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Events from History on April 19

1992 : "4 Baboons Adoring the Sun" closes at Beaumont NYC after 38 p
1916 : "Bing Boys are Here" opens in London
1967 : "Casino Royale" premieres
1972 : "Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope" opens at Playhouse NYC for 1,
1963 : "Hot Spot" opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 43 performances
1940 : "Lake Shore Ltd" derails speed killing 34 near Little Falls N
1970 : "Look to the Lilies" closes at Lunt-Fontanne NYC after 25 per
1924 : "National Barn Dance" premieres on WLS Chicago
1951 : "Tree Grows in Brooklyn" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 267 p
1927 : "Vagabond King" opens in London
1906 : 10th Boston Marathon won by Tim Ford of Mass in 2:45:45
1907 : 11th Boston Marathon won by Tom Longboat of Canada in 2:24:24
1982 : 11th Boston Women's Marathon won by Charlotte Teske of Ger in
1909 : 13th Boston Marathon won by Henri Renaud of NH in 2:53:36.8
1910 : 14th Boston Marathon won by Fred Cameron of Canada in 2:28:52
1911 : 15th Boston Marathon won by Clarence DeMar of Mass in 2:21:39
1994 : 15th Emmy Sports Award presentation
1912 : 16th Boston Marathon won by Mike Ryan of NY in 2:21:18.2
1985 : 16th Space Shuttle Mission (51-D)-Discovery 4 returns to Eart
1913 : 17th Boston Marathon won by Fritz Carlson of Minn in 2:25:14.
1915 : 19th Boston Marathon won by Edouard Fabre of Canada in 2:31:4
1965 : 1st all news radio station (WINS 1010 AM in NYC) begins opera
1897 : 1st Boston Marathon won by John McDermott of NY in 2:55:10
1897 : 1st performance of Debussy's "Pell‚as et M‚lisande"
1916 : 20th Boston Marathon won by Arthur Roth of Mass in 2:27:16.4
1917 : 21st Boston Marathon won by Bill Kennedy of NY in 2:28:37.2
1993 : 22nd Boston Women's Marathon won by Olga Markova of Russia in
1919 : 23rd Boston Marathon won by Carl Linder of Mass in 2:29:13.4
1920 : 24th Boston Marathon won by Peter Trivoulidas of Greece in 2:
1921 : 25th Boston Marathon won by Frank Zuna of NJ in 2:18:57.6
1922 : 26th Boston Marathon won by Clarence DeMar of Mass in 2:18:10
1923 : 27th Boston Marathon won by Clarence DeMar of Mass in 2:23:37
1924 : 28th Boston Marathon won by Clarence DeMar of Mass in 2:29:40
1898 : 2nd Boston Marathon won by Ron McDonald of Mass in 2:42:00
1529 : 2nd Parliament of Spiers bans Lutheranism
1926 : 30th Boston Marathon won by Johnny Miles of Canada in 2:25:40
1927 : 31st Boston Marathon won by Clarence DeMar of Mass in 2:40:22
1928 : 32nd Boston Marathon won by Clarence DeMar of Mass in 2:37:07
1825 : 33 patriotic exiles return to Uruguay
1929 : 33rd Boston Marathon won by Johnny Miles of Canada in 2:33:08
1930 : 34th Boston Marathon won by Clarence DeMar of Mass in 2:34:48
1932 : 36th Boston Marathon won by Paul de Bruyn of Germany in 2:33:
1933 : 37th Boston Marathon won by Leslie Pawson of RI in 2:31:01.6
1934 : 38th Boston Marathon won by Dave Komonen of Canada in 2:32:53
1935 : 39th Boston Marathon won by John A Kelley of Mass in 2:32:07.
1899 : 3rd Boston Marathon won by Lawrence Brignolia of Mass in 2:54
1937 : 41st Boston Marathon won by Walter Young of Canada in 2:33:20
1938 : 42nd Boston Marathon won by Leslie Pawson of RI in 2:35:34.8
1939 : 43rd Boston Marathon won by Ellison Brown of RI in 2:28:51.8
1940 : 44th Boston Marathon won by Gerard Cot‚ of Canada in 2:28:28.
