Notable Historical Events on April 19th
April 19th Historical Events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
607 |
Comet 1P/607 H1 (Halley) approaches within 0.0898 AUs of Earth |
1012 |
Martyrdom of Alphege in Greenwich, London. |
1451 |
Alam Shah of Delhi resigns throne |
1524 |
Pope Clemens VII fires Neth inquisitor-general French Van de Holly |
1529 |
2nd Parliament of Spiers bans Lutheranism |
1539 |
Charles, protestant German monarch, signs Treaty of Frankrfurt |
1552 |
Mauritius of Saksen captures Karel |
1587 |
Sir Frances Drake sails into Cadiz Spain & sinks Spanish fleet |
1591 |
Chartres surrenders to king Henri IV in France |
1619 |
Theatrum Anatomicum opens in Amsterdam |
1713 |
Emperor Karel VI ends Pragmatic Sanctions |
1770 |
Amsterdam buys Van Aerssens family 1/3 part of Suriname |
1770 |
British explorer Captain James Cook 1st sights Australia |
1774 |
CW Glucks opera "Iphigenia in Aulis" premieres in Paris |
1775 |
Minutemen Capt John Parker orders not to fire unless fired upon |
1775 |
American Revolution begins - Lexington Common, shot "heard round the world" |
1782 |
John Adams secures Dutch Republic's recognition of the United States as an independent government and house he purchased in The Hague, Netherlands became first American embassy. |
1810 |
Venezuela achieves home rule: Vicente Emparan, Governor of the Captaincy General is removed by the people of Caracas and a Junta is installed. |
1825 |
33 patriotic exiles return to Uruguay |
1836 |
Nikolai Gogol's "Revisor" premieres in St Petersburg |
1837 |
Cheyney University forms as the Institute for Colored Youth |
1839 |
Treaty of London constitutes Belgium an independent kingdom & Luxembourg a Grand Duchy |
1852 |
California Historical Society forms |
1853 |
Netherlands Van Hall government forms |
1861 |
Baltimore riots-4 soldiers, 9 civilians killed |
1861 |
Lincoln orders blockade of Confederate ports (Civil War) |
1863 |
Union troops/fleet occupy For Huger, Virginia |
1874 |
Barracks on Alcatraz Island destroyed in fire |
1877 |
Opera "Les Cloches de Cornerville" is produced (Paris) |
1890 |
Henry Morton Stanley inaugurated in Brussels |
1892 |
Charles Duryea takes 1st American-made auto out for a spin (Mass) |
1894 |
Jules Massenet's opera "Werther" premieres in NYC |
1896 |
Herzl's "The Jewish State" is published |
1897 |
1st American marathon ran, John J McDermott wins in 2:55:10 (Boston) |
1897 |
1st performance of Debussy's "Pelléas et Mélisande" |
1898 |
2nd Boston Marathon won by Ron McDonald of Mass in 2:42:00 |
1899 |
3rd Boston Marathon won by Lawrence Brignolia of Mass in 2:54:38 |
1900 |
4th Boston Marathon won by Jim Caffrey of Canada in 2:39:44.4 |
1900 |
Highest scoring opening game, Phils beat Braves 19-17 in 10 |
1901 |
5th Boston Marathon won by Jim Caffrey of Canada in 2:29:23.6 |
1901 |
James J Caffrey wins Boston marathon (2:29:23.6) |
1901 |
In the Philippines, recently captured insurgent leader Emilio Aguinaldo issues a proclamation advising his countrymen to end their rebellion and use of peaceful means to work with the US toward independence. |
1902 |
6th Boston Marathon won by Sam Mellor of NY in 2:43:12 |
1904 |
8th Boston Marathon won by Michael Spring of NY in 2:38:04.4 |
1904 |
Much of Toronto destroyed by fire |
1905 |
9th Boston Marathon won by Fred Lorz of NY in 2:38:25.4 |
1906 |
10th Boston Marathon won by Tim Ford of Mass in 2:45:45 |
1906 |
Belgian naval education ship Comte The Stain de Naeyer sets sail |
1906 |
SF Earthquake ends killing 452 |
1907 |
11th Boston Marathon won by Tom Longboat of Canada in 2:24:24 |
1909 |
13th Boston Marathon won by Henri Renaud of NH in 2:53:36.8 |
1909 |
Joan of Arc receives beatification |
1909 |
A convention with Turkey recognizes Bulgarian independence |
