19 April

Notable Births

Jackson Merrill

b. 2003

American baseball player (born 2003)

Loren Gray

b. 2002

American social media personality (born 2002)

Dalton Knecht

b. 2001

American basketball player (born 2001)

Sebastian Kris

b. 1999

New Zealand international rugby league footballer

Kelly Olynyk

b. 1991

Canadian basketball player (born 1991)

Jackie Bradley Jr.

b. 1990

American baseball player (born 1990)

Kim Chiu

b. 1990

Filipino actress (born 1990)

Simu Liu

b. 1989

Canadian actor (born 1989)

Maria Sharapova

b. 1987

Russian former tennis player (born 1987)

Joe Hart

b. 1987

English footballer (born 1987)

Candace Parker

b. 1986

American basketball player (born 1986)

Joe Mauer

b. 1983

American baseball player (born 1983)

Ali Wong

b. 1982

American comedian and actress (born 1982)

Hayden Christensen

b. 1981

Canadian actor (born 1981)

Troy Polamalu

b. 1981

American football player and executive (born 1981)

Kate Hudson

b. 1979

American actress and singer (born 1979)

James Franco

b. 1978

American actor and filmmaker (born 1978)

Jason Gillespie

b. 1975

Australian cricketer (born 1975)

Rivaldo

b. 1972

Brazilian footballer (born 1972)

Dudley Moore

b. 1935

English actor, comedian and musician (1935–2002)

Notable Deaths

Daniel Dennett

d. 2024

American philosopher (1942–2024)

Moonbin

d. 2023

South Korean singer and actor (1998–2023)

Ron Hamilton (musician)

d. 2023

American musician (1950–2023)

Kane Tanaka

d. 2022

Japanese supercentenarian (1903–2022)

Walter Mondale

d. 2021

Vice President of the United States from 1977 to 1981

Jim Steinman

d. 2021

American musical artist (1947–2021)

Ian Whitcomb

d. 2020

English singer-songwriter (1941–2020)

Patricio Aylwin

d. 2016

President of Chile from 1990 to 1994

Roy Mason

d. 2015

British politician (1924-2015)

François Jacob

d. 2013

French biologist

Al Neuharth

d. 2013

American businessman (1924–2013)

Levon Helm

d. 2012

American drummer and vocalist (1940–2012)

Elisabeth Sladen

d. 2011

British actress (1946–2011)

J. G. Ballard

d. 2009

English writer (1930–2009)

Jean-Pierre Cassel

d. 2007

French actor and dancer (1932–2007)

Albert Scott Crossfield

d. 2006

American test pilot (1921–2006)

Norris McWhirter

d. 2004

English writer

John Maynard Smith

d. 2004

English biologist and geneticist (1920–2004)

Reginald Rose

d. 2002

American playwright and screenwriter (1920–2002)

Percy Lavon Julian

d. 1975

American research chemist (1899–1975)

On This Day in History

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2021

The Ingenuity helicopter becomes the first aircraft to achieve flight on another planet.

Ingenuity (helicopter)

2020

A killing spree in Nova Scotia, Canada, leaves 22 people and the perpetrator dead, making it the deadliest rampage in the country's history.

2020 Nova Scotia attacks

2013

Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev is killed in a shootout with police. His brother Dzhokhar is later captured hiding in a boat inside a backyard in the suburb of Watertown.

Boston Marathon bombing

2011

Fidel Castro resigns as First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba after holding the title since July 1961.

Fidel Castro

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2008

The Quito Ultratumba nightclub fire in Quito, Ecuador, kills 19 people and injures at least 24 more.

Quito Ultratumba nightclub fire

2005

Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger is elected to the papacy and becomes Pope Benedict XVI.

2005 conclave

2001

Space Shuttle Endeavour is launched on STS-100 carrying the Canadarm2 to the International Space Station.

Space Shuttle Endeavour

2000

Air Philippines Flight 541 crashes in Samal, Davao del Norte, killing all 131 people on board.

Air Philippines Flight 541

1999

The German Bundestag returns to Berlin.

Bundestag

1995

Oklahoma City bombing: The Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, US, is bombed, killing 168 people including 19 children under the age of six.

Oklahoma City bombing

1993

The 51-day FBI siege of the Branch Davidian building in Waco, Texas, US, ends when a fire breaks out. Seventy-six Davidians, including 18 children under age 10, died in the fire.

Waco siege

1989

A gun turret explodes on the USS Iowa, killing 47 sailors.

Gun turret

1985

Two hundred ATF and FBI agents lay siege to the compound of the white supremacist survivalist group The Covenant, the Sword, and the Arm of the Lord in Arkansas; the CSA surrenders two days later.

Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives

1976

A violent F5 tornado strikes around Brownwood, Texas, injuring 11 people. Two people were thrown at least 1,000 yards (910 m) by the tornado and survived uninjured.

1976 Brownwood tornado