April 19 is the 109th day of the year (110th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. International holidays March 2 - Mothering Sunday (Britain March 7 - Nyepi (Indonesia International holidays and other major events April 1 - April Fools' Day April 4 - Qingming Festival (Mainland International holidays May 1 - Labour Day ( Pakistan) May 1 - Labour Day ( Singapore) Events 527 - Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne Events 68 - Galba, Governor of Hispania, names himself legatus senatus populique Romani, breaking the line of Events 1043 - Edward the Confessor is crowned King of England. Events 1581 - Francis Drake completes a circumnavigation of the world and is knighted by Elizabeth I. Events 456 - St Patrick returns to Ireland as a missionary bishop Events 46 BC - Julius Caesar defeats Caecilius Metellus Scipio and Marcus Porcius Cato in the Battle of Thapsus Events 529 - First draft of Corpus Juris Civilis (a fundamental work in Jurisprudence) is issued by Eastern Roman Emperor Events 217 - Roman Emperor Caracalla is Assassinated (and succeeded by his Praetorian Events 193 - Septimius Severus is proclaimed Roman Emperor by the army in Illyricum (in the Balkans) Events 879 - Louis III becomes King of the Western Franks. 1407 - the lama Events 491 - Flavius Anastasius becomes Byzantine Emperor, with the name of Anastasius I. Events 467 - Anthemius is elevated to Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. Events 1111 - Henry V is crowned Holy Roman Emperor. 1204 - The Fourth Crusade sacks Constantinople Events 43 BC - Battle of Forum Gallorum: Mark Antony, besieging Julius Caesar 's assassin Decimus Junius Brutus in Events 1450 - Battle of Formigny: Toward the end of the Hundred Years' War, the French attack and nearly annihilate English Events 1178 BC - A Solar eclipse may have marked the return of Odysseus, legendary King of Ithaca, to his kingdom Events 69 - After the First Battle of Bedriacum, Vitellius becomes Roman Emperor. Events 1025 - Bolesław Chrobry is crowned in Gniezno, becoming the first King of Poland. Events 1303 - The University of Rome La Sapienza is instituted by Pope Boniface VIII. Events 753 BC - Romulus and Remus found Rome ( traditional date) Events 1500 - Portuguese Navigator Pedro Álvares Cabral becomes the first European to sight Brazil. Events 215 BC - A temple is built on the Capitoline Hill dedicated to Venus Erycina to commemorate the Roman defeat at Events 1479 BC - Thutmose III ascends to the throne of Egypt, although power effectively shifts to Hatshepsut (according to Events 1607 - Eighty Years' War: The Dutch fleet destroys the anchored Spanish fleet at Gibraltar. Events 1467 - The miraculous image in Our Lady of Good Counsel appear in Genazzano, Italy. Events 1124 - David I becomes King of Scotland. 1296 - Battle of Dunbar: The Scots are defeated Events 1192 - Assassination of Conrad of Montferrat (Conrad I King of Jerusalem, in Tyre, two days after his title Events 1429 - Joan of Arc arrives to relieve the Siege of Orleans. Events 313 - Roman emperor Licinius unifies the entire Eastern Roman Empire under his rule 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common International holidays and other major events April 1 - April Fools' Day April 4 - Qingming Festival (Mainland April 2007 is the fourth month of that year It began on a Sunday and 30 days later ended on a Monday. Stories without links will be removed'. News stories must be in English 2004: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September April 2002: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September April 2001: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September April 2000: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September A leap year (or intercalary year) is a year containing one or more extra days (or in the case of Lunisolar calendars an extra month in order to keep the The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used Calendar in the world today There are 256 days remaining until the end of the year.

In the Gregorian Calendar, Easter Sunday falls on 19 April more often than on any other date. The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used Calendar in the world today Easter ( Greek: Πάσχα Pascha or Pasxa) is the most important religious feast in the Christian Liturgical year.

Events

• 1012 - Martyrdom of St. Alphege in Greenwich, London. The term martyr ( Greek μάρτυς martys "witness" is most commonly used today to describe an individual who sacrifices their life (or personal freedom Saint Alphege (also spelt "Alfege" is the commonly used name for Ælfheah (954 &ndash 19 April 1012 an Anglo-Saxon Bishop of Winchester Greenwich ( ˈɡrɛnɪtʃ GREN-itch /ˈɡrɛnɪdʒ/ GREN-idge or /ˈɡrɪnɪdʒ/ GRIN-idge is a district in south-east London,
• 1529 - At the Second Diet of Speyer, a group of rulers (German: Fürst) and independent cities (German: Reichsstadt) protests the reinstatement of the Edict of Worms, beginning the Protestant movement. The Second Diet of Speyer was convened in March 1529, for action against the Turks, whose armies were pressing forward in Hungary and would besiege The German language (de ''Deutsch'') is a West Germanic language and one of the world's major languages. (plural Fürsten) is a German title of nobility, usually translated into English as Prince. The German language (de ''Deutsch'') is a West Germanic language and one of the world's major languages. In the Holy Roman Empire, a free imperial city (in German: freie Reichsstadt) was a City formally ruled by the Emperor only &mdash The Diet of Worms (Reichstag zu Worms was a general assembly of the estates of the Holy Roman Emperor that took place in Worms, a small town Protestantism refers to the forms of Christian faith and practice that originated in the 16th century Protestant Reformation.
• 1587 - Sir Francis Drake sinks the Spanish fleet in Cádiz harbor. Sir is an Honorific used as a title (see Knight) and in several other modern contexts Sir Francis Drake, Vice Admiral, (c 1540 &ndash 27 January 1595 was an English Privateer, navigator, Slaver, and politician Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Cádiz ( Spanish:) is a city and port in southwestern Spain. It is the capital of the province of the same name, a province which is one of eight
• 1713 - With no living male heirs, Emperor Charles VI issues the Pragmatic Sanction of 1713 to ensure that Habsburg lands and the Austrian throne would be inherited by his daughter, Maria Theresa (not actually born until 1717). Year 1713 ( MDCCXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a "Heir" and "Heiress" redirect here For the men and women fragrances endorsed by Paris Hilton see Heiress (fragrance. An emperor (from the Latin " Imperator " is a (male Monarch, usually the sovereign ruler of an Empire or another type of Charles VI (German Karl VI) ( October 1, 1685 &ndash October 20, 1740) was Holy Roman Emperor, King of Bohemia The Pragmatic Sanction of 1713, a legal mechanism designed to ensure that the Austrian throne and Habsburg lands would be inherited by Emperor Charles VI Habsburg Monarchy (alternatively Habsburg Empire) refers to the territories ruled by the Austrian branch of the House of Habsburg, and then by the successor "Heir" and "Heiress" redirect here For the men and women fragrances endorsed by Paris Hilton see Heiress (fragrance. Maria Theresa (Maria Theresia see also names in other languages; May 13, 1717 November 29 1780) was the Archduchess regnant Year 1717 ( MDCCXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a
• 1775 - American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Lexington and Concord which began the American Revolutionary War. Year 1775 ( MDCCLXXV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a In this article the inhabitants of the thirteen colonies that supported the American Revolution are primarily referred to as "Americans" with occasional references to "Patriots" The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War. In this article the inhabitants of the thirteen colonies that supported the American Revolution are primarily referred to as "Americans" with occasional references to "Patriots"
• 1782 - John Adams secured the Dutch Republic's recognition of the United States as an independent government and the house that he purchased in The Hague, Netherlands became the first American embassy. Year 1782 ( MDCCLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common John Adams (October 30 1735 July 4 1826 was one of the most influential Founding Fathers of the United States. "United Netherlands" redirects here For the "Kingdom of the United Netherlands" see United Kingdom of the Netherlands. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The Netherlands ( Dutch:, ˈnedərlɑnt is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which consists of the Netherlands the Netherlands Benjamin Franklin established the first overseas mission of the United States in Paris in 1779
• 1809 - The army of Austria attacks and is defeated by the forces of the Duchy of Warsaw in the Battle of Raszyn, part of the struggles of the Fifth Coalition. Year 1809 ( MDCCCIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Austria (Österreich ( officially the Republic of Austria (Republik Österreich The Duchy of Warsaw (Księstwo Warszawskie Duché de Varsovie Herzogtum Warschau Варшавское герцогство was a Polish state established by Napoleon The first Battle of Raszyn was fought on April 19, 1809 between armies of the Austrian Empire and the Duchy of Warsaw as a part of the War The War of the Fifth Coalition in 1809 pitted a coalition of the Austrian Empire and the United Kingdom against Napoleon 's French Empire and
• 1810 - Venezuela achieves home rule: Vicente Emparan, Governor of the Captaincy General is removed by the people of Caracas and a Junta is installed. Year 1810 ( MDCCCX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Venezuela (ˌvɛnəˈzweɪlə) officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (Spanish República Bolivariana de Venezuela) is a country on the Vicente Emparán ( sometimes Emparan) was a Spanish Captain General, born in Azpeitia, Guipúzcoa in 1747 A governor is a governing official usually the executive (at least nominally to different degrees also politically and administratively of a non-sovereign level of government A captaincy is a historical Administrative division of the former Spanish and Portuguese Colonial empires Each was governed by a Captain Caracas (kaˈɾakas is the Capital and largest city of Venezuela.
