April 19 in History

Historical Events on April 19

1775 American Revolutionary War: The war begins with an American victory in Concord during the battles of Lexington and Concord.

1810 Venezuela achieves home rule: Vicente Emparán, Governor of the Captaincy General is removed by the people of Caracas and a junta is installed.

1861 American Civil War: Baltimore riot of 1861: A pro-Secession mob in Baltimore attacks United States Army troops marching through the city.

1942 World War II: In Poland, the Majdan-Tatarski ghetto is established, situated between the Lublin Ghetto and a Majdanek subcamp.

1971 Sierra Leone becomes a republic, and Siaka Stevens the president.

1975 India's first satellite Aryabhata launched in orbit from Kapustin Yar, Russia.

1987 The Simpsons first appear as a series of shorts on The Tracey Ullman Show, first starting with Good Night.

2011 Fidel Castro resigns as First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba after holding the title since July 1961.

2013 Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev is killed in a shootout with police. His brother Dzhokhar is later captured hiding in a boat inside a backyard in the suburb of Watertown.

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Famous Birthdays on April 19

1933 Jayne Mansfield

1978 James Franco

1987 Joe Hart

1987 Maria Sharapova

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Famous Deaths on April 19

1632 Sigismund III Vasa

1881 Benjamin Disraeli

1882 Charles Darwin

1914 Charles Sanders Peirce

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