Page 7: Historical Events In April - 19

1943  Jews attack Nazi occupation forces at Warsaw Ghetto on this day in history.   

1943  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1944  On this day in history gerard Cote wins his 2nd straight & 3rd career Boston Marathon   

1944  On this day in history 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 April - 19 j P Heyboer, resistance fighter, executed   

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

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

1948  On April - 19 gerard Cote wins his 4th Boston Marathon   

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

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

1950  On this day in history 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 this day in history 7-time winner of the Boston Marathon, 65-year-old Clarence Demar, runs his last race at Boston finishing 78th   

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

1956  US actress Grace Kelly marries Monaco's Prince Rainier III on this day in history.   

1956  On this day in history ernst R Curtius, German literature historian, dies at 70   

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

1957  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) on April - 19.   

1957  Charles Funk, Encylopediest (Funk & Wagnalls), dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1962  On April - 19 eino Oksanen wins his 3rd Boston Marathon   

1962  On this day in history nASA civilian pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 46,900 m   

1963  "Hot Spot" opens at the Majestic Theater on Broadway on this day in history.   

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

1965  On April - 19 t.A.M.I. Show premiers in London   

1965  George Davis, actor (Private Lives, Devil May Care), dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1966  On this day in history roberta Bignay becomes the first woman to run in the Boston Marathon   

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

1967  On this day in history uS Surveyor III lands on Moon   

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

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 April - 19.   

1968  On April - 19 the first American since 1957 wins the 72nd Boston Marathon   

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1320  Pedro I, King of Portugal (1357-67) was born on this day in history.   

1603  On this day in history birth of michel le Tellier, French statesman (d. 1685)   

1605  Orazio Benevoli, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

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  On this day in history birth of georg Abraham Schneider, composer   

0843  On this day in history 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  Leo IX, [Bruno von Egesheim und Dagsburg], Pope (1049-54), dies at 51 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.