eso ha pasado un 19 Abril

1943 : Warsaw Ghetto Uprising


On April 19, 1943, the SS auxiliary forces entered the ghetto in Warsaw in order to quell the rebellion, began in January, against deportations to concentration camps. The rebels responded with gunfire and Molotov cocktails, forcing the German troops to withdraw. The command of the attack was transferred to Jürgen Stroop who prepared a much better organized assault and crushes the uprising on April 29.

1987 : The Simpsons


On April 19, 1987, the first episode of The Simpsons is presented in the Tracey Ullman Show.

1993 : End the siege of Waco


On April 19, 1993, after 50 days of siege against the Branch Davidian sect in Waco, Texas, the FBI gave the final assault that ended with the death of 81 people. The siege had begun on February 28 when four ATF (Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms) agents had been killed during an attempt to stop the cult leader David Koresh.

1994 : Sentencing of Paul Touvier for crimes against humanity


On April 19, 1994, the Assize Court of Yvelines condemned the former leader of the Lyon militia, Paul Touvier, to life imprisonment for crimes against humanity.

1995 : Truck bomb attack in Oklahoma City


On April 19, 1995, a truck filled with explosives destroyed the federal building Alfred P. Murrah in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, killing 168 people including 19 children under the age of 6. The authors of the bombing, Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols were anti-government survivalists supporting militia and gave as reason for their act, the FBI action during the Waco siege in 1993.

Actualidad del día : 19 Abril

Primrose Day in England
April 19 is the Primrose Day in England because it is the anniversary of the death of Disraeli who had a passion for this flower.
Landing of the 33 in Uruguay
April 19 is the commemoration of the landing of the Treinta y Tres Orientales on April 19th, 1825 on the beach of La Agraciada in the Eastern Province, annexed by Brazil, in order to get first its attachment to the United Provinces of Río de La Plata (Argentina today) and finally independence. This was achieved in 1828 and the Province then took the name of Uruguay.
Beginning of the Independence Movement holiday in Venezuela
On 19 April, we commemorate the Revolution of 19 April 1810. That day, the people rose up against Spain and began thei fight to gain independence. The War of Independence that followed lasted 13 years.

Cita del día : 19 Abril

Benjamin Disraeli
Talk to a man about himself and he will listen for hours.

Cumpleaños : 19 Abril

Roger Sherman, Político americano (1721)
George O'Brien, Actor americano (1899)
Eliot Ness, Agente federal estadounidense (1903)
Glenn T. Seaborg, Químico americano, premio Nobel (1912)
Erich Hartmann, As piloto alemán (1922)
Dick Sargent, Actor americano (1930)
Jayne Mansfield, Actriz americana (1933)
Dudley Moore, Actor inglés (1935)
Wilfried Martens, Primer ministro de Bélgica (1936)
Joseph Estrada, Presidente de las Filipinas (1937)
Évelyne Dhéliat, Presentadora del tiempo francesa (1946)
Murray Perahia, Pianista americano (1947)
Paloma Picasso, Diseñadora de modas francesa-española (1949)
Bernard Montiel, Presentador de televisión y locutor de radio francés (1957)
Natalie Dessay, Soprano francesa (1965)
Ashley Judd, Actriz americana (1968)
Arshad Warsi, Actor indio (1968)
Kelly Holmes, Atleta inglesa (1970)
Gad Elmaleh, Comediante franco-marroquí (1971)
Rivaldo Vítor Borba Ferreira , Futbolista brasileño (1972)
James Franco, Actor americano (1978)
Gabriel Heinze, Futbolista argentino (1978)
Kate Hudson, Actriz americana (1979)
Hayden Christensen, Actor canadiense (1981)
Sitiveni Sivivatu, Jugador de rugby de Nueva Zelanda (1982)
Joe Hart, Futbolista inglés (1987)
Maria Sharapova, Jugadora de tenis rusa (1987)
Enrique Esqueda, Futbolista mexicano (1988)
Damien Le Tallec, Futbolista francés (1990)

Nos han dejado un 19 Abril

Paolo Veronese, Pintor italiano (1588)
Thomas Sackville, comte de Dorset, Político inglés (1608)
Giovanni Antonio Canal (Canaletto), Pintor veneciano (1768)
George Gordon Byron (Lord Byron), Poeta inglés (1824)
Benjamin Disraeli, Primer ministro del Reino Unido (1881)
Charles Darwin, Naturalista Inglés (1882)
Pierre Curie, Físico francés, Premio Nobel (1906)
Konrad Adenauer, Canciller de Alemania (1967)
Daphne du Maurier, Novelista inglesa (1989)
Octavio Paz, Poeta y diplomático mexicano, premio Nobel de Literatura (1998)
Jean-Pierre Cassel, Actor francés (2007)
J. G. Ballard, Escritora inglés (2009)
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