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April 19
April 19 is under the sign of Aries.
Famous birthdays on this day include James Franco (1978), Evelyne Dheliat (1948) and Natalie Dessay (1965).
Several movies were released around April 19 over the years, such as The World of Apu in 1959 directed by Satyajit Ray and A Little Romance in 1979 directed by George Roy Hill.
But much more happened on April 19 over the years: find out below
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Movies
Which were the most popular Movies released around April 19 over the years?
The World of Apu
Release year: 1959
Directed by: Satyajit Ray
Starring: Soumitra Chatterjee, Sharmila Tagore, Alok Chakravarty, Swapan Mukherjee
Country: United States of America
A Little Romance
Release year: 1979
Directed by: George Roy Hill
Starring: Laurence Olivier, Diane Lane, Thelonious Bernard, Arthur Hill
The Window
Release year: 1949
Directed by: Ted Tetzlaff
Starring: Bobby Driscoll, Barbara Hale, Arthur Kennedy, Paul Stewart
Country: United States of America
Juarez
Release year: 1939
Directed by: William Dieterle
Starring: Paul Muni, Bette Davis, Brian Aherne, Claude Rains
Country: United States of America
Union Pacific
Release year: 1939
Directed by: Cecil B. DeMille
Starring: Barbara Stanwyck, Joel McCrea, Akim Tamiroff, Robert Preston
Country: United States of America
Historical Events
Which were the important events of April 19?
- 2019 A house deck collapses in Langley, British Columbia, Canada, injuring 40 people, twenty of them severely. (Global News)
- 2018 Syrian Civil War: Iraqi Air Force F-16 jets attack an Islamic State explosives factory and other positions inside Syria near the city of Hajin in coordination with the Syrian Armed Forces. (Reuters)
- 2017 South Thailand insurgency: Joint bomb and gun attacks kill at least two in Narathiwat, Pattani, and Songkhla Provinces of Thailand, the latest in a long string of such attacks. (Reuters)
- 2016 War in Afghanistan: April 2016 Kabul attack: A large explosion is reported in the Afghan capital Kabul a week after the Taliban declared the start of their annual spring offensive. The target was an Afghan government security compound with at least 28 people reported killed and more than 200 others injured. (Times of India), (AP via Fox News)The United Nations Security Council condemns today's attack in Kabul by the Taliban. (AP via The Washington Post)
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Events
- James Franco: American actor.
- Evelyne Dheliat
- Natalie Dessay: French soprano and opera star, she sang...
- Kate Hudson: American actress seen in the films "Dr....
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Famous Birthday
- Jean-Pierre Cassel: French actor and father of a noted...
- Frankie Howerd: Actor (Carry on Doctor, Up the Front),...
- Germaine Tillion: French anthropologist, member of French...
- Louis Applebaum: Canadian composer, conductor and...
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Famous Deaths
Music charts
Which were the top hits in that special week of April 19 over the years?
- 2017 Ed Sheeran - Shape Of You
- 2016 Work - Rihanna Featuring Drake
- 2015 Uptown Funk! - Mark Ronson Featuring Bruno Mars
- 2014 Pharrell Williams - Happy
- 2013 Bruno Mars - When I Was Your Man
- 2012 Fun. - We Are Young
- 2011 Katy Perry - E.T.
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2010
Rihanna - Rude Boy
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2009
The Black Eyed Peas - Boom Boom Pow
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2008
Mariah Carey - Touch My Body
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Top #1 songs in the USA
- 2017 Believer - Imagine Dragons
- 2016 twenty one pilots - Stressed Out
- 2015 Shut Up And Dance - WALK THE MOON
- 2014 Bastille - Pompeii
- 2013 Imagine Dragons - Radioactive
- 2012 Somebody That I Used To Know - Gotye Featuring Kimbra
- 2011 Rope - Foo Fighters
- 2010 Stone Temple Pilots - Between The Lines
Top #1 Rock songs
Books
Which were the most popular books released around April 19 over the years?
The Gift Of Peace
Year: 1997
By: Joseph Cardinal Bernardin
Joseph Cardinal Bernardin's gentle leadership throughout his life of ministerial service had made him an internationally beloved figure, but the words he left behind about his final journey would change the
Assembling California
Year: 1993
By: John McPhee
At various times in a span of fifteen years, John McPhee made geological field surveys in the company of Eldridge Moores, a tectonicist at the University of California at Davis.
Rainbow On The Road
Year: 1954
By: Esther Forbes
First printing in VG+ condition. Shelf wear at the base of the spine and the bottoms of the boards. Small bumps to the outer tips. Name written on the upper right corner of the front fly.
Probe
Year: 1992
By: Margaret Wander Bonanno
Star Trek quarter century. Now Bonanno presents Star Trek IV--the most popular Star Trek movie of them all. Kirk, Spock and their shipmates find themselves headed for a final confrontation not
The Scapegoat
Year: 1957
By: Daphne du Maurier
"Someone jolted my elbow as I drank and said, 'Je vous demande pardon,' and as I moved to give him space he turned and stared at me and I at him,