April 19

Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened throughout history on April 19. From 1900 until now. 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 Citizen Kane in 1941 directed by Orson Welles and Yojimbo in 1961 directed by Akira Kurosawa.
But much more happened on April 19 over the years: find out below

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Holidays

Republic Day (Sierra Leone).
Declaration of Independence Day (Venezuela).
Easter Sunday 1908, 1981, 1987, 1992. In the Gregorian Calendar Easter Sunday falls on 19 April more often than on any other date.
Bicycle Day.
The Roman holiday of Cerealia ends. (Roman Empire)
Primrose Day (England) ? primroses are placed on the statue of Benjamin Disraeli in Parliament Square, London on the anniversary of his death (1881).
Expeditus
Ursmar
George of Antioch
Feast day of the following saints in the Roman Catholic Church: Saint Emma
Landing of the 33 (Uruguay).
Patriot's Day (Massachusetts, Maine, and Wisconsin, USA).
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Events

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)
2015 Internal conflict in Burma: Myanmar says it has lost 126 soldiers in clashes with the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army in Kokang since early February. (Xinhua)
2014 2014 South Korean ferry capsizing:: The death toll of the accident rises to 32 as two bodies are found in the sea and three in a cabin of the ferry, which became fully submerged yesterday. (Yonhap)The South Korean government considers declaring a special disaster zone in Ansan. (Yonhap)
2013 The Boston Police Department chases two carjacking suspects in the MIT shooting death of a campus policeman to the nearby suburb of Watertown where, after a gunfight that included explosives, an MBTA officer is injured, one suspect is dead, and the other flees but is later captured. (Boston Herald)
2012 Arab Spring:
2011 Hamas fatally shoots two of the suspects in last weeks' murder of Italian pro-Palestinian activist Vittorio Arrigoni in Gaza. (Al Jazeera)
2010 The US Mint releases the first coin in the new 26-coin America the Beautiful quarter dollar coin program to circulation. The 2010-dated coin honors Hot Springs National Park in Arkansas.
2009 Eight corrections officers are killed in an ambush during a prisoner transfer in Nayarit, Mexico. (AP via Google)
2008 Muqtada al-Sadr threatens a new rebellion if a United States-Iraqi crackdown against his followers continues. (''Sunday Herald'')
2007 US and allied air forces conduct massive exercises over South Korea with over 500 planes.
2006 The Italian Supreme Court has confirmed the victory of centre-left opposition candidate Romano Prodi in last week's contested Italian general election, 2006, dismissing complaints by Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi that the vote was marred by irregularities. (BBC) (Reuters)
2005 The US Mint announces plans to produce 24-karat gold bullion coins in 2006.
2004 Ten Iraqi Kurds and North Africans are arrested by UK police on suspicion of violating the Terrorism Act 2000. The arrests are made in dawn raids in Greater Manchester and other parts of the North and Midlands. (BBC)
2003 Nigeria holds a presidential election.
1999 The US Navy kills a civilian guard in the Naval Base at Vieques, an island east of Puerto Rico which the Navy has used since 1943. The death of the civilian officer sparks off a civil disobedience campaign throughout the island of Puerto Rico to protest the presence of the Navy on the island.
1998 59th PGA Seniors Golf Championship
1997 Renee Slaughter, crowned 14th Miss Hawaiian Tropic International
1996 Rangers scores 16 in 8th vs. Orioles
1995 Chopper 4 1st used on WNBC TV (NYC) news
1994 15th Emmy Sports Award presentation
1993 Branch Davidians in Waco Texas commit suicide after 51 day siege
1992 4 Baboons Adoring the Sun closes at Beaumont NYC after 38 performances
1991 Evander Holyfield beats George Foreman in 12 for heavywgt boxing title
1990 Contra guerrillas, leftist Sandinistas and incoming government agree to truce in Nicaragua's civil war.
1989 Republic Day in Sierra Leone
1987 Gregory Robertson does 200-mph free fall to save unconscious skydiver.
1986 Michael Spinks beats Larry Holmes in 15 rounds for heavyweight boxing title.
1985 16th Space Shuttle Mission (51-D) - Discovery 4 returns to Earth
1984 Nemesis, death star of dinosaurs 1st appears in print (Nature Magazine)
1982 Guinon Bluford announced as 1st black Astronaut
