Page 7: Historical Events In April - 19

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

1943  On April - 19 warsaw ghetto revolt; liquidation of the Warsaw ghetto continues for one month.   

1943  On April - 19 alexander Schmorell, German resistance fighter, beheaded   

1943  "Bermuda Conference": Fruitless discussion by U.S. and British delegates on deliverance of Nazi victims on April - 19.   

1944  Gerard Cote wins his 2nd straight & 3rd career Boston Marathon on this day in history.   

1944  Tommy Hitchcock, polo player (Westchester Cup 1924, 27), dies at 44 on April - 19.   

1945  Rodgers & Hammerstein musical "Carousel" opens on Broadway on this day in history.   

1945  J P Heyboer, resistance fighter, executed on April - 19.   

1946  The birth of Tim Curry, American actor on April - 19.   

1947  On this day in history tor Maple Leafs beat Montreal Canadiens 4 games to 2 for Stanley Cup   

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

1949  On this day in history yankees dedicate a plaque for Babe Ruth   

1950  On April - 19 19-year-old Ham Young became the youngest Boston Marathon winner   

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

1951  Shigeki Tanaka, survivor of Hiroshima A-bomb, wins Boston Marathon on April - 19.   

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  On this day in history uS actress Grace Kelly marries Monaco's Prince Rainier III   

1956  Ernst R Curtius, German literature historian, dies at 70 on April - 19.   

1957  On April - 19 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  Charles Funk, Encylopediest (Funk & Wagnalls), dies at 76 on April - 19.   

1962  On this day in history eino Oksanen wins his 3rd Boston Marathon   

1962  NASA civilian pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 46,900 m on April - 19.   

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

1964  Cyril Merry, cricketer (WI batsman in 2 Tests 1933), dies on this day in history.   

1965  T.A.M.I. Show premiers in London on this day in history.   

1965  On April - 19 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 April - 19.   

1967  Beatles sign a contract to stay together for 10 years (they don't) on this day in history.   

1967  US Surveyor III lands on Moon on this day in history.   

1967  Conrad Adenauer, West Germany chancellor (1949-63), dies at 91 on this day in history.   

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  Pedro I, King of Portugal (1357-67) was born on this day in history.   

1603  Michel le Tellier, French statesman (d. 1685) was born on April - 19.   

1605  On this day in history birth of orazio Benevoli, composer   

1658  On April - 19 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 this day in history judith, French empress/2nd wife of Louis de Vrome, dies   

1012  Death of Alphege, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 954) on this day in history.   

1044  Gothelo, duke of Neth-Lotharingen, dies on this day in history.   

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

1390  On this day in history robert II, King of Scotland, dies   

1529  John Cuspinianus, [Spiessheimer], German physician, dies at about 55 on April - 19.   

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.