• 1839 - The Treaty of London establishes Belgium as a kingdom. Year 1839 ( MDCCCXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common The Treaty of London, also called the First Treaty of London or the Convention of 1839, was a Treaty signed on 19 April 1839 between The Kingdom of Belgium is a Country in northwest Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts its headquarters as well as those
• 1861 - American Civil War: Baltimore riot of 1861, a pro-Secession mob in Baltimore, Maryland, attacks United States Army troops marching through the city. Year 1861 ( MDCCCLXI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Causes of the war See also Origins of the American Civil War, Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War The coexistence of a slave-owning South The Baltimore riot of 1861 (also called the Pratt Street Riot and the Pratt Street Massacre) was an incident that took place Secession (derived from the Latin term secessio is the act of withdrawing from an organization union or especially a political entity The United States Army is a military organization whose primary mission is to "provide necessary forces and capabilities.
• 1892 - Charles Duryea claims to have driven the first automobile in the United States, in Springfield, Massachusetts. Year 1892 ( MDCCCXCII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Charles Edgar Duryea ( December 15, 1861 &ndash September 28, 1938) was a manufacturer of Motor vehicles He was born near Canton The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Springfield is a City in and the County seat of Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States.
• 1904 - Much of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, is destroyed by fire. Year 1904 ( MCMIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting on Toronto (təˈrɒntoʊ colloquially pronounced or) is the largest city in Canada and is the provincial capital of Ontario Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page
• 1909 - Joan of Arc receives beatification. Year 1909 ( MCMIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Joan of Arc (c 1412 Joan asserted that she had visions from God that told her to recover her homeland from English domination late in the Hundred Years' Beatification (from Latin beatus, blessed via Greek μακάριος makarios) is a recognition accorded by the Catholic church
• 1919 - Leslie Irvin of the United States makes the first successful voluntary free-fall parachute jump using a new kind of self-contained parachute. Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Leslie Irvin may refer to Leslie Irvin (parachutist, a parachutist who made the first free-fall parachute jump Leslie Irvin (serial killer The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Free fall is motion with no Acceleration other than that provided by Gravity. A parachute is a device used to slow the motion of an object through an atmosphere by creating drag.
• 1927 - Mae West is sentenced to 10 days in jail for obscenity for her play Sex. Year 1927 ( MCMXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Mae West (August 17 1893 &ndash November 22 1980 was an American actress, Playwright, Screenwriter, and Sex symbol. Obscenity (in Latin obscenus, meaning "foul repulsive detestable" is a term that is most often used in a legal context to Sex is a 1926 play, written by and starring Mae West. It was very popular for about a year before the New York Police Department raided West
• 1928 - The 125th and final fascicle of the Oxford English Dictionary is published. Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Oxford English Dictionary ( OED) published by the Oxford University Press (OUP is a comprehensive Dictionary of the English
• 1934 - Shirley Temple debuts in Stand Up and Cheer. Year 1934 ( MCMXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Shirley Jane Temple (born April 23, 1928) is an Academy Award -winning Actress and Tap dancer, most famous for being an iconic Stand Up and Cheer was a Television series in the United States which ran in syndication for three consecutive seasons beginning in 1971 hosted by
• 1936 - First day of the Great Uprising in Palestine. Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The 1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine was an uprising during the British mandate by Arabs in Palestine which lasted from 1936 to 1939 The Palestine Mandate, was a set of protocols or articles that formed a multilateral legal and administrative agreement
• 1942 – World War II: In Poland, the Majdan-Tatarski ghetto is established, situated between the Lublin ghetto and a Majdanek subcamp. Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including Poland (Polska officially the Republic of Poland A ghetto is described as a "portion of a city in which members of a minority group live especially because of social legal or economic pressure Majdanek was a Nazi Concentration camp on the outskirts of Lublin, Poland.
• 1943 - World War II: In Poland, German troops enter the Warsaw ghetto to round up the remaining Jews, beginning the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. The Warsaw Ghetto was the largest of the Jewish Ghettos located in the territory of General Government during World War II, established by PLEASE TAKE NOTE************ The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising (German "Aufstand im Warschauer Ghetto", Polish "Powstanie w getcie warszawskim") was the Jewish
• 1943 - Bicycle Day – Swiss chemist Dr. Albert Hofmann deliberately takes LSD for the first time. The Psychedelic drug / Entheogen LSD was first synthesized by the Swiss chemist Albert Hofmann in the Sandoz (now Novartis Switzerland (English pronunciation; Schweiz Swiss German: Schwyz or Schwiiz Suisse Svizzera Svizra officially the Swiss Confederation Doctor ( gen: doctoris) means teacher in Latin. The word is originally an Agentive noun of the verb docēre ('teach' Albert Hofmann ( January 11 1906 – April 29 2008) was a Swiss scientist best known for having been the first to synthesize
• 1945 - The diplomatic relations between the Soviet Union and Guatemala are established. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Diplomacy is the art and practice of conducting Negotiations between representatives of groups or states The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991 Guatemala (República de Guatemala) is a country in Central America bordered by Mexico to the north and west the Pacific Ocean to the southwest
• 1950 - Argentina becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty. Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Argentina topics. The Buenos Aires Convention is a Copyright Treaty signed at Buenos Aires on 1910-04-11 which provides for the mutual recognition of copyrights Copyright is a legal concept enacted by Governments, giving the creator of an original work of authorship Exclusive rights to control its distribution usually for A Treaty is an agreement under International law entered into by actors in international law namely States and International organizations.
• 1951 - General Douglas MacArthur retires from the military. Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January General MacArthur redirects here for other meanings see General MacArthur (disambiguation.
