This Day in History
19 Apr 1524
Pope Clemens VII fires Neth inquisitor-general French Van de Holly
19 Apr 1539
Charles protestant German monarch signs Treaty of Frankrfurt
19 Apr 1770
Amsterdam buys Van Aerssens family 13 part of Suriname
19 Apr 1774
CW Glucks opera Iphigenia in Aulis premieres in Paris
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First blood in the Civil War
On April 19 1861 the first blood of the American Civil War is shed when a secessionist mob in Baltimore attacks Massachusetts troops bound for Washington D.C...
Truck bomb explodes at federal building in Oklahoma City
Just after 9 a.m. a massive truck bomb explodes outside the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City Oklahoma. The blast collapsed the north face of...
Warsaw Ghetto Uprising begins
In Warsaw Poland Nazi forces attempting to clear out the citys Jewish ghetto are met by gunfire from Jewish resistance fighters and the Warsaw Ghetto...
Branch Davidian compound burns
At Mount Carmel in Waco Texas the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) launches a tear-gas assault on the Branch Davidian compound ending a tense 51-day sta...
Mario Andretti competes in first Indy car event
On this day in 1964 Mario Andretti competes in his inaugural Indy car race in Trenton New Jersey finishing in 11th place. The following year Andretti won t...
First Boston Marathon held
On April 19 1897 John J. McDermott of New York won the first Boston Marathon with a time of 25510.The Boston Marathon was the brainchild of Bosto...
Warsaw ghetto uprising put down
On this day in 1943 Waffen SS attacks Jewish resistance in the Warsaw ghetto.Shortly after the German invasion of Poland in September 1939 nearly 400000 Pol...
Discussion of Italian claims begins at Paris peace conference
On April 19 1919 the Saturday before Easter tense and complicated negotiations begin at the Paris peace conference over Italys claims to territory in...
Vietnam Veterans Against the War demonstrate
As a prelude to a massive antiwar protest Vietnam Veterans Against the War begin a five-day demonstration in Washington D.C. The generally peaceful protest c...
Air Force pilot cited for bravery
Over North Vietnam Air Force Maj. Leo K. Thorsness from the 357th Tactical Fighter Squadron and his electronic warfare officer Capt. Harold E. Johnson dest...
First Boston Marathon run
On April 19 1897 the first Boston Marathon is run in Boston Massachusetts. John J. McDermott of New York ran the 24.5-mile course of the all-male event in a ...
Thomas Jefferson sells servant to newly elected President James Madison
On this day in 1809 former President Thomas Jefferson writes up a contract for the sale of an indentured servant named John Freeman to newly sworn-in President...
Wyatt Earp dropped from Wichita police force
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The Captain and Tennille bring wedded bliss to the pop charts with their first hit record
Toni Tennille and Daryl Dragon were not yet married when Love Will Keep Us Together rose up the charts to become the first of the duos two...
Lord Byron dies in Greece
George Gordon Byron 6th Baron Byron dies in what is now Greece where he had traveled to support the Greek struggle for independence from Turkey. Even today ...
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