- April 19
In the
Gregorian Calendar ,Easter Sunday falls on19 April more often than on any other date.Events
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1012 -Martyrdom ofAlphege inGreenwich, London .
*1529 - At theSecond Diet of Speyer , a group of rulers ("German:"Fürst ) and independent cities ("German:"Reichsstadt ) protests the reinstatement of theEdict of Worms , beginning the Protestant Reformation.
*1587 -Francis Drake sinks the Spanish fleet inCádiz harbor.
*1713 - With no living maleheir s,Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor , issues thePragmatic Sanction of 1713 to ensure thatHabsburg lands and the Austrian throne would be inherited by his daughter,Maria Theresa of Austria (not actually born until1717 ).
*1770 -Captain James Cook sightsAustralia .
* 1770 -Marie Antoinette marriesLouis XVI byProxy marriage .
*1775 -American Revolutionary War : TheBattle of Lexington and Concord which began theAmerican Revolutionary War .
*1782 -John Adams secured theDutch Republic 's recognition of theUnited States as an independent government and the house that he purchased inThe Hague ,Netherlands became the first American embassy.
*1809 - The army ofAustria attacks and is defeated by the forces of theDuchy of Warsaw in the Battle of Raszyn, part of the struggles of theFifth Coalition .
*1810 -Venezuela achieves home rule:Vicente Emparan ,Governor of theCaptaincy General is removed by the people ofCaracas and a is installed.
*1839 - The Treaty of London establishesBelgium as a kingdom.
*1861 -American Civil War :Baltimore riot of 1861 , a pro-Secession mob inBaltimore, Maryland , attacksUnited States Army troops marching through the city.
*1892 -Charles Duryea claims to have driven the firstautomobile in theUnited States , inSpringfield, Massachusetts .
*1904 - Much ofToronto, Ontario ,Canada , is destroyed by fire.
*1909 -Joan of Arc receivesbeatification .
*1919 -Leslie Irvin of theUnited States makes the first successful voluntaryfree-fall parachute jump using a new kind of self-contained parachute.
*1927 -Mae West is sentenced to 10 days in jail forobscenity for her play "Sex".
*1928 - The 125th and final fascicle of the "Oxford English Dictionary " is published.
*1934 -Shirley Temple debuts in "Stand Up and Cheer ".
*1936 - First day of the Great Uprising in Palestine.
*1942 –World War II : InPoland , the Majdan-Tatarskighetto is established, situated between the Lublin ghetto and aMajdanek subcamp.
*1943 - World War II: In Poland, German troops enter theWarsaw ghetto to round up the remainingJew s, beginning theWarsaw Ghetto Uprising .
* 1943 - "Bicycle Day " – Swiss chemist Dr.Albert Hofmann deliberately takesLSD for the first time.
*1945 - Thediplomatic relations between theSoviet Union andGuatemala are established.
*1950 -Argentina becomes a signatory to the Buenos Airescopyright treaty .
*1951 -General Douglas MacArthur retires from the military.
*1954 -Constituent Assembly of Pakistan decidesUrdu and Bengali to benational language s ofPakistan .
*1955 - The German automakerVolkswagen , after six years of selling cars in the United States, foundsVolkswagen of America inEnglewood Cliffs ,New Jersey to standardize its dealer and service network.
*1956 -Actress Grace Kelly marries Rainier III of Monaco.
*1960 - Students inSouth Korea hold a nationwide pro-democracy protest against theirpresident Syngman Rhee , eventually forcing him to resign.
*1961 - TheBay of Pigs invasion ofCuba ends in success for the defenders.
*1971 -Sierra Leone becomes arepublic , andSiaka Stevens the president.
* 1971 -Vietnam War :Vietnam Veterans Against the War begin a five-day demonstration inWashington, DC .
* 1971 - Launch ofSalyut 1 , first human-madespace station .
* 1971 -Charles Manson is sentenced to death for the Sharon Tate murders.
*1975 -India 's firstsatellite Aryabhata is launched.
*1976 -Executive Order 9066 is rescinded.
*1985 - "Advance Australia Fair " is proclaimed as Australia'snational anthem , and green and gold as the national colours.
* 1985 -U.S.S.R performs nuclear test at EasternKazakhstan /Semipalatinsk U.S.S.R.
*1989 - Agun turret explodes on the USS "Iowa", killing 47 sailors.
*1993 - The 51-day siege of theBranch Davidian building outsideWaco, Texas , USA, ends when a fire breaks out. Eighty-one people die.
