   

1989  On May - 15 john Waldo Green, composer, dies at 80   

1990  "Portrait of Doctor Gachet" by Vincent Van Gogh sold for $825 million on May - 15.   

1990  On May - 15 dow Jones average hits a record 2,822.45   

1990  Mona Grudt, 19, of Norway, crowned 39th Miss Universe on May - 15.   

1991  On this day in history angry independent truckers close down 20 km of Highway 401 near Toronto; cause huge traffic jams.   

1991  On May - 15 defense releases docs claiming Noriega was "CIA's man in Panama"   

1991  On May - 15 edith Cresson becomes France's first female premier   

1991  On this day in history manchester United wins 31th Europe Cup II at Rotterdam   

1991  On May - 15 nepal premier Bhattarai resigns   

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1565  Henrick de Keyser, architect/master builder of Amsterdam was born on this day in history.   

1567  Claudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi, Cremona Italy, composer (L'Orfeo) was born on May - 15.   

1608  René Goupil, French Catholic missionary (Canadian Martyrs) (d. 1642) was born on May - 15.   

1720  On this day in history birth of maximilian Hell, Slovakian astronomer (d. 1792)   

1749  On this day in history birth of levi Lincoln, Sr., American revolutionary, statesman, politician, and acting Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1820)   

1754  On this day in history birth of pierre Dutillieu, composer   

1759  Maria Theresia von Paradis, composer was born on May - 15.   

1764  On May - 15 birth of johann Nepomuk Kalcher, composer   

0392  On May - 15 death of valentinianus II, emperor of Rome (375-392), murdered at 21   

0884  On May - 15 marinus I, [Martinus II], Pope (882-84), dies   

0913  On this day in history death of hatto I, Archbishop of Mainz   

1036  On this day in history death of emperor Go-Ichijō of Japan (b. 1008)   

1157  On May - 15 death of yury Dolgoruky, Russian prince   

1174  Nur ad-Din Mahmud, King of Syria, dies on this day in history.   

1381  Death of Eppelein von Gailingen, German robber baron on this day in history.   

1470  Death of Charles VIII of Sweden (b. 1409) on May - 15.