1941 : 45th Boston Marathon won by Leslie Pawson of RI in 2:30:38
1942 : 46th Boston Marathon won by Joe Smith of Mass in 2:26:51.2
1943 : 47th Boston Marathon won by Gerard Cot‚ of Canada in 2:28:25.
1945 : 49th Boston Marathon won by John A Kelley of Mass in 2:30:40.
1900 : 4th Boston Marathon won by Jim Caffrey of Canada in 2:39:44.4
1947 : 51st Boston Marathon won by Yun Bok Soh of Korea in 2:25:39
1948 : 52nd Boston Marathon won by Gerard Cot‚ of Canada in 2:31:02
1949 : 53rd Boston Marathon won by Gosta Leandersson of Sweden in 2:
1950 : 54th Boston Marathon won by Kee Yong Ham of Korea in 2:32:39
1951 : 55th Boston Marathon won by Shigeki Tanaka of Japan in 2:27:4
1952 : 56th Boston Marathon won by Doroteo Flores of Guatemala in 2:
1954 : 58th Boston Marathon won by Veikko Karvonen of Finland in 2:2
1955 : 59th Boston Marathon won by Hideo Hamamura of Japan in 2:18:2
1901 : 5th Boston Marathon won by Jim Caffrey of Canada in 2:29:23.6
1976 : 5th Boston Women's Marathon won by Kim Merritt of Wis in 2:47
1956 : 60th Boston Marathon won by Antti Viskari of Finland in 2:14:
1958 : 62nd Boston Marathon won by Franjo Mihalic of Yugoslavia in 2
1960 : 64th Boston Marathon won by Paavo Kotila of Finland in 2:20:5
1961 : 65th Boston Marathon won by Eino Oksanen of Finland in 2:23:3
1962 : 66th Boston Marathon won by Eino Oksanen of Finland in 2:23:4
1963 : 67th Boston Marathon won by Aurele Vandendriessche of Belg in
1965 : 69th Boston Marathon won by Morio Shigematsu of Japan in 2:16
1902 : 6th Boston Marathon won by Sam Mellor of NY in 2:43:12
1966 : 70th Boston Marathon won by Kenji Kimihara of Japan in 2:17:1
1967 : 71st Boston Marathon won by Dave McKenzie of New Zealand in 2
1968 : 72nd Boston Marathon won by Amby Burfoot of Conn in 2:22:17
1971 : 75th Boston Marathon won by Alvaro Mejia of Colombia in 2:18:
1976 : 80th Boston Marathon won by Jack Fultz of Wash, DC in 2:20:19
1982 : 86th Boston Marathon won by Alberto Salazar of Oreg in 2:08:5
1904 : 8th Boston Marathon won by Michael Spring of NY in 2:38:04.4
1993 : 97th Boston Marathon won by Cosmas N'deti of Kenya in 2:09:33
1905 : 9th Boston Marathon won by Fred Lorz of NY in 2:38:25.4
1947 : AAU record for a 25' rope climb is set in 4.7 seconds
1948 : ABC-TV network begins
1451 : Alam Shah of Delhi resigns throne
1944 : Allied fleet attack Sabang Sumatra
1770 : Amsterdam buys Van Aerssens family 1/3 part of Suriname
1936 : Anti-Jewish riots break out in Palestine
1965 : At a cost of $20,000, the outer Astrodome ceiling is painted
1941 : B Brecht's "Mutter Courage und ihre Kinder," premieres in Zr
1992 : Balki & Mary Ann wed on "Perfect Strangers"
1861 : Baltimore riots-4 soldiers, 9 civilians killed
1972 : Bangladesh becomes a member of British Commonwealth
1973 : Barbra Streisand records "Between Yesterday & Tomorrow"
1874 : Barracks on Alcatraz Island destroyed in fire
1960 : Baseball uniforms begin displaying player's names on their ba
1967 : Beatles sign a contract to stay together for 10 years (they d
1965 : because of sun's glare, this causes the grass to die
1968 : Belgian construction workers strike
1906 : Belgian naval education ship Comte The Stain de Naeyer sets s
1993 : Branch Davidians in Waco Texas commit suicide after 51 day si
1987 : Brendon Kuruppu scores 201* on Test Cricket debut (Sri Lanka
1941 : Bulgarian troops invade Macedonia
1852 : Calif Historical Society forms