• 1954 - Constituent Assembly of Pakistan decides Urdu and Bengali to be national languages of Pakistan. Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) The Constituent Assembly of Pakistan was formed to write Pakistan 's constitution and serve as its first Parliament. Urdu ( ur '''{{Nastaliq اردو}}''' trans Urdū, historically spelled Ordu) is a Central Indo-Aryan language Urdu is a standardised A national language is a Language (or language variant, ie Dialect) which has some connection - de facto or de jure - with Pakistan () officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country located in South Asia, Southwest Asia, Middle East and
• 1955 - The German automaker Volkswagen, after six years of selling cars in the United States, founds Volkswagen of America in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey to standardize its dealer and service network. Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) Volkswagen Group of America Inc (sometimes referred to as Volkswagen of America, abbreviated to VWoA) is the United States operational headquarters Englewood Cliffs is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. New Jersey ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States.
• 1956 - Actress Grace Kelly marries Rainier III of Monaco. Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works Grace Patricia Kelly (later Grace Princess of Monaco; November 12 1929 &ndash September 14 1982 was an Academy Award -winning American film and Rainier III Prince of Monaco (Rainier Louis Henri Maxence Bertrand Grimaldi 31 May 1923 &ndash 6 April 2005) styled His Serene Highness
• 1960 - Students in South Korea hold a nationwide pro-democracy protest against their president Syngman Rhee, eventually forcing him to resign. Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea and often referred to as Korea ( Korean: 대한민국 tɛː President is a Title leaders of Organizations companies, Trade unions universities, and countries. Syngman Rhee or Yi Seungman ( March 26, 1875 – July 19, 1965) was the first president of South Korea.
• 1961 - The Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba ends in success for the defenders. Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Bay of Pigs Invasion (aka Playa Girón) was an unsuccessful attempt by a U The Republic of Cuba (ˈkjuːbə or) consists of the island of Cuba (the largest and second-most populous island of the Greater Antilles) Isla de la
• 1971 - Sierra Leone becomes a republic, and Siaka Stevens the president. Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Sierra Leone, officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country in West Africa. A republic is a State or Country that is not led by a hereditary Monarch, but in which the people (or at least a part of its people have impact on its Siaka Probyn Stevens ( 24 August 1905 &ndash 29 May 1988) was the Prime minister and later president of the Republic of Sierra The President of Sierra Leone is the Head of state and the Head of government of Sierra Leone, as well as the Commander-in-chief of the
• 1971 - Vietnam War: Vietnam Veterans Against the War begin a five-day demonstration in Washington, DC. The Vietnam War, also known as the Second Indochina War, or the Vietnam Conflict, occurred in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia Vietnam Veterans Against the War ( VVAW) is a tax-exempt Non-profit organization and Corporation, originally created to oppose the Vietnam War Washington DC ( formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D
• 1971 - Launch of Salyut 1, first human-made space station. Salyut 1 (DOS-1 ( Салют-1; English translation Salute 1) was the first space station of any kind and the first Soviet Space station A space station is an artificial structure designed for Humans to live in Outer space.
• 1971 - Charles Manson is sentenced to death for the Sharon Tate murders.
• 1975 - India's first satellite Aryabhata is launched. Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country This article is about artificial satellites For natural satellites also known as moons see Natural satellite. Aryabhata was India's first satellite named after the great Indian astronomer of the same name
• 1976 - Executive Order 9066 is rescinded. Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. United States Executive Order 9066 was a presidential executive order issued during World War II by U
• 1985 - Advance Australia Fair is proclaimed as Australia's national anthem, and green and gold as the national colours. Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) " Advance Australia Fair " is the official National anthem of Australia. A national anthem is a generally patriotic musical composition that evokes and eulogizes the history traditions and struggles of its people recognized either by a nation's
• 1985 - U.S.S.R performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalatinsk U.S.S.R.

Heavy smoke pours from USS Iowa’s #2 Turret following an internal explosion

• 1989 - A gun turret explodes on the USS Iowa, killing 47 sailors. The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991 A nuclear weapon is an explosive device that derives its destructive force from Nuclear reactions either fission or a combination of fission and fusion. Kazakhstan, also Kazakstan ( Қазақстан, Qazaqstan, qɑzɑqˈstɑn Казахстан, Kazakhstán,) officially the Semey ( Семей; also transliterated as Semij or Semei, and known by its former name of Semipalatinsk (Семипалатинск The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991 Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) A gun turret is a device that protects the crew or mechanism of a projectile firing weapon and at the same time lets the weapon be aimed and fired in many directions The USS Iowa turret explosion was an explosion that occurred in the Number Two 16-inch gun turret of the United States Navy Battleship USS Construction See also Iowa class battleship, Armament of the Iowa class battleship Iowa was the lead ship of her class of "
• 1993 - The 51-day siege of the Branch Davidian building outside Waco, Texas, USA, ends when a fire breaks out. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) The Waco Siege (also known as the Waco Massacre) took place on February 28 The Branch Davidians are a Sect that originated from a schism in 1955 from the Davidian Seventh Day Adventists, themselves former members of the Waco (ˈweɪkoʊ is a city in and the County seat of McLennan County, Texas. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Eighty-one people die.
• 1993 - South Dakota governor George Mickelson and seven others are killed when a state-owned aircraft crashed lands in Iowa. George Speaker Mickelson ( January 31, 1941 April 19, 1993) was an American politician from the U
• 1995 - Oklahoma City bombing: The Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA, is bombed, killing 168. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 The Oklahoma City bombing was a domestic terrorist attack on April 19 1995 aimed at the U The Alfred P Murrah Federal Building was a United States Federal Government complex located at 200 N Oklahoma City is the capital and largest city of the US state of Oklahoma. Oklahoma ( is a state located in the South Central region of the United States of America. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the That same day convicted murderer Richard Wayne Snell, who had ties to bombing suspect Timothy McVeigh, is executed in Arkansas. Richard Wayne Snell (1931 &ndash April 19, 1995) was a convicted Murderer Executed in Arkansas for killing two individuals Timothy James McVeigh ( April 23, 1968 &ndash June 11, 2001) was a United States Army veteran and security guard who bombed Arkansas ( is a state located in the southern region of the United States.
• 1999 - The German Bundestag returns to Berlin. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. The Bundestag ("Federal Diet " or "Lower House of German Parliament" is the Parliament of Germany. Berlin is the capital city and one of sixteen states of Germany.
