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| About April 19th is the 109th day of the year (110th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 256 days remaining until the end of the calendar year. Easter Sunday falls on April 19th more often than on any other date. April 19th is Patriot's Day in the United States along with being Bicycle Day and Dutch-American Friendship Day. Births 1935 - Dudley Moore, actor, comedian, musician (Arthur) 1946 - Tim Curry, actor, singer (The Rocky Horror Picture Show) 1962 - Al Unser, Jr., race car driver 1963 - Valerie Plame, exposed CIA Operations Officer 1968 - Ashley Judd, actress (Double Jeopard, High Crimes) 1979 - Kate Hudson, actress (How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days) 1981 - Hayden Christensen, actor (Star Wars) 1981 - Kasie Head, actress, model (Deal or No Deal) 1987 - Maria Sharapova, professional tennis player Deaths 1947 - Charles Bidwill, NFL Hall of Fame owner 1992 - Benny Hill, comedian, actor, singer (The Benny Hill Show) 1993 - David Koresh, Branch Davidian cult leader 2005 - Ruth Hussey, actresss (The Philadelphia Story) Events 1775 - The American Revolutionary War begins as the Battle of Lexington and Concord takes place near the towns of towns of Lexington and Concord Massachusetts. 1897 - The first Boston Marathon is held. 1943 - The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising begins as Nazi forces are met by gunfire and IEDs from Jewish resistance fighters. 1951 - General Douglas MacArthur gives his farewell address to congress stating "old soldiers never die; they just fade away." 1971 - Charles Manson and 3 co-defendants are sentenced to death. Their sentences are reduced to life in prison in 1972 when California abolishes the death penalty. 1987 - The Simpsons debuts in short animated cartoons on The Tracey Ullman Show. 1988 - Sonny Bono is inaugurated as the Mayor of Palm Springs, California. 1989 - 47 United States sailors are killed when a gun turret exploded on the USS Iowa. 1993 - South Dakota governor George Mickelson and 7 others are killed when a state-owned aircraft crashes near Dubuque, Iowa. 1993 - The 51-day siege of the Branch Davidian property near Waco, Texas ends when a fire breaks out in the complex. Eighty-one people die. 1994 - A Los Angeles jury awards Rodney King $3.8 million in damages for his beating by police officers in 1991. 1995 - The Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma is bombed, killing 168 people. Timothy McVeigh would later be found guilty of the attack and sentenced to death along with co-conspirator Terry Nichols who was given a life sentence. 2005 - Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger is elected Pope Benedict XVI. |
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