1910 |
14th Boston Marathon won by Fred Cameron of Canada in 2:28:52.4 |
1910 |
Halley's comet seen by naked eye 1st time this trip (Curacao) |
1911 |
15th Boston Marathon won by Clarence DeMar of Mass in 2:21:39.6 |
1911 |
George Bernard Shaw's "Fanny's First Play" premieres in London |
1912 |
16th Boston Marathon won by Mike Ryan of NY in 2:21:18.2 |
1913 |
17th Boston Marathon won by Fritz Carlson of Minn in 2:25:14.8 |
1915 |
19th Boston Marathon won by Edouard Fabre of Canada in 2:31:41.2 |
1916 |
"Bing Boys are Here" opens in London |
1916 |
20th Boston Marathon won by Arthur Roth of Mass in 2:27:16.4 |
1916 |
Italians troops conquer Col di Lana at Merano |
1916 |
Alderman Kelly reads the 'Castle Order' to a meeting of Dublin Corporation; this forged document supposedly from Dublin Castle, indicated that there was to be mass arrests of Irish Volunteers to prevent "trouble" |
1917 |
21st Boston Marathon won by Bill Kennedy of NY in 2:28:37.2 |
1919 |
23rd Boston Marathon won by Carl Linder of Mass in 2:29:13.4 |
1919 |
French assembly decides on 8 hour work day |
1919 |
Leslie Irvin of US makes 1st parachute jump & free fall |
1919 |
Opera "Monsieur Beaucaire" is produced (London) |
1920 |
24th Boston Marathon won by Peter Trivoulidas of Greece in 2:29:31 |
1921 |
25th Boston Marathon won by Frank Zuna of NJ in 2:18:57.6 |
1921 |
Funeral of last German Emperoress, Augusta Victoria |
1922 |
26th Boston Marathon won by Clarence DeMar of Mass in 2:18:10 |
1923 |
27th Boston Marathon won by Clarence DeMar of Mass in 2:23:37.4 |
1923 |
New Egyptian law allows suffrage for men, except soldiers |
1924 |
"National Barn Dance" premieres on WLS Chicago |
1924 |
28th Boston Marathon won by Clarence DeMar of Mass in 2:29:40.2 |
1926 |
30th Boston Marathon won by Johnny Miles of Canada in 2:25:40.4 |
1927 |
"Vagabond King" opens in London |
1927 |
31st Boston Marathon won by Clarence DeMar of Mass in 2:40:22.2 |
1928 |
32nd Boston Marathon won by Clarence DeMar of Mass in 2:37:07.8 |
1928 |
Japanese troops occupies Sjantung-schiereiland |
1928 |
Yanks are out of 1st place for 1st time since May 1926 |
1928 |
The 125th and final fascicle of the Oxford English Dictionary is published. |
1929 |
33rd Boston Marathon won by Johnny Miles of Canada in 2:33:08.6 |
1930 |
34th Boston Marathon won by Clarence DeMar of Mass in 2:34:48.2 |
1932 |
36th Boston Marathon won by Paul de Bruyn of Germany in 2:33:36.4 |
1932 |
President Herbert Hoover suggests 5 day work week |
1932 |
Bonnie Parker is captured in a failed hardware store burglary, and subsequently jailed. A grand jury fails to indict her, however, and she is released a few months later |
1933 |
37th Boston Marathon won by Leslie Pawson of RI in 2:31:01.6 |
1933 |
FDR announces US will leave gold standard |
1934 |
38th Boston Marathon won by Dave Komonen of Canada in 2:32:53.8 |
1934 |
Shirley Temple appears in her 1st movie, "Stand Up & Cheer" |
1935 |
39th Boston Marathon won by John A Kelley of Mass in 2:32:07.4 |
1936 |
Anti-Jewish riots break out in Palestine |
1936 |
First day of the Great Uprising in Palestine. |
1937 |
41st Boston Marathon won by Walter Young of Canada in 2:33:20 |
1938 |
42nd Boston Marathon won by Leslie Pawson of RI in 2:35:34.8 |
1938 |
Phil Emmett Mueller & Dodger Ernie Koy both homer in their 1st at bat |
1939 |
43rd Boston Marathon won by Ellison Brown of RI in 2:28:51.8 |
1939 |
Connecticut finally approves Bill of Rights (148 years late) |
1940 |
"Lake Shore Ltd" derails speed killing 34 near Little Falls NY |
1940 |
44th Boston Marathon won by Gerard Cote of Canada in 2:28:28.6 |
1940 |
Dutch prime minister De Geer declares state of siege |
1941 |
45th Boston Marathon won by Leslie Pawson of RI in 2:30:38 |
