All Events

Historical Events on April 19

  • American Revolutionary War

    1775

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

  • Venezuela

    1810

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

  • American Civil War

    1861

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

  • World War II

    1942

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

  • Sierra Leone

    1971

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

  • India

    1975

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

  • The Simpsons

    1987

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

  • Fidel Castro

    2011

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

  • Boston Marathon bombing

    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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