We have some interesting facts & historic events all about April 19th, including areas in religion, crime, health and more.
Keep reading for more interesting facts about April 19th in history!
Global Celebrations
- Bicycle Day
- Poetry And The Creative Mind Day
- National Hanging Out Day
- National Garlic Day
- National Rice Ball Day
Historic Events
1971: The Soviet Union launches the world’s first manned space station in 1971.
1987: The first instalment of The Simpsons is aired in 1987
1945: Mexican Pilots showing off a captured Japanese flag in Mexico City, Mexico 1945.
1941: Japanese destroyer Nowaki (“Fall Gales”) underway at speed, 19 April 1941
1936: An army of schoolgirls marching through Tokyo, their faces an anonymous sea of gas masks, 1936.
1915: Sir Ernest Shackleton’s exploration vessel ‘Endurance’, as it sits stuck in sea ice, later to be crushed from the force and sink, 1915
1901: In the Philippines, recently captured insurgent leader Emilio Aguinaldo issues a proclamation advising his countrymen to end their rebellion and use peaceful means to work with the US toward independence in 1901.
Famous Birthdays
- Mukesh Ambani was born.
- James Franco was born.
- Kate Hudson was born.
Heartbreaking Deaths
- Charles Darwin died.
- Pierre Curie died.
- Jim Corbett died.