• 2005 - Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger elected Pope Benedict XVI on the second day of the Papal conclave. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. A cardinal is a senior ecclesiastical official usually a bishop, of the Catholic Church. Pope Benedict XVI ( Latin: Benedictus PP XVI; Italian: Benedetto XVI; German: Benedikt XVI; born Joseph Alois Ratzinger Papal election process for 2005 See also Papal election Presiding over the conclave was the Dean of the College of Cardinals, Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger

Births

• 1603 - Michel le Tellier, French statesman (d. Michel le Tellier ( April 19, 1603 - October 30, 1685) was a French Statesman. 1685)
• 1658 - Johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine (d. Johann Wilhelm II Elector Palatine, also known as Johann Wilhelm von Pfalz-Neuburg, ( April 19, 1658 &ndash June 8, 1716) was 1716)
• 1665 - Jacques Lelong, French bibliographer (d. Year 1716 ( MDCCXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Jacques Lelong ( April 19, 1665 &ndash August 13, 1721) French Bibliographer, was born at Paris. 1721)
• 1686 - Vasily Tatishchev, Russian statesman (d. Year 1721 ( MDCCXXI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Vasily Nikitich Tatishchev (Васи́лий Ники́тич Тати́щев April 19, 1686 - July 15 1750)
• 1721 - Roger Sherman, signer of the U. Year 1750 ( MDCCL) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1721 ( MDCCXXI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Roger Sherman ( April 19, 1721 ( JC) April 30, 1721 ( GC) July 23, 1793) was an early S. Declaration of Independence (d. 1793)
• 1785 - Alexandre Pierre François Boëly, French composer (d. Year 1793 ( MDCCXCIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1785 ( MDCCLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Alexandre Pierre François Boëly ( Versailles, April 19 1785 - Paris, December 27, 1858) was a French Composer 1858)
• 1793 - Emperor Ferdinand I of Austria (d. Year 1858 ( MDCCCLVIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1793 ( MDCCXCIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Ferdinand ( April 19, 1793 &ndash June 29, 1875) was Emperor of Austria as Ferdinand I, King of Hungary and Croatia and Archduke 1875)
• 1814 - Louis Amédée Achard, French novelist (d. Year 1875 ( MDCCCLXXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1814 ( MDCCCXIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Louis Amédée Eugène Achard ( April 19, 1814, Marseille –1875 Paris) was a prolific French Novelist. 1875)
• 1832 - José Echegaray y Eizaguirre, Spanish writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. Year 1875 ( MDCCCLXXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1832 ( MDCCCXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian José Echegaray y Eizaguirre ( April 19, 1832 Madrid, Spain — September 14, 1916) was a Spanish Civil The Nobel Prize in Literature (Nobelpriset i litteratur is awarded annually since 1901 to an author from any country who has in the words from the will of Alfred 1916)
• 1874 - Ernst Rüdin, Swiss psychiatrist, geneticist, and eugenicist (d. Year 1916 ( MCMXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1874 ( MDCCCLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Ernst Rüdin ( April 19, 1874 - October 22, 1952) was a Swiss psychiatrist, Geneticist and eugenicist 1952)
• 1877 - Ole Evinrude, Norwegian-American inventor (d. Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1877 ( MDCCCLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Ole Evinrude, born Ole Evenrudstuen ( April 19, 1877 — July 12, 1934) was a Norwegian-American inventor famous for the 1934)
• 1882 - Getúlio Vargas, President of Brazil (d. Year 1934 ( MCMXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1882 ( MDCCCLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Getúlio Dornelles Vargas (ʒeˈtulju doɾˈnɛlis vaɾgɐs April 19, 1882 – August 24, 1954) served as president of 1954)
• 1883 - Richard von Mises, Austrian-born mathematician (d. Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) Year 1883 ( MDCCCLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Richard Edler von Mises ( Lemberg (now Lviv) 19 April 1883 - Boston, 14 July 1953) was a scientist 1953)
• 1889 - Otto Georg Thierack, German jurist and politician (d. Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1889 ( MDCCCLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Otto Georg Thierack (19 April 1889 22 November 1946 was a Nazi Jurist and Politician. 1946)
• 1892 - Germaine Tailleferre, French composer (d. Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1892 ( MDCCCXCII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Germaine Tailleferre ( April 19, 1892 - November 7, 1983) was a French Composer and the only female member of the famous 1983)
• 1897 - Peter de Noronha, Indian businessman and philanthropist (d. Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Year 1897 ( MDCCCXCVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Chevalier Peter Bertram Cypriano Castellino de Noronha KSG, CE ( April 19, 1897 &ndash July 24, 1970) was a well 1970)
• 1897 - Constance Talmadge, American actress (d. Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Constance Talmadge ( April 19, 1897 - November 23, 1973) was a Silent movie star born in Brooklyn, New York 1973)
• 1899 - George O'Brien, American actor (d. Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Year 1899 ( MDCCCXCIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common George O'Brien ( April 19, 1899 &ndash September 4, 1985) was an American Actor, popular 1985)
• 1900 - Richard Hughes, English novelist (d. Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) Year 1900 ( MCM) was an exceptional Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar Richard Arthur Warren Hughes OBE ( 19 April, 1900 — 28 April 1976) was a British writer of poems short stories novels 1976)
• 1900 - Roland Michener, Governor General of Canada (d. Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Daniel Roland Michener PC CC CMM CD QC ( April 19, 1900 - August 6, 1991 The Governor General of Canada ( French: Gouverneure générale du Canada, or: Gouverneur général du Canada) is the vice-regal representative 1991)
• 1903 - Eliot Ness, American lawman (d. Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. Year 1903 ( MCMIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year starting Eliot Ness ( April 19, 1903 &ndash May 16, 1957) was an American Prohibition agent, famous for his efforts to enforce 1957)
• 1912 - Glenn Seaborg, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) Year 1912 ( MCMXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting Glenn Theodore Seaborg ( Glenn Teodor Sjöberg) ( April 19, 1912 &ndash February 25, 1999) won the 1951 Nobel Prize in Chemistry The Nobel Prize in Chemistry (Nobelpriset i kemi is awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to scientists in the various fields of Chemistry. 1999)
• 1922 - Erich Hartmann, German, world's most successful fighter pilot (352 'kills'; d. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Erich Alfred "Bubi" Hartmann (19 April 1922 &ndash 20 September 1993 also nicknamed " The Blond Knight of Germany " by friends and " The Black A fighter pilot is a military aviator trained to engage other aircraft and typically pilots a Fighter aircraft. 1993)
• 1925 - Hugh O'Brian, American actor
• 1928 - Alexis Korner, English musician (d. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Hugh O'Brian (born April 19, 1925) is an American actor best known for his starring role as Wyatt Earp in the ABC Television Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Alexis Korner (19 April 1928 – 1 January 1984 born Alexis Andrew Nicholas Koerner, was a pioneering Blues Musician and broadcaster who has sometimes 1984)
• 1930 - Dick Sargent, American actor (d. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Dick Sargent ( April 19, 1930 &ndash July 8, 1994) born Richard Stanford Cox, was an American actor best known for 1994)
• 1931 - Garfield Morgan, English actor
• 1931 - Walter Stewart, Canadian journalist (d. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Garfield Morgan (born 19 April 1931) is an English Actor mostly on TV and occasional films See also Walter Stewart 6th High Steward of Scotland. Walter Douglas Stewart ( April 19, 1931 – September 15, 2004)
• 1933 - Dickie Bird, English cricket umpire
• 1933 - Jayne Mansfield, American actress (d. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Harold Dennis Bird MBE, commonly known as "Dickie" Bird (born in Barnsley, Yorkshire on April 19, 1933) is a Jayne Mansfield (April 19 1933 – June 29 1967 was an American actress working both on Broadway and in Hollywood. 1967)
