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OT- April 19 - Guten Morgen


April 19 is the 109th day of the year (110th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 256 days remaining until the end of the year.

1775American Revolutionary War: The war begins with an American victory in Concord during the battles of Lexington and Concord.

1927Mae West is sentenced to 10 days in jail for obscenity for her play Sex.

1971 – Launch of Salyut 1, the first space station.

1971 – Charles Manson is sentenced to death for conspiracy to commit the Tate/LaBianca murders.

1987The Simpsons premieres as a short cartoon on The Tracey Ullman Show

1993 – The 51-day siege of the Branch Davidian building outside Waco, Texas, USA, ends when a fire breaks out. Eighty-one people die.

1995Oklahoma City bombing: The Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA, is bombed, killing 168.

Birthdays

1903Eliot Ness, American lawman (d. 1957)

1930Dick Sargent, American actor (d. 1994)

1935Dudley Moore, English actor, comedian and composer (d. 2002)

1946Tim Curry, British actor

1968Ashley Judd, American actress

1981 – Troy Polamalu, American football player

1983 – Joe Mauer, American baseball player