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 this day in history.   

1943  Alexander Schmorell, German resistance fighter, beheaded on April - 19.   

1943  On this day in history "Bermuda Conference": Fruitless discussion by U.S. and British delegates on deliverance of Nazi victims.   

1944  On April - 19 gerard Cote wins his 2nd straight & 3rd career Boston Marathon   

1944  Tommy Hitchcock, polo player (Westchester Cup 1924, 27), dies at 44 on April - 19.   

1945  On April - 19 rodgers & Hammerstein musical "Carousel" opens on Broadway   

1945  On April - 19 j P Heyboer, resistance fighter, executed   

1946  The birth of Tim Curry, American actor on this day in history.   

1947  On April - 19 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  On this day in history yankees dedicate a plaque for Babe Ruth   

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 April - 19.   

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

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 this day in history uS actress Grace Kelly marries Monaco's Prince Rainier III   

1956  On April - 19 ernst R Curtius, German literature historian, dies at 70   

1957  Charles Funk of Funk & Wagnalls, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1957  On this day in history 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  On this day in history "Hot Spot" opens at the Majestic Theater on Broadway   

1964  Cyril Merry, cricketer (WI batsman in 2 Tests 1933), dies on April - 19.   

1965  On this day in history t.A.M.I. Show premiers in London   

1965  George Davis, actor (Private Lives, Devil May Care), dies at 75 on April - 19.   

1966  On this day in history roberta Bignay becomes the first woman to run in the Boston Marathon   

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  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 on this day in history.   

1968  The first American since 1957 wins the 72nd Boston Marathon on this day in history.   

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1320  On April - 19 birth of pedro I, King of Portugal (1357-67)   

1603  Michel le Tellier, French statesman (d. 1685) was born on this day in history.   

1605  On April - 19 birth of orazio Benevoli, composer   

1658  On this day in history birth of johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine (d. 1716)   

1660  On this day in history birth of sebastian Duron, composer   

1665  Jacques Lelong, French bibliographer (d. 1721) was born on April - 19.   

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

1700  Georg Abraham Schneider, composer was born on April - 19.   

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

1012  On this day in history death of alphege, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 954)   

1044  On this day in history gothelo, duke of Neth-Lotharingen, dies   

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

1390  On this day in history robert II, King of Scotland, dies   

1529  On April - 19 john Cuspinianus, [Spiessheimer], German physician, dies at about 55   

1560  Philipp Melanchton (Schwazerd), church reformer, dies at 63 on April - 19.   

1567  On this day in history michael Stifel, German theologist/mathematician, dies at about 79