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Sunday, 19 April 2026
1943 Failed assassin attempt on Hitler during Smolensk-Rastenburg flight. 

1943 Baseball approves official ball (with cork and balata). 

1944 USSR recognizes Italian Badoglio government. 

1944 USSR recognizes Italian Badoglio govt 

1945 Queen Wilhelmina returns to Netherlands 

1945 Sicherheitsdienst arrest Dutch resistance fighter Henry Werkman. 

1945 Herbert Bedford, composer, dies at 78. 

1946 Abraham Bredius, Dutch art historian (Rembrandt), dies at 90 

1947 "Brigadoon" opens at Ziegfeld Theater NYC for 581 performances 

1947 19th Academy Awards "Best Years of Our Lives", Frederic March, Olivia de Havilland win 

1947 19th Academy Awards: "Best Years of Our Lives", Frederic March, Olivia de Havilland win 

1948 10th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Kentucky beats Baylor 58-42 

1949 US Men's Figure Skating Championship won by Richard Button 

1949 US Ladies Figure Skating Championship won by Yvonne C Sherman. 

1950 General Motors reports net earnings of $656434232 (record). 

1951 2nd Dutch government of Drees forms. 

1951 In this year, Israel formally claims DM 6.2 billion compensation from Germany. 

1951 2nd Dutch govt of Drees forms 

1951 Alfred Hugenberg, German RC pres-dir of Krupp/media magnate, dies. 

1954 Braves' Bobby Thomson breaks his ankle, he is replaced by Hank Aaron 

1955 Bir BSD Mahendra succeeds Tribhubana as king of Nepal 

1955 Maharajadhiraja Tribhuvana Bir Bikram Yung Bahadur Shum Shere, dies. 

1956 New Zealand bowl out West Indies for 77 at Eden Park to score their inaugural Test Cricket win. 

1956 NZ bowl out WI for 77 at Eden Park to score their 1st Test Cricket win. 

1957 Bloody battles after anti-Batista demonstration in Havana Cuba 

1957 Lena Ashwell, Engl actress/theatrical manager (Kingsway), dies at 84. 

1958 Govt troops land in Sumatra Indonesia 

1960 In this year, Fay Crocker claims LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship 

1961 Elizabeth Gurley Finn (70) is recorded as becoming president of US Communist Party. 

1961 Floyd Patterson KOs Ingemar Johansson in 6 to retain heavyweight boxing title. 

1961 JFK sets up the Alliance for Progress 

1961 Landslide in USSR, results in the deaths of 145 

1961 Major-General Allard the inaugural Canadian to command a British army division. 

1961 Old type, black and white notes cease to be legal tender 

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