* 1993 - South Dakota governorGeorge Mickelson and seven others are killed when a state-owned aircraft crashed lands in Iowa.
*1995 -Oklahoma City bombing : TheAlfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City,Oklahoma , USA, is bombed, killing 168. That same day convicted murdererRichard Wayne Snell , who had ties to bombing suspectTimothy McVeigh , is executed inArkansas .
*1999 - The GermanBundestag returns toBerlin .
*2005 - Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger electedPope Benedict XVI on the second day of the Papal conclave.Births
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1603 -Michel le Tellier , French statesman (d.1685 )
*1658 -Johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine (d.1716 )
*1665 -Jacques Lelong , French bibliographer (d.1721 )
*1686 -Vasily Tatishchev , Russian statesman (d.1750 )
*1721 -Roger Sherman , signer of the U.S. Declaration of Independence (d.1793 )
*1785 -Alexandre Pierre François Boëly , French composer (d.1858 )
*1787 -Deaf Smith , American frontiersman and revolutionary (d.1837 )
*1793 - EmperorFerdinand I of Austria (d.1875 )
*1814 -Louis Amédée Achard , French novelist (d.1875 )
*1832 -José Echegaray y Eizaguirre , Spanish writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d.1916 )
*1874 -Ernst Rüdin , Swiss psychiatrist, geneticist, and eugenicist (d.1952 )
*1877 -Ole Evinrude , Norwegian-American inventor (d.1934 )
*1882 -Getúlio Vargas , President of Brazil (d.1954 )
*1883 -Richard von Mises , Austrian-born mathematician (d.1953 )
*1889 -Otto Georg Thierack , German jurist and politician (d.1946 )
*1892 -Germaine Tailleferre , French composer (d.1983 )
*1897 -Peter de Noronha , Indian businessman and philanthropist (d.1970 )
* 1897 -Constance Talmadge , American actress (d.1973 )
*1899 - George O'Brien, American actor (d.1985 )
*1900 - Richard Hughes, English novelist (d.1976 )
* 1900 -Roland Michener ,Governor General of Canada (d.1991 )
*1903 -Eliot Ness , American lawman (d.1957 )
*1912 -Glenn Seaborg , American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d.1999 )
*1922 -Erich Hartmann , German fighter pilot (d.1993 )
*1925 -Hugh O'Brian , American actor
*1928 -Alexis Korner , English musician (d.1984 )
*1930 -Dick Sargent , American actor (d.1994 )
*1931 -Garfield Morgan , English actor
* 1931 - Walter Stewart, Canadian journalist (d.2004 )
*1933 -Dickie Bird , English cricket umpire
* 1933 -Jayne Mansfield , American actress (d.1967 )
*1934 -Dickie Goodman , American producer of novelty songs (d.1989 )
*1935 -Dudley Moore , English actor, comedian and composer (d.2002 )
*1936 -Wilfried Martens ,Prime Minister of Belgium
*1937 -Elinor Donahue , American actress
* 1937 -Joseph Estrada , actor and 13thPresident of the Philippines
*1940 -Genya Ravan , American vocalist (Goldie & the Gingerbreads ,Ten Wheel Drive )
*1941 - Roberto Carlos, Brazilian singer
* 1941 -Bobby Russell , American songwriter (d.1992 )
* 1941 -Alan Price , English musician (The Animals , The Alan Price Set)
*1942 –Bas Jan Ader , Dutch artist (disappeared 1975).