1770 : Capt James Cook 1st sees Australia
1892 : Charles Duryea takes 1st American-made auto out for a spin (M
1971 : Charles Manson sentenced to life (Sharon Tate murder)
1539 : Charles, protestant German monarch, signs Treaty of Frankrfur
1591 : Chartres surrenders to king Henri IV in France
1837 : Cheyney University forms as the Institute for Colored Youth
1948 : Chiang Kai-shek elected president of Nationalist China
1995 : Chopper 4 1st used on WNBC TV (NYC) news
1960 : Comiskey Park's famed "exploding" scoreboard begins operating
1939 : Connecticut finally approves Bill of Rights (148 years late)
1990 : Contra guerrillas, leftist Sandinistas & incoming govt agree
1774 : CW Glucks opera "Iphigenia in Aulis," premieres in Paris
1940 : Dutch prime minister De Geer declares state of siege
1713 : Emperor Karel VI ends Pragmatic Sanctions
1991 : Evander Holyfield beats George Foreman in 12 for heavywgt box
1979 : FCC raids & shuts down pirate radio station WFAT (Bkln NY)
1933 : FDR announces US will leave gold standard
1993 : Fire in psychiatric institute in South Korea, kills 40
1919 : French assembly decides on 8 hour work day
1947 : French ship explodes in Texas City harbor, kills about 522
1921 : Funeral of last German Emperoress, Augusta Victoria
1951 : Gen Douglas MacArthur ends his military career
1911 : George Bernard Shaw's "Fanny's First Play," premieres in Lond
1994 : Graeme Obree bicycles world record 10km (11:25.88)
1987 : Gregory Robertson does 200-mph free fall to save unconscious
1991 : Greyhound Bus posts $195 million loss for 1990
1982 : Guinon Bluford announced as 1st black astronaut
1989 : Gun turret explodes on USS Iowa, killing 47 sailors
1910 : Halley's comet seen by naked eye 1st time this trip (Curacao)
1890 : Henry Morton Stanley inaugurated in Brussels
1896 : Herzl's "The Jewish State" is published
1972 : Hungary revises constitution
1975 : India launches 1st satellite with help of USSR
1994 : Inkatha ends boycott of South African multi-racial election
1916 : Italians troops conquer Col di Lana at Merano
1987 : Jacqueline Blanc, sets women's downhill ski speed rec (124.90
1928 : Japanese troops occupies Sjantung-schiereiland
1943 : Jews attack Nazi occupation forces at Warsaw Ghetto
1909 : Joan of Arc, declared a saint
1894 : Jules Massenet's opera "Werther," premieres in NYC
1989 : Kevin Elster (NY Mets), sets errorless shortstop mark at 73
1987 : LA Clippers end season with a terrible 12-70 record
1987 : Last wild condor captured on California wildlife reserve
1919 : Leslie Irvin of US makes 1st parachute jump & free fall
1861 : Lincoln orders blockade of Confederate ports (Civil War)
1839 : Luxembourg a Grand Duchy
1990 : Marla Maples appears on ABC's Prime-Time
1552 : Mauritius of Saksen captures Karel
1943 : -May 16] Revolt in Warsaw Ghetto under Mordechai Anielewicz
1986 : Michael Spinks beats Larry Holmes in 15 for heavyweight boxin
1941 : Milk rationed in Holland
1775 : Minutemen Capt John Parker orders not to fire unless fired up
1904 : Much of Toronto destroyed by fire
1962 : NASA civilian pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 46,900m
1864 : Naval Engagement at Cherbourg, FR: USS Kearsage vs CSS Alabam
1984 : Nemesis, death star of dinosaurs 1st appears in print (Nature
1782 : Netherlands recognizes US
1853 : Netherlands Van Hall govt forms
1923 : New Egyptian law allows suffrage for men, except soldiers
