Today: April 19, 2024

On this day: April 19

Events that happened on April 19.

• April 19, 1882: English naturalist Charles Darwin dies at the age of 73.
• April 19, 1930: The first ever episode of the Looney tunes is aired.
• April 19, 1958: Soccer: Wolverhampton Wanderers win the First Division title after beating Preston North End 2-0.
• April 19, 1961: The comedy-drama film "La Dolce Vita" hits the big screen.
• April 19, 1966:
  • Bobbi Gibb becomes the first woman to run the Boston Marathon.
  • Ian Brady and Myra Hindley go on trial in England for the murders of 3 children that vanished between 1963 and 1965.
  
• April 19, 1971: The first space station, Salyut 1, is successfully launched by the Soviet Union.
• April 19, 1987: The Simpsons make their first-ever appearance on the The Tracey Ullman Show.
• April 19, 1991: The Battle of the Ages: Heavyweight boxer Evander Holyfield defeats George Foreman via unanimous decision.
• April 19, 1993: The Waco siege ends after the FBI launches an assault on the ranch. 76 people are killed when one of the buildings becomes engulfed in flames.
• April 19, 1994: Rapper Nas releases his debut studio album "Illmatic".
• April 19, 1995: The Oklahoma City bombing occurs, killing 168 people.
• April 19, 1997: The animated TV series "The Angry Beavers" debuts on Nickelodeon.
• April 19, 1999:
  • Lou Bega releases his single Mambo No. 5.
  • Westlife release their debut single "Swear It Again".
  
• April 19, 2000: Charles Barkley plays his final NBA game.
• April 19, 2002: My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002) is released.
• April 19, 2005:
  • The Pussycat Dolls release their song "Don't Cha".
  • Rapper Blade Icewood is fatally shot in Detroit, Michigan.
  • Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner are engaged.
  • Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger is elected as the new pope.
  
• April 19, 2008: Facebook overtakes rival social network MySpace in the Alexa rankings.
• April 19, 2010: YouTuber FPSRussia starts his channel.
• April 19, 2011:
  • The video game "Portal 2" is released.
  • Fidel Castro steps down as the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba.
  
• April 19, 2013:
  • Daft Punk release their single "Get Lucky".
  • The video game "Surgeon Simulator" is released on Steam.
  • Boston Marathon bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev is killed during a shootout with police in Watertown, Massachusetts.
  
• April 19, 2017:
  • Former NFL player and convicted murderer Aaron Hernandez commits suicide.
  • Bill O'Reilly is fired by Fox News over sexual harassment claims.
  
• April 19, 2018: The reality series "Ex on the Beach" premieres on MTV.
• April 19, 2020: 22 people are killed during a 13-hour-long shooting spree in Nova Scotia, Canada.
• April 19, 2021:
  • Soccer: José Mourinho is sacked as the manager of Tottenham Hotspur.
  • Soccer: The announcement that 12 of Europe's biggest football clubs will be forming a "Super League" is roundly criticized by fans, players, managers, politicians and media pundits.
  
• April 19, 2022:
  • The stock price of Netflix falls by 26% after it announces that it has lost subscribers for first time in 10 years.
  • A federal judge in Florida strikes down the Biden administration's mask mandate for airplanes.
  
• April 19, 2023:
  • Ukraine receives Patriot missiles from the United States.
  • Oklahoma county commissioner Mark Jennings resigns after being recorded talking about lynching Black residents.
  • At least 85 people are killed after a stampede occurs at a charity event in Yemen.
  • K-pop singer Moon Bin commits suicide at the age of 25.
  • Microsoft announces that it will be dropping Twitter from its advertising platform.
  • Elon Musk threatens to sue Microsoft for allegedly training their ChatGPT AI with Twitter data.
  

Is it that long ago already?

One month has passed since March 19, 2024:

• Ariana Grande and Dalton Gomez finalize their divorce.
• TV producer Dan Schneider apologizes after the miniseries "Quiet on Set" exposed his toxic workplace behavior at Nickelodeon.

Half a year has passed since October 19, 2023:

• Donald Trump's former lawyer, Sidney Powell, pleads guilty for her role in attempting to overturn the 2020 election.

Nine months have passed since July 19, 2023:

• The police in Alabama say that they are unable to verify Carlee Russell's abduction story.
• The documentary "The Deepest Breath" is released on Netflix.