Page 7: Historical Events In April - 19

1943  On this day in history jews attack Nazi occupation forces at Warsaw Ghetto   

1943  Warsaw ghetto revolt; liquidation of the Warsaw ghetto continues for one month on April - 19.   

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 April - 19.   

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

1944  On April - 19 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  The birth of Tim Curry, American actor on April - 19.   

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

1948  On this day in history gerard Cote wins his 4th Boston Marathon   

1949  Yankees dedicate a plaque for Babe Ruth on April - 19.   

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

1950  Tyrwhitt-Wilson, 14th baron Berners/composer, dies at 66 on April - 19.   

1951  Shigeki Tanaka, survivor of Hiroshima A-bomb, wins Boston Marathon on this day in history.   

1954  7-time winner of the Boston Marathon, 65-year-old Clarence Demar, runs his last race at Boston finishing 78th on this day in history.   

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

1956  On April - 19 uS actress Grace Kelly marries Monaco's Prince Rainier III   

1956  Ernst R Curtius, German literature historian, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1957  Charles Funk of Funk & Wagnalls, dies at 76 on April - 19.   

1957  On April - 19 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)   

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

1962  Eino Oksanen wins his 3rd Boston Marathon on April - 19.   

1962  NASA civilian pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 46,900 m on April - 19.   

1963  "Hot Spot" opens at the Majestic Theater on Broadway on April - 19.   

1964  On April - 19 cyril Merry, cricketer (WI batsman in 2 Tests 1933), dies   

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 April - 19.   

1966  Roberta Bignay becomes the first woman to run in the Boston Marathon on this day in history.   

1967  On this day in history beatles sign a contract to stay together for 10 years (they don't)   

1967  On April - 19 uS Surveyor III lands on Moon   

1967  Conrad Adenauer, West Germany chancellor (1949-63), dies at 91 on April - 19.   

1968  On April - 19 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   

1968  On this day in history the first American since 1957 wins the 72nd Boston Marathon   

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1320  On this day in history birth of pedro I, King of Portugal (1357-67)   

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

1605  Orazio Benevoli, composer was born on April - 19.   

1658  Johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine (d. 1716) was born on April - 19.   

1660  Sebastian Duron, composer was born on this day in history.   

1665  On this day in history birth of jacques Lelong, French bibliographer (d. 1721)   

1686  Vasily Tatishchev, Russian statesman (d. 1750) was born on April - 19.   

1700  On April - 19 birth of georg Abraham Schneider, composer   

0843  On April - 19 judith, French empress/2nd wife of Louis de Vrome, dies   

1012  On April - 19 death of alphege, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 954)   

1044  On April - 19 gothelo, duke of Neth-Lotharingen, dies   

1054  On April - 19 leo IX, [Bruno von Egesheim und Dagsburg], Pope (1049-54), dies at 51   

1390  On April - 19 robert II, King of Scotland, dies   

1529  On this day in history john Cuspinianus, [Spiessheimer], German physician, dies at about 55   

1560  Philipp Melanchton (Schwazerd), church reformer, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

1567  Michael Stifel, German theologist/mathematician, dies at about 79 on this day in history.