Today in History
Listings for Friday, April 19, 2024.
Birthdays:
- 1748 D'A.C. de Tinseau --1822
- 1877 Ole Evinrude, invented the outboard marine engine.
- 1905 C. Ehresmann --1979
- 1925 Hugh O'Brian
- 1932 Jayne Mansfield, actress
- 1935 Dudley Moore
- 1946 Tim Curry
- 1949 Paloma Picasso
- 1962 Al Unser, Jr.
Events:
- Lyrid meteor shower, radiant in Hercules
- Patriot's Day
- 1775 At Lexington Common, the shot "heard round the world".
- 1852 California Historical Society founded.
- 1892 Charles Duryea takes the first American-made auto out for a spin.
- 1934 Shirley Temple appears in her first movie, "Stand Up and Cheer"
- 1939 Connecticut approves the Bill of Rights (only 148 years late).
- 1967 US Surveyor III lands on moon
- 1993 Branch Davidian Compound raided
That's all for today.
