April 19th

• 1770

  Captain James Cook first sights Australia.

• 1775

  American Revolution begins in Lexington; 'Shot Heard Round the World' in Concord.

• 1775

  Paul Revere, William Dawes, Samuel Prescott captured; Prescott warns Concord.

• 1897

  First Boston Marathon, won by John J. McDermott.

• 1904

  Major fire destroys much of Toronto.

• 1910

  Halley's comet visible by naked eye.

• 1933

  FDR announces US will leave gold standard. View Post →

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• 1948

  Chiang Kai-shek elected President of Nationalist China.

• 1951

  General Douglas MacArthur ends military career.

• 1960

  Baseball uniforms display players' names.

• 1975

  India launches 1st satellite with USSR's help.

• 1982

  Sally Ride named 1st American woman astronaut.

• 1999

  German Reichstag reopens with new glass dome by Norman Foster.

• 2013

  Boston bombing suspects killed and captured after 4 days.

• 2015

  Boat shipwrecked in Mediterranean; approx. 850 migrants lost, 27 rescued.

• 2022

  US inflation hits 8.5%, highest since 1981.

• 1987

  First installment of The Simpsons aired.

• 1971

  Soviet Union launches 1st manned space station.

• 1882

  Charles Darwin dies.

• 1978

  James Franco born.

• 1987

  Gregory Robertson saves unconscious skydiver at 3,500 feet.

• 1987

  Last California condor in wild captured for breeding program.