1941 |
B Brecht's "Mutter Courage und ihre Kinder" premieres in Zurich |
1941 |
Bulgarian troops invade Macedonia |
1941 |
Milk rationed in Holland |
1942 |
46th Boston Marathon won by Joe Smith of Mass in 2:26:51.2 |
1943 |
47th Boston Marathon won by Gerard Cote of Canada in 2:28:25.8 |
1943 |
SS-lt-gen Jurgen Stoop leads destruction of ghetto of Warsaw |
1943 |
Bicycle Day - Swiss chemist Dr. Albert Hofmann deliberately takes LSD for the first time. |
1944 |
Allied fleet attack Sabang Sumatra |
1945 |
49th Boston Marathon won by John A Kelley of Mass in 2:30:40.2 |
1945 |
Rodgers & Hammerstein musical "Carousel" opens on Broadway |
1945 |
US aircraft carrier Franklin heavy damaged in Japanese air raid |
1945 |
US offensive against Shuri-barrier on Okinawa |
1945 |
The diplomatic relations between the Soviet Union and Guatemala are established. |
1946 |
Yankees switch from 3rd base to 1st base dug out |
1947 |
51st Boston Marathon won by Yun Bok Soh of Korea in 2:25:39 |
1947 |
AAU record for a 25-foot rope climb is set in 4.7 seconds |
1947 |
French ship explodes in Texas City harbor, kills about 522 |
1947 |
Stanley Cup: Toronto Maple Leafs beat Montreal Canadiens, 4 games to 2 |
1947 |
Suh Yun Buck wins world record marathon (2:25:39) |
1947 |
After scoring 45 goals during the regular season, Maurice Richard is named MVP. |
1948 |
52nd Boston Marathon won by Gerard Cote of Canada in 2:31:02 |
1948 |
ABC-TV network begins |
1948 |
Chiang Kai-shek elected president of Nationalist China |
1949 |
53rd Boston Marathon won by Gosta Leandersson of Sweden in 2:31:50.8 |
1949 |
Yankees dedicate a plaque for Babe Ruth |
1950 |
54th Boston Marathon won by Kee Yong Ham of Korea in 2:32:39 |
1951 |
"Tree Grows in Brooklyn" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 267 perfs |
1951 |
55th Boston Marathon won by Shigeki Tanaka of Japan in 2:27:45 |
1951 |
Gen Douglas MacArthur ends his military career |
1952 |
56th Boston Marathon won by Doroteo Flores of Guatemala in 2:31:53 |
1953 |
Louise Suggs wins LPGA San Diego Golf Open |
1953 |
WAFB TV channel 9 in Baton Rouge, LA (CBS) begins broadcasting |
1954 |
58th Boston Marathon won by Veikko Karvonen of Finland in 2:20:39 |
1954 |
7-time winner of Boston Marathon, 65-year-old Clarence Demar, runs his last race at Boston finishing 78th |
1955 |
59th Boston Marathon won by Hideo Hamamura of Japan in 2:18:22 |
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. |
1956 |
1st ML baseball game in NJ, Dodgers beat Phils in Roosevelt Stadium |
1956 |
60th Boston Marathon won by Antti Viskari of Finland in 2:14:14 |
1958 |
62nd Boston Marathon won by Franjo Mihalic of Yugoslavia in 2:25:54 |
1959 |
Louise Suggs wins LPGA Dallas Civitan Golf Open |
1959 |
Uprising in La Paz Bolivia, fails |
1960 |
64th Boston Marathon won by Paavo Kotila of Finland in 2:20:54 |
1960 |
Baseball uniforms begin displaying players' names on their backs |
1960 |
Comiskey Park's famed "exploding" scoreboard begins operating |
1961 |
65th Boston Marathon won by Eino Oksanen of Finland in 2:23:39 |
1962 |
66th Boston Marathon won by Eino Oksanen of Finland in 2:23:48 |
1962 |
NASA civilian pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 46,900m |
1963 |
"Hot Spot" opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 43 performances |
1963 |
67th Boston Marathon won by Aurele Vandendriessche of Belgium in 2:18:58 |
1964 |
Mickey Wright wins LPGA Peach Blossom Golf Invitational |
1964 |
Rightist coup in Laos, Suvanna Phuma remains premier |
1964 |
Roger Sessions' opera "Montezuma" premieres in West Berlin |
1965 |
1st all news radio station (WINS 1010 AM in NYC) begins operating |
1965 |
69th Boston Marathon won by Morio Shigematsu of Japan in 2:16:33 |
1965 |
