Historical Events In April - 19

1943  On April - 19 jews attack Nazi occupation forces at Warsaw Ghetto  

1943  On this day in history warsaw ghetto revolt; liquidation of the Warsaw ghetto continues for one month.  

1943  Alexander Schmorell, German resistance fighter, beheaded on this day in history.  

1943  On this day in history "Bermuda Conference": Fruitless discussion by U.S. and British delegates on deliverance of Nazi victims.  

1944  Gerard Cote wins his 2nd straight & 3rd career Boston Marathon on April - 19.  

1944  On April - 19 tommy Hitchcock, polo player (Westchester Cup 1924, 27), dies at 44  

1945  On this day in history rodgers & Hammerstein musical "Carousel" opens on Broadway  

1945  On this day in history j P Heyboer, resistance fighter, executed  

1946  The birth of Tim Curry, American actor on this day in history.  

1947  Tor Maple Leafs beat Montreal Canadiens 4 games to 2 for Stanley Cup on this day in history.  

1948  Gerard Cote wins his 4th Boston Marathon on this day in history.  

1949  Yankees dedicate a plaque for Babe Ruth on April - 19.  

1950  19-year-old Ham Young became the youngest Boston Marathon winner on this day in history.  

1950  On April - 19 tyrwhitt-Wilson, 14th baron Berners/composer, dies at 66  

1951  On April - 19 shigeki Tanaka, survivor of Hiroshima A-bomb, wins Boston Marathon  

1954  On April - 19 7-time winner of the Boston Marathon, 65-year-old Clarence Demar, runs his last race at Boston finishing 78th  

1955  On April - 19 uSS Albany and USS William Wood begin to provide disaster relief to citizens of Volos, Greece, ending 21 April  

1956  US actress Grace Kelly marries Monaco's Prince Rainier III on April - 19.  

1956  On April - 19 ernst R Curtius, German literature historian, dies at 70  

1957  On this day in history charles Funk of Funk & Wagnalls, dies at 76  

1957  On April - 19 in the Fox Islands, Alaska a 7.5quake was one of th elargest qukes in the U.S. (man they get a lot up in that area)  

1957  On April - 19 charles Funk, Encylopediest (Funk & Wagnalls), dies at 76  

1962  Eino Oksanen wins his 3rd Boston Marathon on this day in history.  

1962  On April - 19 nASA civilian pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 46,900 m  

1963  "Hot Spot" opens at the Majestic Theater on Broadway on April - 19.  

1964  On this day in history cyril Merry, cricketer (WI batsman in 2 Tests 1933), dies  

1965  T.A.M.I. Show premiers in London on April - 19.  

1965  On this day in history george Davis, actor (Private Lives, Devil May Care), dies at 75  

1966  Roberta Bignay becomes the first woman to run in the Boston Marathon on this day in history.  

1967  Beatles sign a contract to stay together for 10 years (they don't) on April - 19.  

1967  US Surveyor III lands on Moon on April - 19.  

1967  On April - 19 conrad Adenauer, West Germany chancellor (1949-63), dies at 91  

1968  On April - 19 dedication of the Desert Mounted Corps Memorial on Anzac Parade, Canberra, by Prime Minister John Gorton The memorial is a copy of the original unveiled at Port Said, Egypt, by former Prime Minister William Morris Hughes in 1932  

1968  The first American since 1957 wins the 72nd Boston Marathon on this day in history.  

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1320  On this day in history birth of pedro I, King of Portugal (1357-67)  

1603  On April - 19 birth of michel le Tellier, French statesman (d. 1685)  

1605  Orazio Benevoli, composer was born on April - 19.  

1658  On this day in history birth of johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine (d. 1716)  

1660  Sebastian Duron, composer was born on April - 19.  

1665  On this day in history birth of jacques Lelong, French bibliographer (d. 1721)  

1686  On this day in history birth of vasily Tatishchev, Russian statesman (d. 1750)  

1700  Georg Abraham Schneider, composer was born on April - 19.  

0843  On April - 19 judith, French empress/2nd wife of Louis de Vrome, dies  

1012  On April - 19 death of alphege, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 954)  

1044  On this day in history gothelo, duke of Neth-Lotharingen, dies  

1054  On this day in history leo IX, [Bruno von Egesheim und Dagsburg], Pope (1049-54), dies at 51  

1390  Robert II, King of Scotland, dies on April - 19.  

1529  On April - 19 john Cuspinianus, [Spiessheimer], German physician, dies at about 55  

1560  Philipp Melanchton (Schwazerd), church reformer, dies at 63 on April - 19.  

1567  Michael Stifel, German theologist/mathematician, dies at about 79 on this day in history.