1836 : Nikolai Gogol's "Revisor," premieres in St Petersburg
1968 : NL owners approve expansion for 2 new teams
1877 : Opera "Les Cloches de Cornerville" is produced (Paris)
1919 : Opera "Monsieur Beaucaire" is produced (London)
1974 : Oriole Al Bumbry hits an inside-the-park HR against NY Yankee
1938 : Phil Emmett Mueller & Dodger Ernie Koy both homer in their 1s
1990 : Pistons & 76'ers get into a fight accruing $162,500 fines (NB
1524 : Pope Clemens VII fires Neth inquisitor-general French Van de
1932 : Pres Herbert Hoover suggests 5 day work week
1996 : Rangers scores 16 in 8th vs Orioles
1997 : Renee Slaughter, crowned 14th Miss Hawaiian Tropic Intl
1989 : Republic Day in Sierra Leone
1775 : Revolution begins-Lexington Common, shot "heard round the wor
1964 : Rightist coup in Laos, Suvanna Phuma remains premier
1966 : Roberta Bignay becomes 1st woman to run in the Boston Maratho
1981 : Rochester Red Wings & Pawtucket Red Sox play to 2-2 tie in 32
1945 : Rodgers & Hammerstein musical "Carousel" opens on Broadway
1994 : Rodney King award $3,800,000 in compensation of police beatin
1964 : Roger Sessions' opera "Montezuma," premieres in West-Berlin
1982 : Rosie Ruiz, marathon race cheater, arrested for forgery
1982 : Sally Ride announced as 1st woman astronaut
1997 : SD Padres & St Louis Cards play at Aloha Stadium Hawaii
1906 : SF Earthquake ends killing 452
1934 : Shirley Temple appears in her 1st movie, "Stand Up & Cheer"
1971 : Sierra Leone becomes a republic (Natl Day)
1587 : Sir Frances Drake sails into Cadiz Spain & sinks Spanish flee
1943 : SS-lt-gen Jrgen Stoop leads destruction of ghetto of Warsaw
1947 : Stanley Cup: Toronto Maple Leafs beat Montreal Canadiens, 4 g
1973 : Steinbrenner replaces Mike Burke with Gabe Paul as Yankee pre
1994 : Supreme Court outlaws excluding people from juries because of
1965 : T.A.M.I. Show premieres in London
1619 : Theatrum Anatomicum opens in Amsterdam
1839 : Treaty of London constitutes Belgium an independent kingdom &
1990 : Truce in Nicaragua's civil war
1995 : Truck bomb at Federal Building in Okla City, kills 168 & inju
1863 : Union troops/fleet occupy For Huger, Virginia
1959 : Uprising in La Paz Bolivia, fails
1956 : US actress Grace Kelly marries Monaco's Prince Rainier III (i
1945 : US aircraft carrier Franklin heavy damaged in Japanese air ra
1945 : US offensive against Shuri-barrier on Okinawa
1967 : US Surveyor III lands on Moon
1973 : USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk US
1971 : USSR Salyut 1 launched; 1st manned lab in orbit
1982 : USSR Salyut 7 space station put into orbit
1953 : WAFB TV channel 9 in Baton Rouge, LA (CBS) begins broadcastin
1981 : William Finn's musical "March of Falsettos," premieres in NYC
1949 : Yankees dedicate a plaque for Babe Ruth
1946 : Yankees switch from 3rd base to 1st base dug out
1928 : Yanks are out of 1st place for 1st time since May 1926
1978 : Yitzhak Navron elected 5th president of Israel
1967 : Yugoslav author Mihaljo Mihaljov sentenced 4« years
2003 : India: Kethan Parek granted bail in 2001 Calcutta Stock Exchange scam
2003 : Hyderabad, India: DGP of Andhra Pradesh Mr. Pervaram Ramulu says Pakistan ISI formed a new force called MDF with Indian Muslim
2003 : Lorry Drives strike in India enters into sixth day
2003 : All incoming phones to Mobile phones free - agrees Indian mobile phone operators consortium

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