* 1942 -Jack Roush , American racing entrepreneur
*1943 -Eve Graham , Scottish singer (The New Seekers )
*1944 -James Heckman , American economist, Bank of Sweden Prize
* 1944 -Bernie Worrell , American keyboardist (P Funk )
* 1944 -Keith Erickson , American basketball player
*1946 -Tim Curry , British actor
* 1946 -Mary Jo Slater , American casting director
*1947 -Murray Perahia , American pianist
* 1947 -Mark Volman , American musician (The Turtles )
*1948 - Rick Miller, American baseball player
*1949 -Paloma Picasso daughter of artistPablo Picasso
* 1949 -Larry Walters , American "lawn chair" pilot (d.1993 )
*1951 -Barry Brown , American actor and writer (d.1978 )
* 1951 -Jóannes Eidesgaard , Prime Minister of theFaroe Islands
*1952 -Alexis Arguello , Nicaraguan boxer
*1953 -Rod Morgenstein , American musician (Winger)
* 1953 -Ruby Wax , British television personality
*1954 -Trevor Francis , English footballer
*1954 -Bob Rock , Canadian record producer & musician (The Payolas )
*1957 -Mukesh Ambani , Indian businessman
*1960 -Roger Merrett , Australian footballer
* 1960 -John Schweitz , American basketball player and coach
* 1960 -Frank Viola , baseball player
*1962 -Al Unser, Jr. , American race car driver
*1963 -Valerie Plame Wilson , formerC.I.A. agent
*1965 -Natalie Dessay , French soprano
* 1965 -Suge Knight , American record producer
*1966 -Véronique Gens , French soprano
* 1966 -David La Haye , Canadian actor
* 1966 -Osamu Matsuda , Japanese professional wrestler
* 1966 -Julia Neigel , German singer and songwriter
*1967 -Steven H Silver , American science fiction editor
* 1967 -Dar Williams , American musician and songwriter
*1968 -Ashley Judd , American actress
* 1968 -Craig McNeil , American writer, lawyer, and military officer
* 1968 -Mswati III ,King of Swaziland
* 1968 -Pascal Kleiman , Spanish DJ, producer, musician
* 1968 -Arshad Warsi , Indian actor
*1969 - Jesse James, American television personality and motorcycle builder
* 1969 -Susan Polgar , Hungarian-born American chess player
*1970 -Kelly Holmes , English athlete
* 1970 - Luis Miguel, Mexican pop-singer
*1972 -Rivaldo , Brazilian footballer
* 1972 -Jeff Wilkins , American Football Player
*1974 -Akara Amarttayakul , Thai actor
*1975 -Jason Gillespie , Australian cricketer
* 1975 -Jussi Jääskeläinen , Finnish footballer
*1976 - Ruud Jolie, Dutch guitarist (Within Temptation )
* 1976 -Scott Padgett , American basketball player
*1977 -Joe Beimel , American baseball player
* 1977 -Lucien Mettomo , Cameroonian footballer
* 1977 -Dennys Reyes , Mexican baseball player
*1978 -James Franco , American actor
* 1978 -Gabriel Heinze , Argentinian footballer
* 1978 -Amanda Sage , American born visionary artist
*1979 -Kate Hudson , American actress
*1980 -Alexis Thorpe , American actress
*1981 -Hayden Christensen , Canadian actor
* 1981 -Martin Havlat , Czech hockey player
* 1981 -Kasie Head , American actress and model
* 1981 -Troy Polamalu , American football player
* 1981 -Catalina Sandino Moreno , Colombian actress
*1983 -Alberto Callaspo , Venezuelan baseball player
* 1983 -Zack Duke , American baseball player
* 1983 -Joe Mauer , American baseball player
* 1983 -Curtis Thigpen , American baseball player
*1984 -Lee Da Hae , South Korean actress
*1985 -Valon Behrami , Swiss Footballer
*1986 -Candace Parker , American basketball player
*1987 -Joe Hart , English Under-21 footballer
* 1987 -Maria Sharapova , Professional Tennis Player
* 1987 -Oksana Akinshina , Russian actress
* 1987 -Courtland Mead , American actor
* 1987 -Maria Sharapova , Russian tennis player
*1989 -Fiona MacGillivray , Canadian vocalist (The Cottars )
*1990 -Kim Chiu , Filipino actressDeaths
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1012 -Alphege ,Archbishop of Canterbury (b.954 )
*1054 -Pope Leo IX (b.1002 )
*1390 - KingRobert II of Scotland (b.1316 )
*1560 -Philipp Melanchthon , German humanist and reformer (b.1497 )
*1567 -Michael Stifel , German mathematician (b.1487 )
*1578 -Uesugi Kenshin , Japanese samurai and warlord (b.1530 )
*1588 -Paolo Veronese , Italian painter
*1608 -Thomas Sackville, 1st Earl of Dorset , English statesman and poet (b.1536 )
*1618 -Thomas Bastard , clergyman and epigrammatist (b.1565 or1566 )
*1627 - John Beaumont, English poet (b.1583 )
*1629 -Sigismondo d'India , Italian composer
*1684 - Roger Williams, English theologian and colonist (b.1603 )
