April 19

April 19: This Day in History

• 1775— The Battles of Lexington and Concord took place, marking the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War.
• 1943— The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising began as Jewish resistance fighters fought against Nazi deportation to death camps.
• 1993— The 51-day siege at the Branch Davidian compound near Waco, Texas ended in fire, killing 76 people.
• 1995— The Oklahoma City bombing killed 168 people when a truck bomb exploded outside the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building.
• 2005— Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger was elected Pope Benedict XVI following the death of Pope John Paul II.

Famous Birthdays on April 19

• Eliot Ness (1903) — american prohibition agent who targeted al capone
• Jayne Mansfield (1933) — american actress and sex symbol of the 1950s
• Dudley Moore (1935) — british actor and comedian known for arthur
• Paloma Picasso (1949) — french-american fashion designer and daughter of pablo picasso
• Tim Curry (1946) — british actor known for rocky horror picture show and it
• Kate Hudson (1979) — american actress known for almost famous

What Happens on April 19?

Did You Know? April 19 Fun Facts

• The 'shot heard round the world' was fired at Concord on April 19, 1775, inspiring Ralph Waldo Emerson's poem.
• Timothy McVeigh chose April 19 for the Oklahoma City bombing to coincide with the Waco siege anniversary.

Count Down to Events on April 19

• How many days until Boston Marathon?
• How many days until F1 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix?
• How many days until The Tortured Poets Department?