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Home On This Day On This Day in History – April 19

What Happened on April 19?1995 – 168 die in the Oklahoma City bombingTimothy McVeigh, the mastermind behind the attack, was executed on June 11, 2001. The motives for the bombing, which also killed 19 babies and children, remain somewhat unclear.1987 – The first installment of The Simpsons is airedThe hugely popular animated sitcom debuted on the Tracey Ullman Show in the form of one-minute shorts.1971 – The Soviet Union launches the world's first manned space stationSalyut 1 was 23 meters long and offered 100 cubic meters of pressurized space.1919 – Leslie Irvin makes the world's first free-fall parachute jumpThe jump was executed to test a new kind of parachute, which was also the first featuring a ripcord. The Hollywood stuntman broke a leg on landing.1775 – The American Revolutionary War beginsThe Battles of Lexington and Concord marked the beginning of the armed conflict between the Kingdom of Great Britain and 13 colonies of British North America. The war resulted in U.S. independence.

Births on April 191987 – Maria SharapovaRussian tennis player1978 – James FrancoAmerican actor, director, producer, screenwriter1952 – Alexis ArgüelloNicaraguan boxer, politician1937 – Joseph EstradaFilipino actor, producer, politician, 13th President of the Philippines1933 – Jayne MansfieldAmerican model, actress, singer

Deaths on April 192004 – John Maynard SmithEnglish biologist1967 – Konrad AdenauerGerman politician, Chancellor of West Germany1914 – Charles Sanders PeirceAmerican philosopher, mathematician, scientist1882 – Charles DarwinEnglish scientist, theorist1824 – Lord ByronEnglish poetChange Date:
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- Taxpayers' Day, Armenia

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