• 1934 - Dickie Goodman, American producer of novelty songs (d. Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Year 1934 ( MCMXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Dickie Goodman ( April 19 1934 - November 6 1989) is considered one of the earliest proponents of sampling in music through a series of 1989)
• 1935 - Dudley Moore, English actor, musician, comedian, composer (d. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Dudley Stuart John Moore, CBE (19 April 1935 &ndash 27 March 2002 was an English Actor, Comedian and Musician. 2002)
• 1936 - Wilfried Martens, Prime Minister of Belgium
• 1937 - Elinor Donahue, American actress
• 1937 - Joseph Estrada, actor and President 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. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. ( ˈʋeɫfɾit ˈmɑɾtəns (born Wilfried Achiel Emma Martens, 19 April 1936 is a Belgian Politician. This is a list of Prime Ministers of Belgium, known regionally as Premier Ministre in French, Eerste Minister in Dutch, Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Elinor Donahue (born April 19, 1937, as Mary Eleanor Donahue in Tacoma, Washington, USA, North America) Jose Marcelo Ejercito (born on April 19, 1937) better known as Joseph Ejercito Estrada, or Erap, is a Film actor in the Philippines The President of the Philippines is the head of state and government of the Republic of the Philippines. Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Genya Ravan, aka Goldie Zelkowitz (born Genyusha Zelkowitz, April 19, 1940, in Łódź, Poland is an American Goldie & the Gingerbreads was an American female Rock band from 1962 to 1967 Ten Wheel Drive were an American Jazz/Rock Fusion band from 1968 to 1974 Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Roberto Carlos Braga (xoˈbeɾtu ˈkäɾlus (born April 19, 1941 in Cachoeiro de Itapemirim, Espírito Santo, Brazil) is a Bobby Russell ( 19 April 1941, Nashville, Tennessee &mdash 19 november 1992) was an American Song writer 1992)
• 1941 - Alan Price, English musician (The Animals, The Alan Price Set)
• 1942 – Bas Jan Ader, Dutch artist (disappeared 1975). Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Alan Price (born 19 April 1941 in Fatfield, County Durham, England) is a Musician, Songwriter, Record The Animals were an English music group of the 1960s known in the United States as part of the British Invasion. Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Bas Jan Ader (born April 19 1942 in Winschoten, the Netherlands, lost at sea in 1975 between Cape Cod Massachusetts and
• 1942 - Jack Roush, American founder of Roush Fenway Racing
• 1943 - Eve Graham, Scottish singer (The New Seekers)
• 1944 - James Heckman, American economist, Bank of Sweden Prize
• 1944 - Bernie Worrell, American keyboardist (P Funk)
• 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 artist Pablo Picasso
• 1949 - Larry Walters, American "lawn chair" pilot (d. Jack Roush (born April 19, 1942) is the founder CEO and co-owner along with John Henry of Roush Fenway Racing, a NASCAR team headquartered Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The New Seekers were a British / German / Australian pop group, formed in 1969 by Keith Potger after the Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. James Joseph Heckman (born April 19, 1944) is a leading Economist at The University of Chicago, Distinguished Chair of Microeconometric The Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, officially named The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel (Sveriges riksbanks pris i ekonomisk George Bernard "Bernie" Worrell Jr (born April 19, 1944) is an American keyboardist and Composer best known for his work P-Funk (also spelled P Funk or P Funk) is a shorthand term for the repertoire and performers associated with George Clinton and the Parliament-Funkadelic Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Timothy James Curry (born 19 April 1946 is an English Actor, Singer, Voice actor, and Composer, as well as having a career as a Mary Jo Slater (born April 19 1946) is an American Casting director and producer for film television and theatre Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Murray Perahia KBE (b April 19 1947 is an American concert Pianist. Mark Volman (born April 19, 1947 in Los Angeles California) is an American Rock and roll singer best known as a founding member The Turtles are an American pop and Folk rock band which produced at least a dozen memorable radio-friendly chart singles but remain best known for Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Richard Alan (Rick Miller (born April 19, 1948 in Grand Rapids Michigan) was an outfielder in Major League Baseball from 1971-1985 Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Paloma Picasso (born April 19, 1949, Vallauris, France) is a French/Spanish Fashion designer Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Martyr Patricio Clito Ruíz y Picasso (October 25 1881 &ndash April 8 1973 Lawrence Richard Walters, nicknamed " Lawnchair Larry " or the " Lawn Chair Pilot " ( April 19, 1949 – October 6 1993)
• 1951 - Barry Brown, American actor and writer (d. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January Barry Brown ( April 19, 1951 – June 25, 1978) was an American author playwright and Actor who performed on stage and 1978)
• 1951 - Jóannes Eidesgaard, Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands
• 1952 - Alexis Arguello, Nicaraguan boxer
• 1953 - Rod Morgenstein, American musician (Winger)
• 1953 - Ruby Wax, British television personality
• 1954 - Bob Rock, Canadian record producer & musician (The Payolas)
• 1957 - Mukesh Ambani, Indian Business Tycoon
• 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, former C.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
• 1969 - Jesse James, Television personality, Custom 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 - 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 actress

Deaths

• 1012 - Alphege, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) Jóannes Dan Eidesgaard (born April 19 1951) is the Finance Minister of the Faroe Islands. The Faroe Islands or Faeroe Islands or simply Faroe(s or Faeroes (Føroyar meaning " Sheep Islands" Færøerne Old Norse Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Pro career "The Explosive Thin Man" suffered an unavenged first round TKO loss in his 1968 professional debut but then won 36 of his next 38 bouts which then led him to Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Rod Morgenstein (born April 19, 1953, in New York) is an American drummer and music educator Winger is an American rock band formed in New York City that gained popularity during the late 1980s and early 1990s Ruby Wax (born Ruby Wachs; April 19, 1953) is an American Comedian who made a Career in the United Kingdom Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) Robert Jens Rock, aka Bob Rock (born 19 April, 1954 in Winnipeg, Manitoba) is a Canadian Musician The Payolas (or Payola$) were part of Vancouver's new wave of bands and active in the Canadian music scene for a decade from the late 1970s Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) Mukesh Ambani (born April 19, 1957 in Yemen) is an Indian Businessman and the world's fifth Richest man, with a net worth of approximately Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Roger Merrett (born 19 April 1960 was an Australian rules footballer who played in two Victorian Football League premiership sides with the Essendon Football John Elwood Schweitz (born April 19 1960, in Waterloo New York) is a retired American Basketball player in the NBA. Frank John Viola Jr (born April 19 1960 in East Meadow New York) is a former Starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Alfred Unser Jr (born April 19 1962 in Albuquerque New Mexico) nicknamed " Little Al " " Al Junior " or simply " Junior Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Valerie Elise Plame Wilson (born 19 April 1963) known as Valerie Plame, Valerie E near as long as it used to be several months ago It has been actively summarized and split into sub-articles and there is a dynamic talk page discussion of all Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. Natalie Dessay (born Nathalie Dessaix, 19 April 1965, in Lyon) is a French Soprano. Marion Hugh Knight Jr, better known as Suge Knight, is an Entrepreneur in the Hip hop music industry and co-founder and CEO of Death Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. Véronique Gens (born April 19, 1966, Orléans, France) is a French Soprano. David La Haye (born April 19, 1966 in Montreal Quebec, Canada is a Canadian Actor. Julia Neigel (born April 19, 1966 in Barnaul, Siberia, (Ex- USSR) Russia) is a German singer/songwriter and producer Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Steven H Silver is a Science fiction fan and bibliographer, publisher and editor. Dar Williams (Dorothy Snowden Williams born April 19, 1967) is an American singer-songwriter specializing in Pop folk. Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Ashley Judd (born April 19, 1968) is an American actress. She is perhaps best known for her leading roles in a series of late 1990s and early Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Born in 1968 in Albuquerque New Mexico Bronze Star and Combat Action Badge recipient Major Craig A Mswati III (born Makhosetive on April 19, 1968) of Swaziland is the king of Swaziland and head of the Swazi Royal Family This page contains a list of Paramount chiefs and kings ( Ngwenyamas) of Swaziland. Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Pascal Kleiman was born in Toulouse in April 19[[ 968]] He started in the world of music from the explosion of French free radio during the 1980s Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Jesse Gregory James (born April 19, 1969) is an American Television personality and CEO of West Coast Choppers, a Zsuzsanna "Susan" Polgar (born April 19, 1969, as Polgár Zsuzsanna) is a Hungarian -born American Chess Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Dame Kelly Holmes, DBE (born April 19 1970 is a retired English middle-distance athlete. Luis Miguel Gallego Basteri (born April 19, 1970) known as Luis Miguel, is a Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Rivaldo Vítor Borba Ferreira (born April 19, 1972 in Paulista, Pernambuco) commonly known as Rivaldo, is regarded as one of Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. For the American basketball player see Jeff Wilkins (basketball. Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Akara Amarttayakul (อครา อมาตยกุล born April 19, 1974) is a Thai film and television Actor. Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Jason Neil Gillespie (born 19 April 1975 in Sydney Australia is an Australian Cricketer who formerly represented Australia at international level in both Tests Jussi Albert Jääskeläinen (born April 19 1975 in Mikkeli, Southern Savonia) is a Finnish football goalkeeper Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Ruud Jolie (born Rudolf Adrianus Jolie on April 19, 1976 in Tilburg, The Netherlands) is the main guitar player of the Symphonic metal Within Temptation is a Dutch rock band The band was founded Scott Anthony Padgett (born April 19 1976) is an American professional Basketball player formerly with NBA 's Utah Jazz Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays Joseph Ronald Beimel (pronounced "BYE mul" (born April 19, 1977) is a Relief pitcher for the Major League Baseball Los Angeles Lucien Mettomo (born April 19, 1977 in Douala) is a Cameroonian football player who currently plays for Veria FC. Dennys Reyes (born April 19, 1977, in Higuera de Zaragoza, Mexico) is a Major League Baseball Relief pitcher for the Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) James Edward Franco (born April 19 1978 is a Golden Globe -winning American actor director, Screenwriter, Film producer, and Artist Gabriel Iván Heinze (born 19 April 1978 in Crespo, Entre Ríos Province) is an Argentine footballer of Volga Amanda Sage (b 1978 United States) is primarily a painter based in Vienna. Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Kate Garry Hudson (born April 19, 1979) is an American Film actress. Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Alexis Thorpe (born April 19, 1980) is an American actress known for her role as Cassie Brady on the American television daytime drama Days of Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Hayden Christensen (born April 19 1981 is a Golden Globe Award -nominated Canadian Actor. Martin Havlát (ˈmarcɪn ˈɦavlat (born April 19 1981 in Mladá Boleslav, Czech Republic) is a professional Ice hockey player Kasie Lee Head (born April 19, 1981) a former Beauty queen from Braman Oklahoma, who has competed in the Miss USA pageant was a Troy Aumua Polamalu (POH-Lah-MAH-Luu (born Troy Benjamin Aumua on April 19, 1981 in Garden Grove, California) is an American Catalina Sandino Moreno (born April 19 1981 is an Academy Award -nominated Colombian actor Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Alberto José Callaspo (kaɪˈ̪æspoʊ̪ in English, and /kaˈʎaspo/ in Spanish; born April 19, 1983 in Maracay, Venezuela Zachary Thomas Duke (born April 19 1983 in Clifton Texas) is a Starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who currently plays for Joseph Patrick Mauer (ˈmaʊɚ born April 19 1983 in St Paul MN) is a Major League Baseball Catcher for the Minnesota Twins Curtis Barnard Thigpen (born April 19, 1983 in Dallas Texas) is a Right-handed Major league Catcher who plays for Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Lee Da Hae (이다해 (b April 19 1984 birth name Byun Da-hye, is a South Korean Actress who has appeared in a number of Korean television series Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) Valon Behrami (born 19 April 1985 in Mitrovica) is a Yugoslav -born Swiss football Midfielder who plays Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Candace Nicole Parker (born April 19 1986 in) is an All American Basketball player for the WNBA 's Los Angeles Sparks. Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) Charles Joseph "Joe" Hart (born 19 April 1987 in Shrewsbury, Shropshire) is an English football goalkeeper with Manchester City Oksana Akinshina (Оксана Акиньшина born April 19, 1987) is a Russian Actress, who became well-known for the leading role in the Courtland Robert Mead (born April 19 1987) is an American Actor. Maria Yuryevna Sharapova ( Mariya Yur’evna Sharapova; born April 19 1987 is a Russian professional Tennis player Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) Fiona MacGillivray is the lead singer of the Celtic group The Cottars. The Cottars are a Canadian musical group originating from Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia From 2000 to March 2006 The Cottars were composed of two pairs of siblings Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Kimberly Sue Yap Custodio-Chiu (born April 19, 1990) is a Filipino-Chinese Actress, Singer, and Model. Saint Alphege (also spelt "Alfege" is the commonly used name for Ælfheah (954 &ndash 19 April 1012 an Anglo-Saxon Bishop of Winchester The Archbishop of Canterbury is the chief bishop and principal leader of the Church of England, the symbolic head of the worldwide Anglican Communion and the 954)
• 1054 - Pope Leo IX (b. Events By Place Europe King Máel Coluim I of Scotland is killed in battle against the Highlanders Pope 1002)
• 1390 - King Robert II of Scotland (b. Marriages and issue His first wife was Elizabeth Mure, by her he had at least ten children King Robert III of Scotland 1316)
• 1560 - Philipp Melanchthon, German humanist and reformer (b. Philipp Melanchthon (born Philipp Schwartzerd) ( February 16, 1497 &ndash April 19, 1560) was a German professor and theologian 1497)
• 1567 - Michael Stifel, German mathematician (b. Michael Stifel or Styfel ( Esslingen 1486 or 1487 – April 19, 1567, Jena) was an Augustinian monk who became an early 1487)
• 1578 - Uesugi Kenshin, Japanese samurai and warlord (b. was a Daimyo who ruled Echigo province in the Sengoku Period of Japan. 1530)
• 1588 - Paolo Veronese, Italian painter
• 1608 - Thomas Sackville, 1st Earl of Dorset, English statesman and poet (b. Paolo Veronese (1528 – April 19 1588 was an Italian painter of the Renaissance in Venice, famous for paintings such as The Wedding at Cana Sir Thomas Sackville 1st Earl of Dorset (1536 &ndash April 19, 1608) was an English Statesman and poet son of Richard Sackville 1536)
• 1618 - Thomas Bastard, clergyman and epigrammatist (b. The Reverend Thomas Bastard (1565/1566 – April 19, 1618) was an English clergyman famed for his published English language Epigrams 1565 or 1566)
• 1627 - John Beaumont, English poet (b. Sir John Beaumont 1st Baronet (1583 &ndash April 19, 1627) was an English Poet. 1583)
• 1629 - Sigismondo d'India, Italian composer
• 1684 - Roger Williams, English theologian and colonist (b. Sigismondo d'India (c 1582 &ndash before April 19, 1629) was an Italian composer of the late Renaissance and early Baroque eras Roger Williams ( December 21, 1603 &ndash April 1, 1683) was an English theologian, a notable proponent of Religious 1603)
• 1686 - Antonio de Solís y Ribadeneyra, Spanish writer (b. Antonio de Solís y Ribadeneyra (1610 – April 19, 1686) was a Spanish Dramatist and historian 1610)
• 1689 - Queen Christina of Sweden (b. Christina (Kristina Augusta ( – 19 April 1689 later known as Christina Alexandra and sometimes Countess Dohna, was 1626)
• 1733 - Elizabeth Villiers, mistress of William III of England
• 1739 - Nicholas Saunderson, English mathematician (b. Year 1733 ( MDCCXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Elizabeth Hamilton Countess of Orkney (c 1657 &ndash 19 April 1733) was the acknowledged mistress of William III King of England from 1680 until 1695 William III or William of Orange (14 November 1650 &ndash 8 March 1702 He is informally known in Northern Ireland and Scotland as "King Billy" Year 1739 ( MDCCXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Nicholas Saunderson (1682&ndash19 April 1739 was an English Scientist and Mathematician. 1682/3)
