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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.

Novità del giorno : 19 Aprile

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.

Citazione del giorno : 19 Aprile

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

Compleanni : 19 Aprile

Roger Sherman, Politico americano (1721)
George O'Brien, Attore americano (1899)
Eliot Ness, Agente federale americano (1903)
Glenn T. Seaborg, Chimico americano, premio Nobel (1912)
Erich Hartmann, Pilota tedesco (1922)
Dick Sargent, Attore americano (1930)
Jayne Mansfield, Attrice americana (1933)
Dudley Moore, Attore inglese (1935)
Wilfried Martens, Primo Ministro del Belgio (1936)
Joseph Estrada, Presidente delle Filippine (1937)
Évelyne Dhéliat, Meteo presentatore francese (1946)
Murray Perahia, Pianista americano (1947)
Paloma Picasso, Fashion designer francese-spagnola (1949)
Bernard Montiel, Conduttore radiofonico e TV francese (1957)
Natalie Dessay, Soprano francese (1965)
Ashley Judd, Attrice americana (1968)
Arshad Warsi, Attore indiano (1968)
Kelly Holmes, Atleta inglese (1970)
Gad Elmaleh, Comico franco-marocchina (1971)
Rivaldo Vítor Borba Ferreira , Calciatore brasiliano (1972)
James Franco, Attore americano (1978)
Gabriel Heinze, Calciatore argentino (1978)
Kate Hudson, Attrice americana (1979)
Hayden Christensen, Attore canadese (1981)
Sitiveni Sivivatu, Rugby player di Nuova Zelanda (1982)
Joe Hart, Calciatore inglese (1987)
Maria Sharapova, Tennista russa (1987)
Enrique Esqueda, Calciatore messicano (1988)
Damien Le Tallec, Calciatore francese (1990)

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Paolo Veronese, Pittore italiano (1588)
Thomas Sackville, comte de Dorset, Politico inglese (1608)
Giovanni Antonio Canal (Canaletto), Pittore veneziano (1768)
George Gordon Byron (Lord Byron), Poeta inglese (1824)
Benjamin Disraeli, Primo Ministro del Regno Unito (1881)
Charles Darwin, Naturalista inglese (1882)
Pierre Curie, Fisico francese, Premio Nobel (1906)
Konrad Adenauer, Cancelliere della Germania (1967)
Daphne du Maurier, Romanziere inglese (1989)
Octavio Paz, Poeta e diplomatico messicano, premio Nobel per la Letteratura (1998)
Jean-Pierre Cassel, Attore francese (2007)
J. G. Ballard, Scrittore inglese (2009)
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