T.A.M.I. Show premieres in London |
1965 |
At a cost of $20,000, the outer Astrodome ceiling is painted because of sun's glare, this causes the grass to die |
1966 |
In 1st regular season game at Anaheim Stadium, Angels lose 3-1 to Chic |
1966 |
70th Boston Marathon won by Kenji Kimihara of Japan in 2:17:11 |
1966 |
Roberta Bignay becomes 1st woman to run in the Boston Marathon |
1967 |
"Casino Royale" premieres |
1967 |
71st Boston Marathon won by Dave McKenzie of New Zealand in 2:15:45 |
1967 |
Beatles sign a contract to stay together for 10 years (they don't) |
1967 |
Yugoslav author Mihaljo Mihaljov sentenced 4½ years |
1968 |
72nd Boston Marathon won by Amby Burfoot of Conn in 2:22:17 |
1968 |
Belgian construction workers strike |
1968 |
NL owners approve expansion for 2 new teams |
1969 |
Serious rioting in the Bogside area of Derry following clashes between Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association marchers and Loyalists and members of the Royal Ulster Constabulary |
1970 |
"Look to the Lilies" closes at Lunt-Fontanne NYC after 25 perfs |
1970 |
24th Tony Awards: Borstal Boy & Applause win |
1970 |
Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Raleigh Ladies Golf Invitational |
1971 |
75th Boston Marathon won by Alvaro Mejia of Colombia in 2:18:45 |
1971 |
Charles Manson sentenced to life (Sharon Tate murder) |
1971 |
Sierra Leone becomes a republic (Natl Day) |
1971 |
USSR Salyut 1 launched; 1st manned lab in orbit |
1972 |
"Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope" opens at Playhouse NYC for 1,065 perfs |
1972 |
Bangladesh becomes a member of British Commonwealth |
1972 |
Hungary revises constitution |
1972 |
US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site |
1972 |
British Prime Ministe rEdward Heath confirms that a plan to conduct an arrest operation, in the event of a riot during the march on 30 January 1972, was known to British government Ministers in advance |
1973 |
Barbra Streisand records "Between Yesterday & Tomorrow" |
1973 |
Steinbrenner replaces Mike Burke with Gabe Paul as Yankee president |
1973 |
USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR |
1974 |
Oriole Al Bumbry hits an inside-the-park HR against NY Yankees |
1975 |
India launches 1st satellite with help of USSR |
1976 |
5th Boston Women's Marathon won by Kim Merritt of Wis in 2:47:10 |
1976 |
80th Boston Marathon won by Jack Fultz of Wash, DC in 2:20:19 |
1978 |
Yitzhak Navron elected 5th president of Israel |
1979 |
FCC raids & shuts down pirate radio station WFAT (Brooklyn New York) |
1979 |
Following a 6-3 loss to the Orioles, Yanks Goose Gossage & Cliff |
1979 |
Johnson brawl, Gossage sustains a sprained ligament in his left thumb |
1981 |
Beth Daniel wins LPGA Florida Lady Citrus Golf |
1981 |
Oakland A's runs record to 11-0 |
1981 |
William Finn's musical "March of Falsettos" premieres in NYC |
1981 |
Rochester Red Wings & Pawtucket Red Sox play to 2-2 tie in 32 innings, game suspended at 4:07 AM (Pawtucket later wins in 33rd) |
1982 |
11th Boston Women's Marathon won by Charlotte Teske of Ger in 2:29:33 |
1982 |
86th Boston Marathon won by Alberto Salazar of Oreg in 2:08:51 |
1982 |
Guinon Bluford announced as 1st black astronaut |
1982 |
Rosie Ruiz, marathon race cheater, arrested for forgery |
1982 |
Sally Ride announced as 1st woman astronaut |
1982 |
USSR Salyut 7 space station put into orbit |
1983 |
France performs nuclear test |
1984 |
Nemesis, death star of dinosaurs 1st appears in print (Nature magazine) |
1985 |
16th Space Shuttle Mission (51-D)-Discovery 4 returns to Earth |
1985 |
USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR |
1985 |
Advance Australia Fair is proclaimed as Australia's national anthem, and green and gold as the national colours. |