• 1751 - Peter Lacy, Irish-born Russian Field marshal (b. Year 1751 ( MDCCLI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Count Peter von Lacy, or Pyotr Petrovich Lacy (Пётр Петрович Ласси as he was known in Russia (1678&ndash1751 was one of the most successful 1678)
• 1768 - Canaletto, Italian artist (b. Year 1768 ( MDCCLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a This is about the first and better known artist "Canaletto" for his nephew and pupil sometimes also called "Canaletto" especially in Poland and Germany see 1697)
• 1791 - Richard Price, Welsh philosopher (b. Year 1791 ( MDCCXCI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Richard Price ( February 23, 1723 &ndash April 19, 1791) was a Welsh moral and political philosopher 1723)
• 1813 - Benjamin Rush, physician, activist (b. Year 1723 ( MDCCXXIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1813 ( MDCCCXIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Benjamin Rush ( December 24 1745 &ndash April 19 1813) was a Founding Father of the United States. 1745)
• 1824 - George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron, English poet (b. Year 1745 ( MDCCXLV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1824 ( MDCCCXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year 1788)
• 1831 - Johann Gottlieb Friedrich von Bohnenberger, German mathematician (b. Year 1788 ( MDCCLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap Year 1831 ( MDCCCXXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a 1765)
• 1840 - Jean-Jacques Lartigue, Roman catholic bishop of Montreal (b. Year 1765 ( MDCCLXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1840 ( MDCCCXL) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Jean-Jacques Lartigue ( June 20, 1777 &ndash April 19, 1840) was the only son of a noted Montreal family 1777)
• 1854 - Robert Jameson, Scottish naturalist (b. Year 1777 ( MDCCLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1854 ( MDCCCLIV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Professor Robert Jameson (1774-1854 was a Scottish naturalist and Mineralogist, born in Leith, near Edinburgh, in July 1774)
• 1881 - Benjamin Disraeli, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. Year 1774 ( MDCCLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1881 ( MDCCCLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Benjamin Disraeli 1st Earl of Beaconsfield, KG, PC, FRS (born Benjamin D'Israeli; 21 December 1804 &ndash 19 April 1881 was The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the political leader of the United Kingdom 1804)
• 1882 - Charles Darwin, English biologist (b. Year 1804 ( MDCCCIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1882 ( MDCCCLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Charles Robert Darwin (February 12 1809 &ndash April 19 1882 was an English naturalist, who realised and demonstrated that all Species of life 1809)
• 1892 - Fr. Thomas Dale SSC, Anglican clergyman prosecuted for Ritualist practices in the 1870s (b. Year 1809 ( MDCCCIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1892 ( MDCCCXCII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Thomas Pelham Dale, (1821–1892 Anglo-Catholic ritualist Clergyman, most famous for being prosecuted and imprisoned for Ritualist practices The Society of the Holy Cross (SSC is an international Anglo-Catholic society of priests with members in the Anglican Communion, the Continuing Anglican Movement Anglicanism is a tradition of Christian faith Churches in this tradition either have historical connections to the Church of England or have similar beliefs A cleric ( Ancient Greek κληρικός - klērikos clergyman (pl this article is on the Anglican church in particular See Orthopraxis for ritualism in general Events and Trends Technology The invention of the prototype telephone by Alexander G 1821)
• 1901 - Alfred Horatio Belo, American newswriter and businessman (b. Year 1821 ( MDCCCXXI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Year 1901 ( MCMI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Alfred Horatio Belo (born May 1839 in Salem North Carolina) was the founder of The Dallas Morning News newspaper in Dallas Texas, along with 1839)
• 1906 - Pierre Curie, French physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. Year 1839 ( MDCCCXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1906 ( MCMVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Pierre Curie (15 May 1859 &ndash 19 April 1906 was a French physicist, a pioneer in Crystallography, Magnetism, Piezoelectricity The Nobel Prize in Physics (Nobelpriset i fysik is awarded once a year by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. 1859)
• 1906 - Spencer Gore, British tennis player and cricketer (b. Year 1859 ( MDCCCLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1906 ( MCMVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Spencer William Gore ( March 10, 1850 &ndash April 19, 1906) was a Tennis player and Cricketer for Surrey. 1850)
• 1914 - Charles Sanders Peirce, American philosopher and mathematician (b. For the game see 1850 (board game. 1850 ( MDCCCL) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link Year 1914 ( MCMXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Charles Sanders Peirce (pronounced purse) (September 10 1839 &ndash April 19 1914 was an American Logician mathematician, philosopher 1839)
• 1916 - Ephraim Shay, American inventor (b. Year 1839 ( MDCCCXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1916 ( MCMXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Ephraim Shay ( July 17 1839 &ndash April 19 1916) designed the first Shay locomotive and patented the type 1839)
• 1926 - Alexander Alexandrovich Chuprov, Russian statistician (b. Year 1839 ( MDCCCXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Alexander Alexandrovich Chuprov (or Tschuprov (Russian Александр Александрович Чупров ( Mosal'sk, February 18, 1874 - 1874)
• 1930 - Georges-Casimir Dessaulles, Canadian senator (b. Year 1874 ( MDCCCLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Georges-Casimir Dessaulles ( September 29, 1827 &ndash April 19, 1930) was a businessman statesman and Canadian Senator 1827)
• 1937 - William Martin Conway, British art critic and mountaineer (b. Year 1827 ( MDCCCXXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. William Martin Conway 1st (and last Baron Conway of Allington ( April 12 1856 at Rochester England &ndash April 19 1937 1856)
• 1949 - Ulrich Salchow, Swedish figure skater (b. Year 1856 ( MDCCCLVI) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Karl Emil Julius Ulrich Salchow ( August 7, 1877 &ndash April 19, 1949) was a Swedish figure skater, who dominated the 1877)
• 1950 - Ernst Robert Curtius, Alsatian philologist (b. Year 1877 ( MDCCCLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Ernst Robert Curtius ( April 14, 1886 &ndash April 19, 1956) was a German literary scholar a Philologist and Romance language 1886)
• 1967 - Konrad Adenauer, German statesman (b. Year 1886 ( MDCCCLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Konrad Hermann Josef Adenauer ( 5 January 1876 – 19 April 1967 was a German Statesman. 1876)
• 1988 - Kwon Ki-ok, first Korean female pilot (b. Year 1876 ( MDCCCLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) Kwon Ki-ok (born Pyongyang, Korea, 11 January, 1901; died 19 April, 1988) was the first Korean female Aviator 1901)
• 1989 - Daphne du Maurier, British novelist (b. Year 1901 ( MCMI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) Daphne du Maurier Lady Browning DBE ( 13 May, 1907 – 19 April, 1989) (ˈdæfnɪ du ˈmɒɹieɪ was a British 1907)
• 1991 - Stanley Hawes, British-born Australian film producer, director and administrator (b. Year 1907 ( MCMVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. Stanley Gilbert Hawes ( 19 January[[ 905]] - 19 April[[ 991]] was a British-born Documentary film producer and director who spent most of his career in Australia 1905)
• 1992 - Frankie Howerd, English comedian (b. Year 1905 ( MCMV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Frankie Howerd OBE (born Francis Alick Howard, 6 March 1917 &ndash 18 April 1992) was a distinctive English 1917)
• 1993 - David Koresh, leader of Branch Davidians (b. Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) David Koresh ( August 17, 1959 &ndash April 19, 1993) was the leader of a Branch Davidian religious sect, believing himself The Branch Davidians are a Sect that originated from a schism in 1955 from the Davidian Seventh Day Adventists, themselves former members of the 1959)
