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  • 1770 British explorer Captain James Cook first sights Australia. Writes in his log book that “what we have as yet seen of this land appears rather low, and not very hilly, the face of the Country green and Woody, but the Sea shore is all a white Sand.”
  • 'Battle on Lexington Green' as painted by William Barnes Wollen

    The Shot Heard Round the World

    1775 American Revolution begins in Lexington, Massachusetts, with the "Shot Heard Round the World" fired later that day in Concord
  • 1995 Oklahoma City bombing: Timothy McVeigh sets a truck bomb at Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, killing 168. including 19 children, and injuring 500
  • 2011 Fidel Castro resigns his position of First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba after 45 years in power [1]
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  • 1934 Shirley Temple appears in her 1st feature length film, "Stand Up & Cheer"
  • 1963 Johnny Cash releases single "Ring of Fire" written by his future wife June Carter and Merle Kilgore
  • 1897 1st Boston Marathon (B.A.A. Road Race), won by John J. McDermott in 2:55:10; the world's oldest annual marathon inspired by success of the first marathon at the 1896 Summer Olympics

Bicycle Day - Swiss chemist Dr. Albert Hofmann deliberately takes LSD for the first time

April 19, 1943

  • Roger Sherman

    1721 - 1793

  • Getúlio Vargas

    1882 - 1954

  • Fernando Botero

    1932 - 2023

  • Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

    1939 - 2026

  • Mukesh Ambani

    68 Years Old
More Birthdays on April 19

  • Jayne Mansfield

    1933 - 1967

  • Dudley Moore

    1935 - 2002

  • Joseph Estrada

    88 Years Old

  • Kate Hudson

    46 Years Old

  • Hayden Christensen

    44 Years Old

  • Luis Miguel

    55 Years Old

  • Al Unser Jr.

    63 Years Old

  • Maria Sharapova

    38 Years Old

The Beatles sign a contract agreeing to stay together for 10 years (they don't)

April 19, 1967

  • 1941 Youngest Mitford sister Deborah Mitford marries Andrew Cavendish, son of the Duke of Devonshire in London
  • 1956 American film actress Grace Kelly (26) weds Monaco's Prince Rainier III (33) in a religious ceremony at Saint Nicholas Cathedral in Monaco-Ville, Monaco
  • 1997 Actor Chris O'Donnell (26) weds high school sweetheart Caroline Fentress (24)
More April 19 Weddings

  • Lord Byron

    1788 - 1824

  • Charles Darwin

    1809 - 1882

  • Konrad Adenauer

    1876 - 1967

  • Percy Lavon Julian

    1899 - 1975

  • Jim Steinman

    1947 - 2021

  • Walter Mondale

    1928 - 2021
More April 19 Deaths
  • Mae West at the height of her career

    Millions Come Up to See Mae West

    Mae West, jailed on this day for obscenity, became one of the most successful sex symbols. Fans could not resist the offer: ‘Come up and see me some time.’ April 19, 1927
  • The assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Lithograph by Gibson & Co., published in 1870

    Weekly Quiz for April 13 - 19

    Who was the first black actor or actress to win an Academy Award? Who shot US President Abraham Lincoln? Is there an effective vaccine for typhoid?
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  • John Heenan, left, squares up to Tom Sayers in their championship bout. Photograph: Hulton Archive

    Police Halt Boxing Match

    April 17, 1860
  • Lucrezia Borgia, as depicted in a contemporary painting

    Wicked or Sinless? The Life of Lucrezia Borgia

    April 18, 1480
  • Georges Bouton and Jules-Albert de Dion causing a stir and setting a record in 1887. Photograph: Hulton Archive/Getty Images

    World's First Motor Race

    April 20, 1887
  • King Henry VIII at the height of his reign

    A Son, A Son – My Wife For A Son!

    April 21, 1509
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