*1686 -Antonio de Solís y Ribadeneyra , Spanish writer (b.1610 )
*1689 - QueenChristina of Sweden (b.1626 )
*1733 -Elizabeth Villiers , mistress ofWilliam III of England
*1739 -Nicholas Saunderson , English mathematician (b. 1682/3)
*1751 -Peter Lacy , Irish-born Russian Field marshal (b.1678 )
*1768 -Canaletto , Italian artist (b.1697 )
*1791 -Richard Price , Welsh philosopher (b.1723 )
*1813 -Benjamin Rush , physician, activist (b.1745 )
*1824 -George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron , English poet (b.1788 )
*1831 -Johann Gottlieb Friedrich von Bohnenberger , German mathematician (b.1765 )
*1840 -Jean-Jacques Lartigue , Roman catholic bishop of Montreal (b.1777 )
*1854 -Robert Jameson , Scottish naturalist (b.1774 )
*1881 - Benjamin Disraeli,Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b.1804 )
*1882 -Charles Darwin , English biologist (b.1809 )
*1892 - Fr. Thomas Dale SSC,Anglican clergyman prosecuted for Ritualist practices in the1870s (b.1821 )
*1901 -Alfred Horatio Belo , American newswriter and businessman (b.1839 )
*1906 -Pierre Curie , French physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b.1859 )
*1906 - Spencer Gore, British tennis player and cricketer (b.1850 )
*1914 -Charles Sanders Peirce , American philosopher and mathematician (b.1839 )
*1916 -Ephraim Shay , American inventor (b.1839 )
*1926 -Alexander Alexandrovich Chuprov , Russian statistician (b.1874 )
*1930 -Georges-Casimir Dessaulles , Canadian senator (b.1827 )
*1937 -William Martin Conway , British art critic and mountaineer (b.1856 )
*1949 -Ulrich Salchow , Swedish figure skater (b.1877 )
*1950 -Ernst Robert Curtius , Alsatian philologist (b.1886 )
*1967 -Konrad Adenauer , German statesman (b.1876 )
*1988 -Kwon Ki-ok , first Korean female pilot (b.1901 )
*1989 -Daphne du Maurier , British novelist (b.1907 )
*1991 -Stanley Hawes , British-born Australian film producer, director and administrator (b.1905 )
*1992 -Frankie Howerd , English comedian (b.1917 )
* 1992 -Benny Hill , English comic actor (b.1924 )
*1993 -David Koresh , leader ofBranch Davidians (b.1959 )
* 1993 -George S. Mickelson , American politician (b.1941 )
*1997 - El Duce, American singer and drummer (The Mentors ) (b.1958 )
*1998 -Octavio Paz , Mexican diplomat and writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b.1914 )
*1999 -David Sanes , US Navy employee
* 1999 -Hermine Braunsteiner , Nazi war criminal (b.1919 )
*2000 -Louis Applebaum , Canadian conductor and composer (b.1918 )
*2002 -Layne Staley ,Alice in Chains (b.1967 )
*2004 -Norris McWhirter , Scottish co-founder of the "Guinness Book of Records" (b.1925 )
* 2004 -John Maynard Smith , English biologist (b.1920 )
*2005 -Ruth Hussey , American actress (b.1911 )
* 2005 -Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen , Danish jazz bassist (b.1946 )
* 2005 -George Pan Cosmatos , Greek film director (b.1941 )
* 2005 -Clement Meadmore , Australian sculptor (b.1929 )
*2006 - Scott Crossfield, American pilot, first man to fly at Mach 2 (b.1921 )
*2006 -Zola Levitt , Messianic Jewish preacher (b.1938 )
*2007 -Jean-Pierre Cassel , French actor (b.1932 )
* 2007 -Helen Walton , wife of Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton (b.1919 )
*2008 -John Marzano , American baseball player (b.1963 )
* 2008 -Germaine Tillion , French anthropologist, member of French Resistance (b.1907 )
* 2008 -Alfonso López Trujillo , Cardinal of theRoman Catholic Church (b.1935 )Holidays and observances
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Bicycle Day .
*Declaration of Independence Day (Venezuela ).
*Dutch-American Friendship Day
*Easter Sunday 1908 ,1981 ,1987 ,1992 .
*Feast day of the followingsaint s in theRoman Catholic Church :
**Saint Emma
**George of Antioch
**Expeditus
**Alphege
*King Mswati III's birthday (Swaziland ).
*Landing of the 33 (Uruguay ).
*Patriots' Day (Traditional) (Massachusetts ,Maine , andWisconsin , USA).
*Primrose Day (England ) – primroses are placed on the statue of Benjamin Disraeli inParliament Square ,London on the anniversary of his death (1881 ).
*The Roman holiday ofCerealia ends. (Roman Empire )External links
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/april/19 BBC: On This Day]
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* [http://www1.sympatico.ca/cgi-bin/on_this_day?mth=Apr&day=19 On This Day in Canada] ----
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