• 1993 - George S. Mickelson, American politician (b. The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) George Speaker Mickelson ( January 31, 1941 April 19, 1993) was an American politician from the U 1941)
• 1997 - El Duce, American singer and drummer (The Mentors) (b. Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar El Duce redirects here The Italian dictator Benito Mussolini was known as "Il Duce The Mentors is a Shock rock band who formed in 1976 in Seattle, then moved to Los Angeles in 1979 1958)
• 1998 - Octavio Paz, Mexican diplomat and writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Octavio Peazy Paz " ( March 31, 1914 – April 19, 1998) was a Mexican Writer, Poet, and diplomat The Nobel Prize in Literature (Nobelpriset i litteratur is awarded annually since 1901 to an author from any country who has in the words from the will of Alfred 1914)
• 1999 - David Sanes, US Navy employee
• 1999 - Hermine Braunsteiner, Nazi war criminal (b. Year 1914 ( MCMXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) David Sanes Rodríguez ( 1954 - 19 April, 1999) was a native of Vieques Puerto Rico whose death became a rallying point for those opposed to the Hermine Braunsteiner, ( July 16, 1919 &ndash April 19, 1999) was a Nazi War criminal who personally participated in the 1919)
• 2000 - Louis Applebaum, Canadian conductor and composer (b. Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Louis Applebaum, CC ( April 3, 1918 - April 19, 2000) was a Canadian Composer, administrator and conductor 1918)
• 2004 - Norris McWhirter, Scottish co-founder of the Guinness Book of Records (b. Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Norris Dewar McWhirter, CBE ( August 12 1925 – April 19 2004) was a Writer, political activist, co-founder 1925)
• 2004 - John Maynard Smith, English biologist (b. Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Maynard Smith redirects here -- for other uses see Maynard Smith (disambiguation Professor John Maynard Smith, F 1920)
• 2005 - Ruth Hussey, American actress (b. Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Ruth Carol Hussey ( October 30 1911 &ndash April 19 2005) was an American actress best known for her Oscar -nominated role as 1911)
• 2005 - Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Danish jazz bassist (b. Year 1911 ( MCMXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen (nils'hɛneŋ 'ɶɐ̥sd̥əð̥ 'pʰɛð̥ɐ̥sn May 27, 1946 &ndash April 19, 2005) was a Danish 1946)
• 2005 - George Pan Cosmatos, Greek film director (b. Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. George Pan Cosmatos ( January 4, 1941 in Florence, Italy - April 19, 2005 in Victoria, Canada) was 1941)
• 2005 - Clement Meadmore, Australian sculptor (b. Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Clement Meadmore ( February 9, 1929 - April 19, 2005) was an Australian-American sculptor known for massive outdoor steel Sculptures 1929)
• 2006 - Scott Crossfield, American pilot, first man to fly at Mach 2 (b. Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Albert Scott Crossfield (October 2 1921 – April 19 2006 normally known as Scott Crossfield, was an American naval officer and Test pilot 1921)
• 2006 - Zola Levitt, Messianic Jewish preacher (b. Year 1921 ( MCMXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1921 calendar of the Gregorian calendar Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Zola Levitt ( December 3, 1938 - April 19, 2006) was an apostate of the Jewish community who embraced Christianity 1938)
• 2007 - Jean-Pierre Cassel, French actor (b. Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Jean-Pierre Cassel ( October 27 1932 - April 19 2007) was a French Actor. 1932)
• 2007 - Helen Walton, wife of Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton (b. Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. Helen Robson Kemper Walton ( December 3, 1919 — April 19, 2007) was the wife of Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton. 1919)
• 2008 - John Marzano, American baseball player (b. Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common John Robert Marzano ( February 14 1963 - April 19 2008) commonly referred to as Johnny Marz was an American Catcher 1963)
• 2008 - Germaine Tillion, French anthropologist, member of French Resistance (b. Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Germaine Tillion ( May 30 1907 &ndash April 19 2008) was a French Anthropologist, best known for her work in 1907)
• 2008 - Alfonso López Trujillo, Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church (b. Year 1907 ( MCMVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Alfonso Cardinal López Trujillo ( 8 November 1935 – 19 April 2008) was a Colombian Cardinal Bishop of the Roman Catholic A cardinal is a senior ecclesiastical official usually a bishop, of the Catholic Church. 1935)

Holidays and observances

• Bicycle Day. Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Psychedelic drug / Entheogen LSD was first synthesized by the Swiss chemist Albert Hofmann in the Sandoz (now Novartis
• Declaration of Independence Day (Venezuela). Venezuela (ˌvɛnəˈzweɪlə) officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (Spanish República Bolivariana de Venezuela) is a country on the
• Dutch-American Friendship Day
• Easter Sunday 1908, 1981, 1987, 1992. A Dutch American is an inhabitant of the United States of whole or partial Dutch ancestry Easter ( Greek: Πάσχα Pascha or Pasxa) is the most important religious feast in the Christian Liturgical year. Sunday is the day of the week between Saturday and Monday. In the Jewish law it is the first day of the Hebrew calendar week Year 1908 ( MCMVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar)
• Feast day of the following saints in the Roman Catholic Church:
  • Saint Emma
  • George of Antioch
  • Expeditus
  • Alphege
• King Mswati III's birthday (Swaziland). The Calendar of saints is a traditional Christian method of organizing a Liturgical year on the level of days by associating each day with one or more Saints A saint (from the Latin sanctus) is a human being to whom has been attributed (and who has generally demonstrated a high level of Holiness and Sanctity Saint Emma or Hemma may refer to Saint Hemma of Gurk, c 980-1045 Austria Saint Emma of Lesum or Emma of Stiepel also This article is about a Patriarch of Antioch in the 8th century. Saint Expeditus (or Elpidius However another version of the story maintains that Expédit acquired his name through his expeditious help in placing vengeful curses Saint Alphege (also spelt "Alfege" is the commonly used name for Ælfheah (954 &ndash 19 April 1012 an Anglo-Saxon Bishop of Winchester Mswati III (born Makhosetive on April 19, 1968) of Swaziland is the king of Swaziland and head of the Swazi Royal Family The Kingdom of Swaziland is a country located in Southern Africa centred at approximately 26o49'S 31o38'E
• Landing of the 33 (Uruguay). Landing of the 33 Patriots Day is the anniversary of the landing of thirty-three Exiles in 1825, who then began a campaign leading to Uruguay 's independence Uruguay.(official full name in República Oriental del Uruguay;, Oriental Republic of Uruguay) is a country located in the southeastern part of South America
• Patriots' Day (Traditional) (Massachusetts, Maine, and Wisconsin, USA). Patriots' Day (sometimes spelled Patriot's Day or Patriots Day) is a Civic holiday commemorating the anniversary of the Battles of Lexington and Concord The Commonwealth of Massachusetts ( is a state located in the New England region of the northeastern United States. The State of Maine ( is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America, bordering the Atlantic Ocean Wisconsin ( or wɪˈskɑnsɨn (French Ouisconsin) is one of the fifty United States of America, located in the north central part of the United States The United States of America —commonly referred to as the
• Primrose Day (England) – primroses are placed on the statue of Benjamin Disraeli in Parliament Square, London on the anniversary of his death (1881). Upon the death of British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli (Lord Beaconsfield on 19 April 1881 Primrose Day was instituted in his honour as the English primrose England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Primula vulgaris ( syn P acaulis (L Hill is a species of Primula native to western and southern Europe (from the Benjamin Disraeli 1st Earl of Beaconsfield, KG, PC, FRS (born Benjamin D'Israeli; 21 December 1804 &ndash 19 April 1881 was Parliament Square is a square outside the northwest end of the Palace of Westminster in London. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. Year 1881 ( MDCCCLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common
• The Roman holiday of Cerealia ends. Cerealia was a 7-day Festival celebrated in Ancient Rome in honor of the goddess Ceres. (Roman Empire)

External links

• BBC: On This Day
• The New York Times: On This Day
• On This Day in Canada