1986 |
Michael Spinks beats Larry Holmes in 15 for heavyweight boxing title |
1987 |
Brendon Kuruppu scores 201* on Test Cricket debut (Sri Lanka v NZ) |
1987 |
Brewers score 5 runs in 9th to win 6-4 & record 12th straight AL win |
1987 |
Gregory Robertson does 200-mph free fall to save unconscious skydiver |
1987 |
Jacqueline Blanc, sets women's downhill ski speed rec (124.902 mph) |
1987 |
Jan Stephenson wins LPGA Santa Barbara Golf Open |
1987 |
LA Clippers end season with a terrible 12-70 record |
1987 |
Last wild condor captured on California wildlife reserve |
1987 |
USSR performs underground nuclear test |
1989 |
Gun turret explodes on USS Iowa, killing 47 sailors |
1989 |
Kevin Elster (NY Mets), sets errorless shortstop mark at 73 |
1989 |
Republic Day in Sierra Leone |
1990 |
Contra guerrillas, leftist Sandinistas & incoming government agree to truce |
1990 |
Marla Maples appears on ABC's Prime-Time |
1990 |
Pistons & 76'ers get into a fight accruing $162,500 fines (NBA record) |
1990 |
Truce in Nicaragua's civil war |
1991 |
Evander Holyfield beats George Foreman in 12 for heavyweight boxing title |
1991 |
Greyhound Bus posts $195 million loss for 1990 |
1992 |
"4 Baboons Adoring the Sun" closes at Beaumont NYC after 38 perf |
1992 |
Balki & Mary Ann wed on "Perfect Strangers" |
1992 |
Dottie Mochrie wins LPGA Sega Women's Golf Championship |
1993 |
22nd Boston Women's Marathon won by Olga Markova of Russia in 2:25:27 |
1993 |
97th Boston Marathon won by Cosmas N'deti of Kenya in 2:09:33 |
1993 |
After a 51 day siege by the FBI 76 Branch Davidians die in a fire near Waco Texas (accident, suicide, tear gas are disputed causes) |
1993 |
Fire in psychiatric institute in South Korea, kills 40 |
1993 |
South Dakota governor George Mickelson and seven others are killed when a state-owned aircraft crashed lands in Iowa. |
1994 |
15th Emmy Sports Award presentation |
1994 |
Graeme Obree bicycles world record 10km (11:25.88) |
1994 |
Inkatha ends boycott of South African multi-racial election |
1994 |
Rodney King award $3,800,000 in compensation for his police beating |
1994 |
Supreme Court outlaws excluding people from juries because of gender |
1995 |
Chopper 4 1st used on WNBC TV (NYC) news |
1995 |
Truck bomb at Federal Building in Oklahoma City, kills 168 & injures 500 |
1996 |
Rangers scores 16 in 8th vs Orioles |
1996 |
South Africa defeat Pakistan to win the Pepsi Cup in Sharjah |
1997 |
Renee Slaughter crowned 14th Miss Hawaiian Tropic Intl |
1997 |
SD Padres & St Louis Cards play at Aloha Stadium Hawaii |
1998 |
59th PGA Seniors Golf Championship: |
1999 |
The German Bundestag returns to Berlin. |
2005 |
Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger elected Pope Benedict XVI on the second day of the Papal conclave. |
2011 |
Fidel Castro resigns from the Communist Party of Cuba's central committee after 45 years of holding the title. |
2012 |
Levon Helm, American rock musician, dies from throat cancer at 71 |
2013 |
Boston bombing suspects killed and captured in Boston after 4 days |
2016 |
Japan quake survivors struggle with shortages, search for missing goes on |
2016 |
US oil investors rush for protection at $35 as Doha talks collapse |
2016 |
Ecuador earthquake: At least 413 people confirmed dead |
2016 |
Two Boston Marathon amputee survivors run 2016 race |
2017 |
British lawmakers set to approve PM May's June 8 election plan |
2017 |
North Korean mock-up birthday video shows missiles blowing up US |
2017 |
Facebook CEO vows to help prevent repeat of Cleveland murder posting |
2017 |
Police: Man kills 3 in Fresno, calls whites 'devils' |
2017 |
Etan Patz Killer Sentenced To 25 Years To Life |
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