Historical Events In April - 19

1943  Jews attack Nazi occupation forces at Warsaw Ghetto on April - 19.  

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

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

1943  On April - 19 "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  Rodgers & Hammerstein musical "Carousel" opens on Broadway on this day in history.  

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

1946  On this day in history the birth of Tim Curry, American actor  

1947  On April - 19 tor Maple Leafs beat Montreal Canadiens 4 games to 2 for Stanley Cup  

1948  On this day in history gerard Cote wins his 4th Boston Marathon  

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

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

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

1951  On this day in history shigeki Tanaka, survivor of Hiroshima A-bomb, wins Boston Marathon  

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

1955  On this day in history 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 this day in history charles Funk of Funk & Wagnalls, dies at 76  

1957  On this day in history 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  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 this day in history.  

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

1964  Cyril Merry, cricketer (WI batsman in 2 Tests 1933), dies on April - 19.  

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 this day in history.  

1967  On April - 19 uS Surveyor III lands on Moon  

1967  Conrad Adenauer, West Germany chancellor (1949-63), dies at 91 on April - 19.  

1968  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 on this day in history.  

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

1605  On April - 19 birth of orazio Benevoli, composer  

1658  Johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine (d. 1716) was born on April - 19.  

1660  On this day in history birth of sebastian Duron, composer  

1665  Jacques Lelong, French bibliographer (d. 1721) was born on April - 19.  

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

1700  Georg Abraham Schneider, composer was born on this day in history.  

0843  Judith, French empress/2nd wife of Louis de Vrome, dies on April - 19.  

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

1044  On April - 19 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 this day in history.  

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

1560  On this day in history philipp Melanchton (Schwazerd), church reformer, dies at 63  

1567  Michael Stifel, German theologist/mathematician, dies at about 79 on April - 19.