1981 Oakland Athletics runs record to 11-0
1979 FCC raids and shuts down pirate radio station WFAT (Brooklyn NY)
1978 Yitzhak Navron elected fifth President of Israel.
1976 80th Boston Marathon won by Jack Fultz of Washington DC in 2:20:19.
1975 India launches 1st satellite with help of the USSR
1974 Oriole Al Bumbry hits an inside-the-park HR against New York Yankees
1973 Barbra Streisand records Between Yesterday & Tomorrow
1972 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
1971 Charles Manson is sentenced to death for conspiracy to commit the Tate/LaBianca murders.
1970 Look to the Lilies closes at Lunt-Fontanne NYC after 25 performances
1968 72nd Boston Marathon won by Amby Burfoot of Connecticut in 2:22:17 (first American to win since 1957).
1967 Casino Royale premieres
1966 Roberta Bignay becomes 1st woman to run in the Boston Marathon
1965 T.A.M.I. Show premieres in London
1964 Rightist coup in Laos, Suvanna Phuma remains premier.
1963 Hot Spot opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 43 performances
1962 NASA civilian pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 46,900m
1961 65th Boston Marathon won by Eino Oksanen of Finland in 2:23:39.
1960 64th Boston Marathon won by Paavo Kotila of Finland in 2:20:54.
1959 Uprising in La Paz, Bolivia, fails.
1958 62nd Boston Marathon won by Franjo Mihalic of Yugoslavia in 2:25:54.
1956 1st ML baseball game in NJ, Dodgers beat Phils in Roosevelt Stadium
1955 59th Boston Marathon won by Hideo Hamamura of Japan in 2:18:22.
1954 7-time winner of Boston Marathon, 65-year-old Clarence Demar, runs his last race at Boston finishing 78th
1953 WAFB TV channel 9 in Baton Rouge, LA (CBS) begins broadcasting
1952 56th Boston Marathon won by Doroteo Flores of Guatemala in 2:31:53.
1951 Tree Grows in Brooklyn opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 267 performances
1950 54th Boston Marathon won by Kee Yong Ham of Korea in 2:32:39.
1949 53rd Boston Marathon won by Gosta Leandersson of Sweden in 2:31:50.8.
1948 ABC-TV network begins in the US.
1947 Suh Yun Buck wins world record marathon (2:25:39)
1945 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical Carousel opens on Broadway
1944 Allied fleet attack Sabang Sumatra.
1943 Jews attack Nazi occupation forces at Warsaw Ghetto
1942 46th Boston Marathon won by Joe Smith of Massachusetts in 2:26:51.2.
1941 45th Boston Marathon won by Leslie Pawson of Rhode Island in 2:30:38.
1940 Lake Shore Ltd train derails, killing 34 near Little Falls, New York.
1939 Connecticut finally approves Bill of Rights (148 years late).
1938 42nd Boston Marathon won by Leslie Pawson of Rhode Island in 2:35:34.8.
1937 41st Boston Marathon won by Walter Young of Canada in 2:33:20.
1936 Anti-Jewish riots break out in Palestine.
1935 39th Boston Marathon won by John A Kelley of Massachusetts in 2:32:07.4.
1934 Shirley Temple appears in her 1st movie, Stand Up & Cheer
1933 FDR announces US will leave gold standard
1932 US President Herbert Hoover suggests five-day work week.
1930 34th Boston Marathon won by Clarence DeMar (his 7th win) of Massachusetts in 2:34:48.2.
1929 33rd Boston Marathon won by Johnny Miles of Canada in 2:33:08.6.
1928 Japanese troops occupies Sjantung-schiereiland
1927 Vagabond King opens in London
1926 30th Boston Marathon won by Johnny Miles of Canada in 2:25:40.4.
1924 National Barn Dance premieres on WLS Chicago
1923 New Egyptian law allows suffrage for men, except soldiers.
1922 26th Boston Marathon won by Clarence DeMar of Massachusetts in 2:18 10.
1921 Funeral of last German Emperoress, Augusta Victoria.
1920 24th Boston Marathon won by Peter Trivoulidas of Greece in 2:29:31.
1919 Opera Monsieur Beaucaire is produced (London)
1917 21st Boston Marathon won by Bill Kennedy of New York in 2:28:37.2.
1916 Italians troops conquer Colonel di Lana at Merano.
1915 19th Boston Marathon won by Edouard Fabre of Canada in 2:31:41.2.
1913 17th Boston Marathon won by Fritz Carlson of Minnesota in 2:25:14.8.
1912 16th Boston Marathon won by Mike Ryan of New York in 2:21:18.2.
1911 15th Boston Marathon won by Clarence DeMar of Massachusetts in 2:21:39.6.
1910 14th Boston Marathon won by Fred Cameron of Canada in 2:28:52.4.
1909 13th Boston Marathon won by Henri Renaud of New Hampshire in 2:53:36.8.
1907 11th Boston Marathon won by Tom Longboat of Canada in 2:24:24.
1906 San Francisco earthquake ends killing 452
1905 9th Boston Marathon won by Fred Lorz of New York in 2:38:25.4.
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